Graham Smith
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Galactic Civilization 2 Gets AI And Tech Tree Update
That's not a typo in the headline. This patch is not for the recently released Galactic Civilizations 3, but for the nearly ten year-old Galactic Civilizations → Read More
Action Space Shooter Everspace Still Looks Shiny
Remember when there were essentially zero space games? How times change. Everspace is attempting to carve out its space-niche in the increasingly crowded → Read More
These 17 Minutes Of Firewatch Look And Sound Great
Firewatch looks increasingly exciting to me. It's the first game from Campo Santo, the studio formed of former Telltale, Double Fine and 2K Marin developers, → Read More
Best Games Writing of the week
Sundays are for hearing echoes of some new internet controversy and being glad that we are all of us here, away from such distractions. Let's read the week's → Read More
Is A No-Betrayal Subterfuge Playthrough Possible?
Subterfuge isn't a PC game, but it looks like one, plays like one, and is heavily inspired by one. I've just finished my first game of it, and I think it's → Read More
Riot Games bought by Tencent
Riot Games, makers of League of Legends , are now owned outright by Tencent. The Chinese game publisher already owned the majority of the studio after → Read More
Deliver Calamari To Your Gran In Space: Zunus
Zunus is the latest short game from Jonathan Whiting, he of BLOODWORM and Traal and Mussel and Sportsfriends and lots of other things. It was made for Ludum → Read More
Black Desert Closed Beta Launches, Has Character
Black Desert Online is an MMO about sprightly, perfect-skinned warriors doing battle with various grimy monsters. The latter part looks fine, but it's the → Read More
Have You Played… Max Payne Kung Fu 3.0 Mod?
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. Max Payne was a fine game all on its → Read More
Best Games Writing of the Week
Sundays are for rounding up links to the internet's best games writing, in the traditional format because that's what you asked for. Comments were split in → Read More
Have You Played… Tactical Ops?
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. Counter-Strike became so popular so → Read More
Have You Played… Urban Terror?
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. Urban Terror was a Quake 3 mod that → Read More
EVE Valkyrie Will Be Bundled With Oculus Rift Pre-Orders
Pip played EVE Valkyrie earlier this week, getting to grips with the virtual reality space shooter in its near-to-final form. You can read what she thought → Read More
Hex: Shards of Fate’s First Singleplayer Trailer
Hex: Shards of Fate has been out and playable in multiplayer for some time, but its singleplayer mode - planned since its 2013 Kickstarter - is only now → Read More
Valhalla Hills Has Built Its Village Outside Early Access
Valhalla Hills is a settlement-building game in which you must lead your viking tribe back into Odin's warm embrace by building upon and harvesting from → Read More
Dominions IV review
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. What a shame it is that Dominions IV → Read More
Spiderling Is A Free Physicsy Web-slinger
I tend to prefer grappling hooks when they are taut and predictable, but 2014's Spiderling wrings satisfying physics puzzles from the springy, sticky web its → Read More
Wizard Detective Is A Game About Detecting A Wizard
I like dynamic detective games. I am attempting to make a dynamic detective game in my spare time. Wizard Detective is a dynamic detective game about detecting → Read More
How To Make Sensible Soccer Interesting Again
Sensible Soccer was my favourite game when I was a kid. I still own an old Sensible World of Soccer Amiga disk, which I keep as a memento of childhood like a → Read More
Have You Played… Watch_Dogs?
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time. I'd forgive you if you haven't. My → Read More