Latest articles by Ted Litchfield
LocalThunk had made hobby games in the past, but realized Balatro was something special when a friend revealed he had played it for '20, 30, or 40' hours
news The most honest endorsement you can give to your friend's indie game.
Steam makes its ban on games that rely on in-game ads even more explicit, so no 'watch this to continue playing' stuff will be making its way to our PCs
news New page, old policy.
The PlayStation Network outage proves PC gamers were right to resist its mandatory sign-in requirement
better offline You don't need my email.
Blizzard co-founder and Diablo designer thinks new ARPGs have 'cheapened' the genre with fast leveling, throwaway loot and enemies
news David Brevik argues the fun of these games "isn't getting to the end, it's the journey."
Sony offers 5 free days of PlayStation Plus but no explanation for 24-hour 'operational issue,' Capcom to extend Monster Hunter Wilds beta to make up for downtime
news Well that was weird.
A 2023 study concluded CAPTCHAs are 'a tracking cookie farm for profit masquerading as a security service' that made us spend 819 million hours clicking on traffic lights to generate nearly $1 trillion for Google
news Is that good?
Update: The PlayStation Network appears to be coming back online after nearly a day's outage, but there's still no word from Sony on what happened
news Feels good to be a PC gamer right about now.
Court documents show not only did Meta torrent terabytes of pirated books to train AI models, employees wouldn't stop emailing each other about it: 'Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right'
news I wouldn't put that sort of thing in writing but I'm built different.
Balatro 1.1 will include new jokers plus a revamp of a really confusing existing one
news It also sounds like this might not be the end for Balatro.
Harrison Ford points to Troy Baker's Indiana Jones for why he's not worried about AI actors: 'You don't need artificial intelligence to steal my soul'
news "He did a brilliant job, and it didn't take AI to do it."
Skald: Against the Black Priory plays like a pixel art Larian game, and it was one of the best RPGs of 2024
commodore-core Come for the fantastic retro RPG combat and exploration, stay for the utterly gripping cosmic horror.
Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 8 is so big, it needed its own patch before it even released, and we're one step closer to a Permanent Booming Blade Economy
news Honestly I'm coming around to the idea.
Alleged Fallout season 2 set photo reveals the return of New Vegas' beloved roadside attraction turned sniper nest, Dinky the T-Rex
news But is it canon?
The best FPS of 2024 just got a surprise free update with 30 new maps, 9 new weapons, and just one cheeky cosmetic
news Usually it's a very different ratio of cosmetics to maps is all I'll say.
BioWare has reportedly lost at least half its staff, with fewer than 100 people left and the studio a ghost of its former self
news Instead of killing the golden goose, what if you slowly starved it to death over more than a decade.
The Sims 1 and 2 Legacy Collections launch to 'Mixed' reviews on Steam as EA investigates 'various issues'
news Sul sul…
Sony bullies Bloodborne 60 fps mod off the internet with DMCA takedown as it continues to let the FromSoft classic gather dust on PS4
news You can still reach 60 fps on Bloodborne through emulation, and some users have already reuploaded the mod.
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden slams Nvidia RTX 5080 as 'a monopolistic crime against the consumer'
news "F-tier value for S-tier prices."
I'm a Baldur's Gate 3 Honour Mode sicko, and these are the 4 new subclass builds I'm most excited for in Patch 8
Baldur's Buildz Permanent Hexblade Economy
Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 8 testers are whispering that a previously mediocre subclass is now an S-tier war god of infinite thunder smites, but there's no way it can last
news Mr. Market says sell your Eldritch Knight stock.
A former Air Force pilot was so disappointed with Windows 95's aquarium screensaver that he established a 25-year dynasty of digital fish that continues to this day
news I gotta say, the screens really are serene.
Is this the end of Dragon Age? Veilguard was good, but BioWare needed an all-timer, and I'm nervous about what's next
dareth shiral 2009 BioWare isn't walking through that door.
