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HomeFeatures What’s on your bookshelf?: Firaxis, Hindsight, and Life Is Strange writer Emma Kidwellread-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! This week, it’s writer onMarvel’s Midnight Suns,Hindsight,Life is StrangeSeason 2 andmore, Emma Kidwell! Cheers Emma! Mind if we have a nose at your bookshelf?...

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1184): How to solve the Sunday September 15 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for September 15? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for September 15? 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!...

HomeGuidesNYT Connections Connections hints and answers for Sat, September 14thNeed some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #460. Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #460. 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 14th September?...

HomeNewsTales of the Shire Cosy life sim Tales Of The Shire needs more time in the oven, delayed until 2025An unexpected delay An unexpected delay Image credit:Take-Two Interactive Image credit:Take-Two Interactive Tales Of The Shire: A The Lord Of The Rings Gamehas been delayed into early 2025. The cosy life sim set in the home of the hobbits had initially been aiming for a late 2024 release, but developers Weta Workshop Game Studio announced they need more time....

HomeNewsOne Million Checkboxes One Million Checkboxes players hid binary, QR codes and rickrolls among the boxes during its two week warThe internet at its best The internet at its best Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Back in June,Edwin covered One Million Checkboxes, a website with one million checkboxes that players could check or uncheck, with any change visible to all other visitors of the site. It became an obsession for some in the two weeks the website was online, as players fought to fill all the boxes, or undo the work of their peers....

HomeNewsToem Wonderful photography adventure Toem will be free from Epic next weekSnap it up Snap it up Toemis a black-and-white photography puzzle adventure that delighted us back in 2021. Next week it’s going to be free to keep from the Epic Games Store. “It’s just fun, isn’t it?” wrote Alice B in herToem review. “It’s not groundbreaking, Toem, but it’s somehow nostalgic and modern at the same time, a silly world that you can just enjoy, guilt-free....

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1183): How to solve the Saturday September 14 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for September 14? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for September 14? 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!...

HomeNews50/50 50/50 is a cheerful, deeply heinous free game about cutting things perfectly in halfSlice of life Slice of life Image credit:TheShelfman Image credit:TheShelfman We’re having a bit of an indie freebie morning, it seems. My humble contribution is 50/50, a downloadable or browser-based game which I suspect will fill some of you with the deepest aggravation. As the name suggests, it’s about cutting things in half - specifically food items, such as fried eggs (easy enough) and candy canes (WTF)....

HomeNews A European consumer watchdog wants you to be able to buy exactly as much in-game currency as you need, not fixed chunksPlus a dozen other recommendations against misleading microtransaction practices Plus a dozen other recommendations against misleading microtransaction practices A European consumer advocacy group have published an open letter to the European Union Commission expressing their concerns about video games that make use of premium in-game currencies - aka, make-believe money you can buy with real money, such as Minecoins in Minecraft’s Bedrock Edition....

HomeNewsV Rising Ahoy Draculads and ladies, V Rising is free this weekendPlease and fang you Please and fang you Image credit:Stunlock Studio Image credit:Stunlock Studio InV Rising, you’re a fledgling vampire on a mission to become absolute bossferatu of aGothicopen world. You get aDiablo-ish combat system, the ability to shapeshift into a spider, and a whole castle to prance around in, crooning at the moon. I like this premise almost as much as I dislike the fact that V Rising is also asurvivalgame, in which you must fell trees and master a crafting system like a common turnip farmer....

HomeNewsStray Annapurna Interactive’s entire staff resign following dispute with ownerExecutives and around 24 staffers quit in the wake of failed negotiations Executives and around 24 staffers quit in the wake of failed negotiations Image credit:Annapurna Interactive Image credit:Annapurna Interactive Annapurna Interactive - the publisher behind games such asCocoon,Stray, andNeon White- have seen their entire staff resign after an internal dispute this month, viaBloomberg.The resignations came in the wake of a dispute between Annapurna Interactive president Nathan Gary and Annapurna studio head Megan Ellison....

HomeGuidesBlack Myth: Wukong Best armour in Black Myth WukongFrom early game to endgame, these are the best armor sets in Black Myth Wukong From early game to endgame, these are the best armor sets in Black Myth Wukong Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Looking for the best armor in Black Myth Wukong?It’s probably not the best idea to challenge the Celestial Court in your starting gear, but as soon as you’ve made some progress in Chapter 1, you can find a much better armor set to make the journey to the west a whole lot safer....

HomeGuidesBlack Myth: Wukong Best Gourds in Black Myth WukongImprove your HP recovery and buffs with the most powerful Gourds in Black Myth: Wukong Improve your HP recovery and buffs with the most powerful Gourds in Black Myth: Wukong Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science Looking for the best Gourds in Black Myth: Wukong?These unconventional wine bottles are your best friends during the Journey to the West; not only do they recover HP, but they can activate attack buffs, provide damage reductions, increase critical rate, and more....