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HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Fri, December 20thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #557. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #557. 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! It’s a simple premise, but as many of us here know, Connections can be devilishly difficult at times, filled to the brim with red herrings, misleading words, and little-known trivia....

HomeFeaturesSongs of Silence Rally Point: Oh phew, Songs of Silence is only pretending to be a card gameNo big deal No big deal Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Chimera Entertainment/H2 Interactive Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Chimera Entertainment/H2 Interactive Clambering deep out of the Contemplation Pit, where reading reviews or opinions or, god help you, Takes, is forbidden, I am curious to learn how people have been categorisingSongs of Silence. Its structure most resemblesSongs of Conquestor Heroes of Might and/or Magic, but with little RPG emphasis or base building, and minimal tactical fighting....

HomeHardwareFeatures Should you bother with… mini PCs?Box ticking Box ticking Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun I’m hoping you’ll forgive a spot of mission-bending here, givenShould You Bother With?Is usually intended to test out the new and the strange of gaming hardware. Instead, I want to talk about mini PCs – not just small-form-factor desktops, but properly tiny, box o’ chocolates-sized computers – which have, of course, been around for decades....

HomeFeaturesLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 20thRich in more ways than one Rich in more ways than one Image credit:RPS Image credit:RPS Of course, it’sLike A Dragon: Infinite Wealth! Ed:TechnicallyYakuza8, that follows on from Yakuza: Like A Dragon (technically Yakuza 7), Infinite Wealth follows Ichiban Kasuga and his pals to the sunny shores of Hawaii for the first time in the series' history. And my goodness, what a lovely place to be....

HomeNews Two Epic Games directors step down after US Department of Justice investigate games companies under antitrust lawsFingers wagged at Tencent Fingers wagged at Tencent Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / US Department of Justice / Tencent / Epic Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / US Department of Justice / Tencent / Epic Games The DoJannounced the resignations in a press release, saying they’re the result of an investigation into potential antitrust violations....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1280): How to solve the Friday December 20 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for December 20? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 20? 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!...

HomeNewsElite Dangerous After 7 years of alien war, Elite Dangerous pilots have finally defeated the ThargoidsOr have they? Or have they? Image credit:Frontier Developments Image credit:Frontier Developments Open that bottle of space champagne, the aliens have been wiped out. At least that’s what the interstellar pilots ofElite Dangerousare celebrating in the galaxy-sized multiplayer space sim. Earlier this month, the Thargoid menace finallylanded in the Sol system, putting earth itself under threat for the first time, not to mention other human homeworlds and colonies....

HomeNews After much talk of an acquisition, Sony and FromSoftware parent Kadokawa announce “strategic alliance"Sony now Kadokawa’s largest shareholder Sony now Kadokawa’s largest shareholder Image credit:Bandai Namco Image credit:Bandai Namco It’s been rumoured for a while that Sony are about to buy Kadokawa Corporation, a monolithic Japanese media conglomerate that means nothing to the bulk of you unless I append the magic words “parent company ofDark Soulsdevelopers FromSoftware” and possibly also, “parent company of Spike Chunsoft”....

HomeReviewsCaves of Qud Caves Of Qud review: an obscenely rich roguelike realm you could get lost in for monthsA goat approaches A goat approaches Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Kitfox Games Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Kitfox Games Caves of Qud 1.0 - Official Announcement Trailer, with Kitfox GamesWatch on YouTube Caves of Qud 1.0 - Official Announcement Trailer, with Kitfox Games That said, if you’ve not played many classicalroguelikesbefore, it may still appear intimidating....

HomeNews Frostpunk creators cancel “Project 8” and lay off staff amid concerns that “narrative-driven, story-rich games” don’t sell"It was conceived under very different market conditions" “It was conceived under very different market conditions” Image credit:11 bit Image credit:11 bit Frostpunkdevelopers 11 bit studios have cancelled a new, console-oriented game in response to both “shifting market trends” - in particular, declining player enthusiasm for “narrative-driven, story-rich games” - and specific problems during development....

HomeNewsThe Witcher 4 Having Ciri as The Witcher 4 lead will help the game explore the Witcher world’s sexism, say CD ProjektIt’s also something of a Witcher origin story It’s also something of a Witcher origin story Image credit:CD Projekt Image credit:CD Projekt The announcement ofThe Witcher 4withThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s Ciri as protagonist has attracted a bit of discussion. Some of the reaction is online toddlers waxing wroth about a video game having a (somewhat older!...

HomeNews Here is a page of insultsI just thought we could do with one I just thought we could do with one Image credit:LucasArts Image credit:LucasArts Insults are so serious, these days. They’re all soinsulting, whereas the kinds of insult I cherish are the ones that coax a belly laugh from both the roaster and the roastee. Here are a few stupid putdowns I’ve found or made up specially for Xmas, organised into tiers of savagery....

HomeGuidesNYT Connections NYT Connections hints and answers for Thu, December 19thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #556. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #556. 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 19th December?...