Gaming Technology
10 Best Games Like Deltarune
Perhaps to nobody’s particular surprise, the release of the long-awaited third and fourth chapters of Deltarune, alongside the game’s official retail launch, have reignited a fandom that never really burned out. I know I played it on launch day, and was more than happy to pay Toby Fox his asking price. Deltarune’s not even done…
Wio Tracker L1 Pro: Meshtastic Handheld w/ Solar Support Killer Price
The Wio Tracker L1 is a versatile Meshtastic board built with solar support in mind. Seeed Studio takes it a step further with the Wio Tracker L1 Pro a fully assembled handheld version that includes GPS, LoRa, display, battery, and enclosure, ready to go out of the box. It’s one of the most practical solar-capable…
No Sleep for Kaname Date cements the Somnium Files as gaming’s truest sitcom
It didn’t take long for No Sleep For Kaname Date, the third installment of Spike Chunsoft’s AI: The Somnium Files series, to get an audible groan out of me. That was thanks to two words I’ve grown sick of over the last six years: porno mag. Those words will either mean nothing to you or…
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 Review – A Great Game, But A Poor Remake
Despite strong sales of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, it seemed like a sequel was never going to happen. After all, Vicarious Visions’ reward for treating the iconic Tony Hawk’s games was to be absorbed into Blizzard where they now act as a support team under a different name. But then a miracle! Although the…
Donkey Kong Bananza Review – A New Start For Nintendo’s First Star
I don’t have any keen insight to Nintendo’s process, but if you told me that Donkey Kong Bananza was crafted by a Voltron-like supergroup of key developers from its biggest franchises, I would believe you. At first glance, it bears the strongest resemblance to Super Mario Odyssey, from which it gets most of its fundamental…
Death Stranding 2 review: sticking it to convention with one of Kojima’s most impactful stories yet
Death Stranding 2 has some big shoes to fill. With those shoes it not only has to walk the same lengths as its beloved predecessor, but walk further too. It must make the same strides, but in new and exciting ways. It’s a hard thing to live up to! Thankfully Kojima Productions has pulled it…
Steam’s Automation Fest Has Begun: Here Are Our Top Picks
Steam’s “Fests” are an almost weekly event now, growing ever more niche as the behemothic game store tries to think up another category to highlight. Now that the Steam Summer Sale is over, the board is cleared for another fest, and this time it’s Automation. Which is to say, all those factory-based games that you…
When I Stopped Playing Mission Stories In Hitman, I Discovered What A Great Stealth Game It Is
I spent about 35 hours in Hitman World of Assassination this past weekend—interrupted mostly by the non-optional need to sleep and occasional concerns over the health of my GPU running for so long in a non-air conditioned apartment room in New York City in the summer. But I was determined to find out if the…
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4: The Kotaku Review
I’m not sure heaven is real. But when I die, if there is a big oasis in the sky waiting for me, I’ll be happy to meet up with old family and friends. And then I’ll ask them where the room is that contains all the (good) Tony Hawk games. If heaven is truly paradise,…
Final Fantasy Doesn’t Need Turn-Based Combat Back, It Needs Better Stories
There’s been an undercurrent of opinion, ever since Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took audiences by surprise earlier this year, that the approach taken by the turn-based fantasy RPG is the cure for everything that ails Final Fantasy. It delivers an old-school take on the genre that’s much less flawed than both Final Fantasy XVI and…