It’s a famous story, but a good one. When Robert Louis Stevenson was writing Treasure Island, he started out by drawing a map – a map of the island itself. One of his biographers – I think it was Claire Harman, and if you walk away from this piece with anything it should be a …
The pleasures of a game world you look down upon Read More »
Get a Samsung Galaxy A51 with unlimited minutes, texts and 60GB data. Mobile Phones Direct is running a pair of deals on the Samsung Galaxy A51 that bundle it with loads of extras, including a Nintendo Switch or PS4, a Disney+ subscription and a hefty wedge of cashback. There’s a lot to unpack here so before …
I spent some of yesterday morning trying to draw a decent – or at least not entirely terrible – picture of a door handle. I’ve had this door handle for ages, completely unattached to any kind of door. 20 years ago I found it somewhere and put it in my pocket, and since then – …
On Instagram a great illustrator is turning art into a game Read More »
A magical door in a magical forest? Who can resist that? Not me, at least – particularly when the art has the style of those Atomic Age children’s books from the US: flat, four-colour printing, a hero with a sort of Charlie Brown squiggle for a quiff, everything thick and dash and aching of mimeo-ink. …
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For a good decade, Blizzard Entertainment has been the undisputed champion of developing and publishing prestige PC games. Warcraft, World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and Hearthstone (we can maybe skip Heroes of the Storm, sorry) have sat at more or less the top of their respective genres for years. In some cases, decades. Blizzard …
Another update, another week without patch notes – but it seems v12.30 has a couple of surprises in store for players, as two new items have been introduced. Continuing this season’s spy theme, Kingsman umbrellas are now available as legendary items in the game. Presumably these are based on the Kingsman comic and film series, …
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He’s on me before I realise I’ve been spotted. I curse myself for venturing this close to town but, with supplies running low, what other option was there? Not that keeping to the wilds was any safer – only two days ago I turned around to see three of them barrelling towards me. My pursuer’s …
Someone should make a game about: avoiding quests Read More »
Update: Now available at the Nintendo Official UK Store. Update: Wow. Looks like it’s gone already at Game. Incredible. You might still get lucky, though, if there are any incomplete orders so do check back regularly. If I catch listings at any other retailers, I’ll be sure to keep this page updated over the coming days. …