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News 4 months ago
Esports officially now an Olympic Event
The world of competitive gaming is about to get even bigger. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a landmark partnership with Saudi Arabia to host the first-ever Olympic Esports Games in 2025. This move marks a significant step in the growing recognition of esports as a legitimate sporting competition. While esports has been featured in trial events like the 2023 Olympic Esports Series, this upcoming event will be the first with official Olympic status. The 12-year deal between the…
News 4 months ago
Crash Bandicoot 5: Unmade Game Revealed by Former Developer
News broke today that a new Crash Bandicoot game, unofficially titled “Crash Bandicoot 5,” was in development but ultimately cancelled. This revelation came from artist Nicholas Kole, previously with Toys for Bob, while discussing another cancelled project he’d been working on. Fans initially believed the scrapped project, codenamed “Project Dragon,” might have been a new Spyro game. However, Kole clarified it wasn’t Spyro-related and wasn’t being developed at Toys for Bob. He then surprised everyone by mentioning the cancelled Crash…
News 4 months ago
Gaming Disorder? The Problem Runs Much Deeper
Gaming disorder has been in the press again. Not fully understood or even accepted as real by some, every so often there’s a spate of discussion. This has been going on for over a decade. This time, it’s this piece that has started the discussion. It’s interesting and sympathetic, and I’m not going to go to hard in on the piece itself because those experiences happened. Like anything that takes very specific individual cases from a much larger hobby that’s…
Articles, News 4 months ago
Playmobil Tractor with Trailer and Watering Tank (71442)
The Tractor with Trailer and Watering Tank set from Playmobil comes with a bit of a price tag, but we still like the value.
Articles, News 5 months ago
10 Days in the USA Board Game Review
10 Days in the USA is a great little game that plays really quickly and is easy to teach. Definitely one for casual players!
Articles, News 5 months ago
Playmobil Family Fun – Mountain Bike Tour Review (71426)
While Mountain Bike Tour might not be the most impressive standalone set, it has many great features you will love!
News 5 months ago
New Terminology, New Mechanics – Looking at Smuggle / Smuggling in Star Wars Unlimited
New ways to play Star Wars Unlimited are here with the latest release, Shadows of the Galaxy. About a week ago, we took a look at one of the new mechanics, Bounties, and how that could drastically change the way we play the game, in a very positive, thematic way. You can read all about our view on Bounties here! Today we are focusing on another big game changing element, the ability to Smuggle! Let’s take a look at what…
News 5 months ago
Perks of Being A Patient Gamer – And the Damage It’s Doing
It’s Steam Sale time, and that means those of us with powerful PCs are picking out indie games that will barely tax them. Happy holidays everyone! And yet the season has me thinking once more about the state of the gaming industry – and the perks of being a patient gamer. I must own over 1,500 games, easy. I’m hoping one of these days I’ll finally play one or two of them. But within that backlog sits every genre and…
News 5 months ago
Does Anybody Care About Beyond Good and Evil 2?
I loved Beyond Good and Evil and I’m glad the original is getting a decent modern re-release. It comes with a new mission tied to the long-promised sequel, and I’m wondering at this point what that could possibly mean. The original game was not a commercial success. Quite famously so. It sold less than 300,000 copies in the US, and it took price cuts of up to 80 percent to get there. Quick searching shows official mention of a sequel…
Articles, News 5 months ago
New Terminology, New Mechanics – Looking at Bounty / Bounties in Star Wars Unlimited
Last week, Asmodee Canada and Fantasy Flight Games sent over a few of the products that will be launching in stores when the second set of Star Wars Unlimited hits store shelves. While many trading card games will run a few sets before changing some key game mechanics - i.e., Disney adding Locations in their third release), Fantasy Flight Games has opted to make a change right away with the second set, and what we can expect is looking pretty promising.