What's on your bookshelf?: ITU Copenhagen Games Professor Martin Pichlmair

HomeFeatures What’s on your bookshelf?: ITU Copenhagen Games Professor Martin Pichlmairread-only read-only Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Image credit:oldbookillustrations.com Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! The longest novel ever written is generally agreed to be Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past - a coward’s pick, since it’s actually 13 different volumes. Don’t let Proust’s despicable lies sully the joy of literature for you, though....

January 5, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Linda Phillips

Wordle hints and answer (#1296): How to solve the Sunday January 5 Wordle

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1296): How to solve the Sunday January 5 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for January 5? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 5? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Wednesday 8th January!...

January 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1176 words · Suzanne Smith

NYT Connections hints and answers for Sat, January 4th

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Sat, January 4thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #572. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #572. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Wednesday 8th January! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 4th January?...

January 4, 2025 · 4 min · 726 words · Dean Gomez

Wordle hints and answer (#1295): How to solve the Saturday January 4 Wordle

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1295): How to solve the Saturday January 4 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for January 4? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 4? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Wednesday 8th January!...

January 4, 2025 · 6 min · 1229 words · Timothy Solis

At this year's big speedrunning fest, Elden Ring bosses will be defeated with the power of saxophone

HomeNews At this year’s big speedrunning fest, Elden Ring bosses will be defeated with the power of saxophoneJazz% Jazz% Image credit:“Dr Doot” Image credit:“Dr Doot” The yearly speedrunning superstreamAwesome Games Done Quickis starting this weekend, and it’s set to be a musical one. The events will include a player who will beat a set ofElden Ringboss battles using a saxophone as a controller, and 16 minutes ofCrazy Taxiwith a live backing band rocking out as the driver collects their fares....

January 3, 2025 · 2 min · 386 words · Kyle Parker Jr.

Marvel Rivals unbans Steam Deck and Mac players wrongly caught up in cheater purge

HomeNewsMarvel Rivals Marvel Rivals unbans Steam Deck and Mac players wrongly caught up in cheater purgeNetEase “sincerely apologize” for flagging compatibility layers as naughty business NetEase “sincerely apologize” for flagging compatibility layers as naughty business Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NetEase Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NetEase Games Steam Deck, Mac, and other Linux-based enjoyers of superhero shooter hitMarvel Rivalscan once again play without fear of being pulped under an unlawfully swung banhammer. Developers NetEase had recently doled outbans of up to 100 yearsto players they suspected of cheating, but in their eagerness, failed to distinguish between legitimate compatibility layers – the software that non-Windows operating systems, like the Steam Deck’s SteamOS, use to run native Windows games – and actual hacks....

January 3, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words · Caitlin Reed

Mechabellum Season 2 brings a square-jawed Sergeant specialist who’s definitely seen things no man should see

HomeNewsMechabellum Mechabellum Season 2 brings a square-jawed Sergeant specialist who’s definitely seen things no man should seeYou weren’t there, man You weren’t there, man Image credit:Game River/Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Game River/Rock Paper Shotgun How would a younger me react to the concept of game seasons? “Leave me alone, please. I’m busy replayingThe Suffering2 for the sixth time to see a new 15 second cutscene that recognises which combination of morally aligned beginnings and endings I’ve picked....

January 3, 2025 · 8 min · 1527 words · Stanley Werner

NYT Connections hints and answers for Fri, January 3rd

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Fri, January 3rdNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #571. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #571. Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint for Wednesday 8th January! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 3rd January?...

January 3, 2025 · 4 min · 712 words · Ashley Clark

Roblox: Lootify codes January 2025

HomeGuidesRoblox Roblox: Lootify codes January 2025All new Lootify codes and how to redeem them All new Lootify codes and how to redeem them Image credit:Lootify Image credit:Lootify Looking for all the latest Lootify codes to redeem this January?Lootify is a dungeon-crawling RPG experience in Roblox, where rolling for upgraded gear and crafting supplies is essential if you want to progress. To help you along the way, you can redeem codes in-game for a medley of entirely free in-game rewards like Potions, Coins, Rerolls, and more!...

January 3, 2025 · 2 min · 256 words · Kayla Lewis

Roblox: Rate My Car codes January 2025

HomeGuidesRoblox Roblox: Rate My Car codes January 2025All new Rate My Car codes and how to redeem them All new Rate My Car codes and how to redeem them Image credit:Rate My Car Image credit:Rate My Car In this guide: To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings All working Rate My Car codes Here are all the current workingcodes in Rate My Car:...

January 3, 2025 · 2 min · 231 words · Edward Hansen

Roblox: SpongeBob Tower Defense codes January 2025

HomeGuidesRoblox Roblox: SpongeBob Tower Defense codes January 2025All new SpongeBob TD codes and how to redeem them All new SpongeBob TD codes and how to redeem them Image credit:SpongeBob Tower Defense Image credit:SpongeBob Tower Defense To help improve your chances of victory, you can redeem special SpongeBob TD codes for free rewards. These rewards range from EXP boosts to Gems, Trait Rerolls to Patties that you can use to feed and upgrade your towers....

January 3, 2025 · 2 min · 322 words · Mr. Jimmy Rivera

SpaceCraft is aiming for the gap between Starfield, Satisfactory and Eve Online

HomeFeaturesSpaceCraft SpaceCraft is aiming for the gap between Starfield, Satisfactory and Eve OnlineThere are always more worlds to conquer There are always more worlds to conquer Image credit:Shiro Games Image credit:Shiro Games I’ll be blunt: the only thing that really entices me aboutSpaceCraftis that it’s from Shiro Games, creators of such robustRPGandstrategyfare asDune: Spice Wars,Evoland,NorthgardandWartales. As a concept, at least, SpaceCraft seems both flavourless and oddly inclined to overplay its own familiarity....

January 3, 2025 · 6 min · 1172 words · Zachary Carpenter

Wordle hints and answer (#1294): How to solve the Friday January 3 Wordle

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1294): How to solve the Friday January 3 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for January 3? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for January 3? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Wednesday 8th January!...

January 3, 2025 · 6 min · 1217 words · Benjamin Arroyo