Our thoughts on Thimbleweed Park (Xbox One)

As somebody who grew up in the golden age of adventure games, most of my childhood was spent playing LucasArt’s Monkey Island games, the Discworld games and a few other noteworthy entries in the genre. For better or worse, Thimbleweed Park feels like it belongs in that era. Thimbleweed ...

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Speedrun Community Raises over US$1 Million for Charity

Seven days to complete as many games as quickly as possible. That was the aim a community of “speedunners” undertook in Speed Demos Archive’s Awesome Games Done Quick 2014, concluding yesterday morning with Chrono Trigger. In the process they’ve received over 27,000 donations totaling US$1,012,528 (above SG$1.2 million and ...

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You Can Now Play Vintage Console Games on the Web

We’ve all heard of Atari’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, often cited as a factor for the industry’s near-fatal collapse in 1983. We also know that videogames are a unique medium, one that’s easily misunderstood. Was E.T. as bad as everyone made it out to be? Thanks to the Internet Archive, ...

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Game of Thrones Gets The 8-bit Platformer Treatment

Now this isn’t an official product by any means, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun. A Spanish comic artist has taken the time to craft this little gem using Arcade Game Studio, and it even includes 8-bit covers of the “Game of Thrones” and “Rains of Castamere” themes. ...

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