In strategy game Sintopia you harvest a whole civilisation's souls for your own custom-built hell

Devil up One of my favourite satires is the Screwtape Letters, an epistolary novel by Narnia scribe C.S. It’s a claustrophobic send-up of managerial politics and nepotism, with World War 1 unfolding in the background. Say your prayers and watch the trailer. No, I refuse to accept that it’s a joke. This is all some kind of diabolical deception - a classic Screwtape ruse. It’s coming to early access in 2025....

October 30, 2024 · 1 min · 71 words · Pamela Cooper

Indiana Jones doesn't "endorse" Nazis, Bethesda assure, just in case you were confused by him repeatedly murdering them

“Nazis - I hate these guys!” he says in Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Let’s play Devil’s Advocate and try toLionel Hutzthat quote: “Nazis? [pointing at some Communists]. Yeah, I’m not really feeling it. Aww, he’s such a ditz! I saw this on the start-up screen duringmy hands-on with the gamea few weeks ago. It’s likely just the usual legal arse-covering, of course. Still, it does look a bit ridiculous....

October 30, 2024 · 1 min · 74 words · Sarah Johnson

Max Caulfield is a terrible detective

Lots of spoilers for Double Exposure ahead - you’ve been warned. A major theme of Life Is Strange is the inability to change the misfortunes of your life. Her entire history is one of hurt. These people are broken, but in that brokenness is beauty and resilience. “What if I like the way my scars define me?” asks Max in a sardonic tone after seeing a self-help book on a bedside table....

October 30, 2024 · 2 min · 367 words · Rachel Leon

NYT Connections hints and answers for Wed, October 30th

Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #506. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! Here are the 16 Connections words for today: What are today’s Connections groups? If not, check just below for the full answer. What are today’s Connections answers? I also have no idea when I last stepped into a Kroger, so Kroner made me absolutely confused....

October 30, 2024 · 1 min · 139 words · Jacob Wolfe

Sony write off ill-fated $200 million shooter Concord as a loss by closing studio permanently

We have spent considerable time these past few months exploring all our options. I want to thank all of Firewalk for their craftsmanship, creative spirit and dedication." That’s putting it lightly. Concord launched to little fanfare and wastaken offline just three weeks afterwards- a painfully quick hobbling by Sony. The game was removed from storefronts and players who paid for the game at launch were offered refunds. She predicted that most would not survive six months....

October 30, 2024 · 1 min · 111 words · Vincent Garcia

The PUBG developers' new PVP shooter looks like top-down Rainbow Six Siege with a bit of Hotline Miami

Fancy a different sort of trip down the PUB? PUBG Corporation and Krafton have just gone and announcedProject Arc, a top-down 5v5 shooter “inspired byPUBG”. Success seems to rely on getting sightlines on your enemies, or robbing them of theirs. It’s a neat idea and one that could make for someHotline Miami-esque duels between players in confined spots. Weirdly, it reminds me a bit of League Of Legends. I’d imagine the same philosophy rings true in Project Arc....

October 30, 2024 · 1 min · 78 words · Timothy Kelly

We've temporarily closed comments for maintenance, but they'll be back

If an article is posted and there are no commenters, does it make a sound? But alas, it wasn’t to be.

October 30, 2024 · 1 min · 21 words · Jerry Bates

Wordle hints and answer (#1229): How to solve the Wednesday October 30 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for October 30? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Tuesday 22nd April! We have you covered with a list of hints as well as today’s word itself. Use ourWordle Solver toolto help you figure out the answer to any Wordle in moments! Just pop your current guesses in the grid and watch the tool instantly give you all the potential answers....

October 30, 2024 · 3 min · 435 words · David Morris

Zero Orders Tactics is a clever turn-based god sim with a touch of From Dust

It’s far more graceful to trap them behind a mountain, instead. For example, a perfidious goblin is menacing a princess as she walks along a road to a castle. That goblin is very partial to flat green countryside. I’ve just given the demo a quick shake and it seems quite promising. Yes, god has a plan for youtoo, rando minotaur in the woods. It’s out on 4th November, and you’re free to find the Steam pagehere....

October 30, 2024 · 1 min · 76 words · Alexandra Marsh

Indiana Jones And the Great Circle redefines the gun-toting archaeologist as a grabby Lucasfilm fanboi

Sometimes, they exhaust you: kindly, Dr Jones, for the love of George. Stop trying to pick things up. Let me look at “ancient history” for a while. Let’s start with Indy himself. There’s an alleyway in Rome where you have a choice of higher or lower routes past patrolling blackshirts. It was all veryNaked Gun. I kind of liked that shrieky little goosestepper. I don’t speak German, but it sounded like he was enjoying it too....

October 29, 2024 · 2 min · 247 words · Jaclyn Hughes

Monster Hunter Wilds will have a spider-free mode for those with arachnophobia

Legs redacted Spider dislikers, your concerns have been noted. At least by Capcom, anyway. The spider-free option was spotted by players of the PlayStation Plus beta test (as noticedby Automaton). The description also notes that it won’t alter the difficulty or “creature movements”. So how does it deal with eight-legged monsters? Theybecome slimes, of course. As Automaton note, so far only small monsters appear to be accounted for. It’s not clear how larger monsters with spider-like legs will be altered, if at all....

October 29, 2024 · 1 min · 144 words · Deborah Williams

NYT Connections hints and answers for Tue, October 29th

Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #505. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Tuesday 22nd April! Here are the 16 Connections words for today: What are today’s Connections groups? If not, check just below for the full answer. What are today’s Connections answers? What is Connections? To win the game, you have to find all four Connections without making 4 mistakes....

October 29, 2024 · 1 min · 104 words · Dr. Heather Hammond MD

Path Of Exile 2 early access release delayed to December to ensure your POE microtransactions carry over

Old certainly meansold, when it comes to Path Of Exile. The original game launched in 2013. “So with that in mind, we’ve decided to delay. Now this one’s totally on me. I just didn’t leave enough time to double-check we could get it done.” I was some kind of necromancer, I think. I basically spent my 30 minutes resurrecting enemy corpses while backpedalling furiously. There’s alsoa crossbow-wielding class in POE2which looks like it’ll be catnip for the twin-stick shmuppers....

October 29, 2024 · 1 min · 79 words · Jill Mueller