The best games you missed in 2021: Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases

HomeFeaturesAgatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases The best games you missed in 2021: Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First CasesBonne Année! Bonne Année! 2021 was hot boy summer for detectives. Well, not summer. Hot boy autumn? Is that a thing? Anyway, I not only playedSherlock Holmes Chapter One, but also an incarnation of Hercule Poirot as a bright young thing inAgatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases....

January 1, 2022 · 3 min · 579 words · Steven Fields

The eighth RPS 2021 Christmas Cracker

HomeFeatures The eighth RPS 2021 Christmas CrackerA very delicious pun A very delicious pun Every year our clone forms degrade, and Katharine spends the winter break copying each consciousness into a new body. Don’t worry: we can’t feel a thing! Since our new forms are still coming online from their time spent in the primordial flesh soup vat of the RPS Treehouse, we can’t post over Christmas, so we’ve prepared some Christmas Cracker jokes instead!...

January 1, 2022 · 2 min · 299 words · Charles Horn

The sixth RPS 2021 Christmas Cracker

HomeFeatures The sixth RPS 2021 Christmas CrackerIt’s an honest laugh It’s an honest laugh Every year our clone forms degrade, and Katharine spends the winter break copying each consciousness into a new body. Don’t worry: we can’t feel a thing! Since our new forms are still coming online from their time spent in the primordial flesh soup vat of the RPS Treehouse, we can’t post over Christmas, so we’ve prepared some Christmas Cracker jokes instead!...

December 30, 2021 · 2 min · 290 words · Daniel Davis MD

The best games you missed in 2021: Tainted Grail: Conquest

HomeFeaturesTainted Grail: Conquest The best games you missed in 2021: Tainted Grail: ConquestDie, and die, and die again Die, and die, and die again Diablo has, for good reasons, become a shorthand for describing the flavour of gothic, grimdark fantasy setting in games, where pus-filled demonic hordes and rotting, undead corpses scour a hellish cathedral looking for unwitting adventurers. For all its wretched decay, however, the series still feels like an indulgence to be savoured....

December 28, 2021 · 2 min · 362 words · Jeffrey Rodriguez

The fourth RPS 2021 Christmas Cracker

HomeFeatures The fourth RPS 2021 Christmas CrackerAn actual dad joke An actual dad joke Every year our clone forms degrade, and Katharine spends the winter break copying each consciousness into a new body. Don’t worry: we can’t feel a thing! Since our new forms are still coming online from their time spent in the primordial flesh soup vat of the RPS Treehouse, we can’t post over Christmas, so we’ve prepared some Christmas Cracker jokes instead!...

December 28, 2021 · 2 min · 296 words · Jason Davis

The third RPS 2021 Christmas Cracker

HomeFeatures The third RPS 2021 Christmas CrackerPersonality vacuum Personality vacuum Every year our clone forms degrade, and Katharine spends the winter break copying each consciousness into a new body. Don’t worry: we can’t feel a thing! Since our new forms are still coming online from their time spent in the primordial flesh soup vat of the RPS Treehouse, we can’t post over Christmas, so we’ve prepared some Christmas Cracker jokes instead!...

December 27, 2021 · 2 min · 307 words · Tina Rivera

The best games you missed in 2021: World's End Club

HomeFeaturesWorld’s End Club The best games you missed in 2021: World’s End ClubGo getters ‘em, champ Go getters ‘em, champ World’s End Clubwas the first game the pair released since forming their own studio, Too Kyo Games, and can best be described as a bizarre but intriguing blend of platforming and death games, starring a cast of prepubescent children way too young to be fixing the world or dealing with cults....

December 26, 2021 · 2 min · 352 words · David Allison

The second RPS 2021 Christmas Cracker

HomeFeatures The second RPS 2021 Christmas CrackerI hate this one, and I came up with it I hate this one, and I came up with it Every year our clone forms degrade, and Katharine spends the winter break copying each consciousness into a new body. Don’t worry: we can’t feel a thing! Since our new forms are still coming online from their time spent in the primordial flesh soup vat of the RPS Treehouse, we can’t post over Christmas, so we’ve prepared some Christmas Cracker jokes instead!...

December 26, 2021 · 2 min · 305 words · Kevin Harris

I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream is free on GOG right now

HomeNewsI Have No Mouth And I Must Scream I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream is free on GOG right nowCapturing the torment of a horrible family Christmas dinner Capturing the torment of a horrible family Christmas dinner I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream | Trailer [GOG]Watch on YouTube I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream | Trailer [GOG] HitGOG’s front pageand scroll down to the giveaway banner to claim your free copy....

December 24, 2021 · 1 min · 180 words · Michael Hayes

TFI Friday: three indie games to simulate the end of all things

HomeFeatures TFI Friday: three indie games to simulate the end of all thingsWhen you want the world to end but in a chill way, play Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, Trash Sailors, and WorldBox - God Simulator When you want the world to end but in a chill way, play Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, Trash Sailors, and WorldBox - God Simulator Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator | Game Awards 2021Watch on YouTube...

December 24, 2021 · 3 min · 627 words · Brittney Davis PhD

The final RPS Advent Calendar 2021, December 24th

HomeFeatures The final RPS Advent Calendar 2021, December 24thPlay your cards wrong Play your cards wrong It’s the last day of the RPS Advent Calendar. This is it. It’s all been leading up to this door, a wooden cabin door that’s a bit tough to open. Wait, when did you put a pair of pliers in your pocket? Our game of the year 2021 isInscryption. Of course it is. Alice Bee:Looking back at some of our other game of the year games, it’s not really a surprise to see Inscryption nabbing the primo spot on the Calendar this year....

December 24, 2021 · 5 min · 1039 words · Joseph Johnson

The voice of Yakuza's Kiryu has a Christmas single

HomeNews The voice of Yakuza’s Kiryu has a Christmas singleHave yourself a Tojo Clan Christmas Have yourself a Tojo Clan Christmas Today I made a life-changing discovery. Takaya Kuroda, the man who voicesYakuza’s beloved protagonist Kazuma Kiryu, is also the lead singer of a band. They’re named Takaya Kuroda & Goodfellas and they have a Christmas song out. Not only is this excellent news, I can’t get over the fact it straight up sounds like Kiryu delivering some festive cheer....

December 24, 2021 · 2 min · 378 words · Mary Brown

Yoko Taro says NieR series is over, happy holidays!

HomeNews Yoko Taro says NieR series is over, happy holidays!Never change Never change In a special Christmas message from three of the NieR series' development stars, creative director Yoko Taro has announced thatNieRis over. No more NieR games for us… unless he receives a massive pile of money. Quickly, it becomes clear he’s just joshing around. Another classic ruse from the man in the Emil mask, and a subtle hint that they may have something new in the works....

December 24, 2021 · 3 min · 469 words · Alexandra Miranda