RPS GOTY Revisited: 2008's World Of Goo still offers more fun than nearly any puzzle game since

Love, from the Sign Painter Did your science teacher ever let you play around with non-Newtonian fluids? If not, my condolences. You missed out on some of the greatest fun you could have at school. World Of Goo, like its prototype, is a physics-based puzzle game. There are pink helium balloon-like goo that can lift your structures to new heights. But they, like the story as a whole, can easily be ignored....

April 12, 2022 · 2 min · 288 words · Michael Tyler

Sony and Lego's owners have invested $2 billion in Epic Games

Neither Epic, Sony or Lego have much to say in thepress release. I look forward to a new generation of morally dubious digital experiences which advertise to children. I don’t doubt that children will spend a lot of time in virtual spaces in future. A metaverse, therefore.

April 12, 2022 · 1 min · 47 words · Shane Morrison

Weird West's zombie plague is live now for a limited time

You’ll find a trailer below. “Reports are rolling in from across the Weird West of a plague of undead rising from the grave! Worse, a terrible sickness seems to follow in their wake,” says the announcement. Is any sickness worse than flesh-eating reanimated corpses literally rising from the grave? Isn’t a plague of undead also a kind of sickness? The same announcement also mentions that 400,000 people have now played Weird West since launch....

April 12, 2022 · 1 min · 74 words · Mary Lewis

How to get all Noelle Hangout endings in Genshin Impact (Knightly Exam Prep)

First, youll need towrap up Noelles prior Hangout Event by reaching every single ending. The Angels Share is short-staffed, so you and Noelle will pitch in. Or, if youre completing Noelles Hangout Event for Primogems, earn some more by heading to ourcodes guide!

April 11, 2022 · 1 min · 43 words · Johnny Brown

How to get to The Chasm in Genshin Impact

For lower-ranked adventurers, weve gota handy guide of the fastest ways to raise your Adventure Rank. If you havent, check your completion of the Archon Quests via your Quests menu! Lumenstone in hand, head back to Muning for your final task: breaking all of the Bedrock Keys. Destroy the Bedrock Keys Around each Bedrock Key, youll find some glowy rocks. Break these and a small star will begin to rotate around you....

April 11, 2022 · 1 min · 170 words · Benjamin Brown

How to take screenshots on the Steam Deck

TheSteam Deckis all about transplanting the pleasures of PC gaming to a handheld. How to take screenshots on the Steam Deck Hold down the Steam button, then tap R1. Where are my Steam Deck screenshots saved? Start by pressing (not holding) the Steam button, then navigate to Media. Confirm the upload, which will add the shot to your private library only. bring up the app, click View in the top-left, then select Screenshots....

April 11, 2022 · 1 min · 73 words · Marco Baker

Intel play down Alder Lake CPU bending, “strongly recommend against” socket mods

Such minor deflection is expected and does not cause the processor to run outside of specifications. The extent to which this is a big deal is probably open to, uh, interpretation. Such modifications would result in the processor being run outside of specifications and may void any product warranties.

April 11, 2022 · 1 min · 49 words · Mark Walker

Kingdom Hearts 4 announced, and some think it's hinting at a Star Wars crossover

And yes, some people believe Star Wars is involved this time. It even has special attacks based on Disney theme park rides. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Marvel superheroes at some point in this new storyline either. Hell, Squeenix have even borrowed from Marvel’s playbook. No word on platforms or a release date for Kingdom Hearts 4.

April 11, 2022 · 1 min · 58 words · Jonathan Harper

Vampire Survivors' creator just wanted something to play at the weekend

Its very minimalistic roguelike style captured players looking for something casual, but still engrossing. You pick one of several characters and move them around the screen as they auto-attack. On death you unlock new weapons and characters by spending coins gained in battle. He mentions being fascinated with one particular feature of the Ultima series: objects persistence in the world. Even after walking away, the player could always go back and collect them....

April 11, 2022 · 2 min · 243 words · Amanda Floyd

Wordle's official WordleBot analysis make me feel even more foolish

If you want, WordleBot can analyse your guesses and figure out how optimally you played at each step. Visit WordleBotafter tacklingthe day’s puzzleand it’ll attack you with various numbers rating your solution. I felt good about it at first. “Solid choice,” it told me about my first guess. My second guess was also pretty good. Nice," WordleBot told me. “Before your guess, there were 44 possible solutions, but now there is only one....

April 11, 2022 · 1 min · 187 words · Wesley Rodriguez

Kerbal Space Program 2 will let you crash into further away planets than ever before

“The Kerbolar system is a known quantity. The increase in scale of the galaxy also leads to an increase in scale for ships and their engines. The devs havepreviously spoken about the game’s tutorials, too.

April 9, 2022 · 1 min · 35 words · Elizabeth Garza

Unpacking and It Takes Two win big at BAFTA Game Awards 2022

We certainly can’t complain about Unpacking winning, given how much Alice B liked it in herUnpacking review. She called it a “thoughtful, lovely game that is both empathetic and relatable.”

April 9, 2022 · 1 min · 30 words · Heather Anderson

How Hardspace: Shipbreaker became the video game union movement's final frontier

Going byGlassdoor reviews, Blackbird are doing a pretty solid job of not being Lynx. Previous employments range from paving streets and demolishing bridges to metal-working, dish-washing and farming. Lynx, by contrast, are a trillionaire tech dynasty whose executives might as well occupy a different dimension. The game walks a tricky line between rebutting this snobbiness and over-romanticising physical graft. Naturally, Lynx favour negative over positive incentives when it comes to assessing your progress....

April 8, 2022 · 2 min · 234 words · Grant Salas