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“People who judge games based on hour counts and map sizes might find Mirage to come up short. But for players who prefer games that don’t feel overstuffed with padding and side missions, Mirage will be a wonderful gift.” Read more

I am turning 39 in two weeks, have a full time job, and a 6 year old. This year has been a procession of phenomenally generous games that immediately turn me into a ball of anxiety and shit because I just don’t have time to play them. I could damn near cry hearing that this game has manageable scope. Read more

> At times, playing Mirage, it almost felt like I was playing a modern remake of the original Assassin’s Creed. [...] Ubisoft has seemingly, for the first time in a while, resisted the siren’s call that leads to its open-world action games being completely papered over in map markers, locations, and quests. Read more

I only made it three regions into Valhalla and, while I don’t begrudge the fact Ubisoft made this wide world that some of its players could explore, I really wished it had offered a straightforward route through the story content and major landmarks. Read more

These are great for adults, but the pieces are *tiny* and the instructions tough to follow. They’re an absolute nightmare for young children and that’s speaking from experience with my own trying to work with these.
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This looks pretty awesome. It never ceases to amaze me that 30 years later the modding community for DOOM is still going strong.
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They couldn’t have found a less insulting term than “redundancy” to refer to people losing their jobs?
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So management thought dumping crazy amounts of money into free game giveaways and exclusives, cancelling every in development game besides Fortnite, and starting a legal war with Apple would pay off, and it hasn’t. Read more

Glad to hear this is cool. I wishlisted it a while back and forgot about it until just now. I know y’all can’t review everything, but it’s nice to see some smaller stuff reviewed on here once in a while. Read more

Never a fan of the “stop having fun” patches that fix silly stuff like this.

Its a single player game. Let them enjoy the sandbox! Read more

Cowards.

Bring the rich puddle back.   Read more

Get back in there, cat! Get back in that bag! Hurry! We’ve got a bell to unring! Read more

I feel like they damaged the brand so badly last week that they may have had no other choice than to remove that “Made with Unity” screen for personal licenses.

Sweet Jesus. How that CEO is not fired already is beyond me. Read more

At this point the damage is already done. Fuck Unity. Every developer that is able to do so should start working toward publishing any future projects they start on something other than Unity. If it’s not feasible for a project to change mid-development, then that should be finished with Unity and they should work… Read more

Lol, it doesn’t matter. They might retain some smaller indies, but any larger indie studios or AA/AAA studios who were previously using unity are gonna jump. Any new developers are going to find so much negativity towards unity when evaluating what engine to use they’re going to use godot or unreal.

It is going to take… Read more

I’m so excited for this. I can’t drop $270 on Bowser, I simply cannot. But this, I can swing. And it’s arguably kiiiiinda better? I’m here for it. Read more

This would look good with my Lego NES display. Read more

“I want a Goomba the size of a cantaloupe” Read more

I can imagine the driver of one of the Jungle Cruise boats finishing one of those awful corny jokes and then a bear lunges at him from above. Now that would be funny. Read more