I'm Rin, or Catherine for long! Writer of many things, mostly about video games.
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
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When I was a child, my Nan let me play with this strange device called a “DS” that could play games like my Dad’s Xbox 360 or PC without needing to be plugged in. Alongside Brain Training and 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix, she had these two games that reminded me
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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 taken
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Hey everyone! I’ve been spinning several plates at once since finishing my travelogue. None of them are done yet but I need to jump into your inbox ahead of any of that and talk about one of my favourite games while I still can. Poinpy is a vertically-scrolling 2D
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My final day in Ireland started like all the others : waking up much earlier than I’d like to so I could get breakfast. I crammed everything back into my bag, now with enough space for my book thanks to security throwing out my soap, and went down for breakfast.
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I wish I could have slept in forever, but even at the weekend breakfast had a time limit. I went down at 10:30am and had a similar assortment of fried foods. I made a sandwich out of some bread and cuts of meat offered and smuggled it and some
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The day it’s all been leading up to. I woke up in my customary immense pain and killed time checking my messages until it wore off enough to get up and wash. Laying there at 7am, I was frustrated that I had to start my day so early after
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Since my plane out of the country wasn’t leaving until 6pm, I was able to make a travel plan that didn’t make me wake up too early. I spent the morning cramming as much into my backpack as I could : a pair of jeans, a black skirt, some
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Hi! It’s been a little while, hasn’t it? I’ve been swamped with assignments and various health issues for the last few weeks, so stringing together a sentence, let alone a whole article, hasn’t been possible until recently. However, I recently had the incredible opportunity to attend
Interviews
After playing Witching Stone for review, I sent lead developer Alexander Taylor a few questions about his roguelike puzzler. (Disclaimer, Taylor sent me a review code for the game and has followed my Patreon and Cohost blogs in the past.) Note that this interview was conducted over email and has