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9 years after it aired, fans discover a Dr Who episode absolutely copy-pasted a Skyrim dragon PNG from a wiki for some background VFX
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (282+ words) Human beings are incredible at recognising patterns'which is an evolutionary reflex. See, we're hunter-gatherers, so being able to recognise the pattern of an edible plant against the pattern of an inedible one could mean the difference between life and death....
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes' new trailer reminds us that resource management only gets you so far—we have to fight with giant lasers to save humanity
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (244+ words) Play God then, uh, wash your hands. Sci-fi fans rejoice. Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes just saw a new teaser trailer drop during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted and my engines are powering up in the cold expanse. Time to…...
Magic: The Gathering's original art director says one of its most famous expansions was a protest against the Satanic Panic: 'I was getting really tired of the judgmental, holier-than-thou attitude coming from a lot of conservative so-called Christians"
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (732+ words) Rick has been fascinated by PC gaming since he was seven years old, when he used to sneak into his dad's home office for covert sessions of Doom. He grew up on a diet of similarly unsuitable games, with favourites…...
The developer of 80 Days was once invited to pitch a Doctor Who game, but never heard back from the BBC afterward: 'Technically, we're still waiting for a reply"
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (470+ words) And that's how we ended up with Heaven's Vault. 80 Days may still be the best-known game from narrative maestros Inkle Studios. But the developer's most ambitious game is probably Heaven's Vault, a sci-fi archaeological adventure about piecing together an ancient…...
Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown is a dull, budget survival game, and I swear the show is so much better than this
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (614+ words) Just play the brilliant Elite Force instead. Well, damn. The novelty of a brand new Star Trek: Voyager game tricked me into setting aside my natural cynicism, and I got burned. Star Trek: Voyager " Across the Unknown, I'm sad to…...
All of The Outer Worlds 2 companions you can recruit to your crew
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (341+ words) Here's all the intel on your space mates in upcoming Outer Worlds 2. Ahead of launch, Obsidian (sarcastically) predicted that The Outer Worlds 2 companions are "the part of the game you'll remember more than the ending." Hey, in an action-RPG that…...
Magic: The Gathering's latest crossover is with none other than the heroes in a half-shell, and they come bearing 'pizza lands"
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (257+ words) When Nicol Bolas attacks, these turtle boys won't cut him no slack. The next Magic: The Gathering set is far from the caverns of Ixalan and the grottos of Theros'indeed, it's set somewhere beneath the storm drains of New York…...
The first gameplay footage from Astroneer studio's next space game looks like co-op chaos on colorful planets, but I'm not crazy about the idea of timed missions in a hangout game
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (311+ words) A ticking clock on every single mission doesn't particularly appeal to me. Today we got our first look at gameplay from Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions, the next game from Astroneer developer System Era Softworks and published by Devolver Digital. It looks…...
The Star Trek: Voyager survival game will let you murder Tuvix all over again—so I don't really care that it looks a little rough
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (341+ words) Can we kill off Neelix too? One can only hope. Star Trek: Voyager " Across the Unknown, the upcoming survival strategy game, just peeled back the curtain a wee bit more, giving us a new trailer that shows off the sci-fi…...
Next year Magic: The Gathering will return to Lorwyn, Strixhaven, Middle-earth, the Marvel Universe—and space, with a Star Trek set
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (277+ words) Expect more Final Fantasy in the near future too. During a preview panel at MagicCon: Atlanta, Wizards of the Coast revealed most of the 2026 lineup for Magic: The Gathering. It's looking like a year dominated by returns to existing settings'with…...