I initially was interested, but then I found myself massively disappointed when I checked what fantasy football actually is and found out that it does not involve any overtly fantastical elements. I wish I was kidding, but I thought of it as some sort of correspondence chess, only with more players, less time spent…

It's something that came automatically when you were a kid playing in the 8- and 16-bit area, due to a number of factors: a) games really forced it you to repeat sections over and over again b) games were expensive enough that you typically only got one every christmas or birthday — extra points for living in a…

I stand corrected. Seems that the big-time problems Ubisoft had in 2014 lead to my mind automatically connecting "big publisher makes amends" with "Ubisoft screwed up again".

Most people didn't. So much so that the upcoming Hitman game is, judging by all reports, a big old sorry by Ubisoft and a promise to return to the golden days of the franchise ca. anno Blood Money. Which is a good thing, I guess.

I have picked up Nuclear Throne! …to be more precise, I'm still playing it, after a longer pause — I had once sworn off any rogue-like(-like)s, because for me, they are the only games causing what Simon Parkin called so fittingly in his recent book "chronoslip". (You know, the "what do you mean it's already three in…

As Swiss, it's difficult to be proud of your country's cuisine, considering the fact that the most celebrated recipes are clearly the result of somebody having left his cheese out in the sun for too long.

I think it was The Stomping Land, which was a doubly unfortunate project to fail: first, because it was a highly succesful Kickstarter that sank without so much as a whimper, burning a lot of goodwil in the process. And second, because it's a shame that a game with dinosaurs that has the good taste to call itself The…

That's not all that uncommon in Europe, particularly France.

What Fyodor said, plus a lot of people (myself included) are of the opinion that it had a strong beginning, but ran out of ideas long before the game actually ended — probably because of somewhat conservative ideas of how long a game must be.

This.

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With the dawning of the age of virtual reality, the 2010s officially are 90s' gaming dreams come true. Logically, portable digital pets will become the next big thing any time soon — more lifelike, demanding and feral than ever. What animal will your studio digitize, and what features will it have that…

With permadeath and procedural generation having successfully wormed their way into every genre known to man, the third feature of classic roguelikes will surely make its comeback soon, too: ascii graphics. Which emoticon will your game's player character be represented by, and why?

My standard answer to this question was: it depends what you're looking for in those games. I personally would say that you can freely skip the sequel, but should absolutely play the first game. While it is by all metrics (that means, things that can be expressed in Metacritic scores) less good as a game, it's by far…

That would have been my thought, too. I found out that I feel really bad when I find myself at the end of a whole evening or even a day on a week-end with nothing but several hours of playing video games indoors to show for. Then the anxiety inevitably hits me.

I'm always surprised to see how readily people pull out the few debacles but ignore all the good that has come out of Kickstarter.

First of all: much love to Patrick for using an MP3 player instead of any old smartphone. We are a dying species, but we will go under dancing!

My mum lately got a tablet and wanted me to install some games for her — I was seriously a bit pissed off that I could not even find the original Peggle and Plants vs Zombies anymore in the Playstore. As you say, the "sequels" really seem to be the same games, with an added coin slot, after you have filed off…

Could very well be!

Spaceteam is indeed great.

What if it were possible to play something brand new yet maintain the spirit of the arcade games of old?