Battleborn’s series of let’s plays has just added a new one, this time focusing on ‘rocket-propelled badass’, Benedict. He’s a sort of falcon-man with a rocket launcher, naturally. Benedict can’t fly (he hurt his wing, poor guy), but he is capable of a limited sort of flight, allowing him to get to an aerial vantage...
The man who was Metal Gear Solid’s Snake for 10 years, David Hayter, hasn’t played either of the most recent games in the series – after he was dropped from the title role. Hayter hasn’t played MGS5 or precursor Ground Zeroes, and he explained his reasoning thusly on the Game Informer podcast: “I was so...
Chloe Desmoineaux isn’t your usual Counter-Strike player. I’ll cut to the chase: because she uses lipstick to play the game. As in make-up. She calls it Lipstrike, and it uses a clever mix of basic electronics, key remapping and gun-based violence. I like it a lot. Using a kit from Makey Makey, Desmoineaux hooked up...
Sony’s console virtual reality headset, PlayStation VR, has a chance of making its way to PC, an executive at the company has hinted. Masayasu Ito, Sony Computer Entertainment’s senior vice president, told Nikkei that making PSVR compatible with PCs is something there is a potential for: “Since PlayStation 4 shares a lot of its components...
If you’re not too full of chocolate eggs, chocolate bunnies, and chocolate recreations of The Arc de Triomphe to move, you might be considering a quick game of footie, or ‘eggplant’ as I believe it’s known in the United States. After you’ve failed to muster the required energy, why not investigate Super Arcade Football, a multiplayer sports-’em-up...
Prison Architect’s hidden 3D mode was discovered the other week, and with the cat firmly out of the bag, developer Introversion said there may be updates on the way to the experimental mode. Said updates are now here as part of the grandly titled Update 5, which also adds hot water boilers, hot water pipes and, yes, hot...
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey traveled to Anchorage, Alaska this weekend to personally deliver the very first consumer Oculus Rift to its very first pre-orderer, Ross Martin. Wearing his signature shorts and sandals (perfect for March in Alaska), Luckey handed over the signed headset while livestreaming the occasion on Facebook (where else?). Martin is a software developer for Axiom Data Science and has been following...
You’re pretty damned excited about Paradox’s upcoming grand strategy 4X, Stellaris. This I know because 1) it’s damned exciting, 2) you clicked on this link, and 3) because you’re only human. You can’t play Stellaris before May 9, but you can watch other people play it, and absorb that strategy goodness via osmosis. Paradox has been streaming...
You enjoyed The Talos Principle and its Road To Gehenna expansion, not least for their surprisingly excellent stories. But you’ve felt a bit bereft since finishing them: where to get your next fix of by turns philosophical, political, imaginative, and properly funny writing? You have played The Sea Will Claim Everything, right? The standout entry in the all-encompassing...
Harvard University is one of the most respected educational institutes in the United States, with a storied history that stretches all the way back to the mid-17th century. It has produced eight US Presidents, more than any other school in the country, and has one of the top Nobel Laureate affiliation rates in the world....
