Magical Craft: My Enchanted Dress Shop, the latest fashion game developed by SynSophia (Style Savvy/Style Boutique, Fitness Boxing), released globally on 2nd October this past week for Nintendo Switch, but was nowhere to be found online. Copies were unavailable from physical retailers, yet the official site proudly declared that
This is a short post but wanted to let anyone subscribed know that I made a short story game in Twine on a whim at the weekend. It's queer, it's sci-fi, it's everything you need. Check it out! https://catherine-masters.itch.io/
On the 23rd of September, Baby Steps – the long-awaited collaboration between Maxi Boch (A City Sleeps), Gabe Cuzzillo (Ape Out) and Bennett Foddy (QWOP) – released. As part of the launch, publisher Devolver Digital set up a livestream on their YouTube page called “Baby Steps - Calming Naturescapes for Relaxation”. It
Back in February, I had the opportunity to attend the FÍS Games Summit in Galway, Ireland. I’ve covered the bulk of my trip already but haven’t written up all of the talks and other things I took part in that day. In light of Romero Games’s recent
In 1978, Richard Donner, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder and Christopher Reeve defined the characters and world of DC Comics’s Superman for generations to come in the hero’s first blockbuster film. 47 years later, James Gunn, Nicolas Hoult, Rachel Brosnahan and David Corenswet define the world of Metropolis anew
CW : This article discusses lobbyists using games depicting rape and incest as a core part of their platform. It also expresses concern for the rollback of LGBTQ rights and personal freedoms. NB : I have chosen to link to the Steam pages for most of the games discussed as I feel
About an Elf (Meringue Interactive) is an offbeat “point-and-click-ish, rpg-ish, visual-novel-ish” game that uses toyetic models and stock footage backgrounds to tell the story of elf Princess Dam. Dam wields marbles she calls “Magiballs” in combat and her sidekick is a giant talking cat
Where Do You Draw The A.I Line? Over the last few years, Large Language Models and generative AI tools have been pushed more and more in the tech space as the next big thing. Why pay someone to code your game or create art assets when you can just
N.B : This article was written before the 7th of July, but an updated paragraph and statement from Romero Games has been added to the end of it. In short, they're still open, if not flush with cash. It’s no secret that Microsoft’s games division is
Over the last few years, Large Language Models and generative AI tools have been pushed more and more in the tech space as the next big thing. Why pay someone to code your game or create art assets when you can just ask a computer? After an endless parade of
(Update 21/9/2026: Small corrections and updates have been made to this article and a new section has been added to the end, relating to the state of things a year later. The headline has also been changed, but you probably noticed that.) When I was a child, my
Back in 2002, DC Comics decided to take a big swing. After the endless crossovers spilling into each book since the 90s, they put Jeph Loeb (Batman : The Long Halloween) and Jim Lee (Wildstorm) on the flagship Batman book to tell a self-contained story for a year. Readers were