OK, OK. You all remember Q*Bert just fine, then. That's a good thing though.
But can you remember today's game?
For nearly 25 years, Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog has spindash-ed into history books as one of the longest running American comics that's never been relaunched. That record is about to come to a screeching halt, as Sega and Archie are ending their publishing contract.
I had some very nice things to say about Total War: Warhammer a year ago when I reviewed it, but over the last week I thought I'd check back in and see how it was faring after 12 months of updates and DLC. I was happy to find that a very good game has got even better.
And give them syphilis!
It's been a super good last couple of months for TV, with a new Game of Thrones, Glow, the Castlevania series and the season's stack of new anime. But over the last few weeks, I've been watching something a little older.
Blade Runner fuses together a morally ambivalent story about godhood with a visual panache that has shaped cinematic science fiction since its 1982 release. While it has inspired many games like Snatcher, Mean Streets, and the forthcoming Cyberpunk 2077, there have actually been only two Blade Runner video games, each of which approaches its source material in unique ways.
If you've got DOOM sitting in your Steam library and haven't touched it in a while, get ready for a hefty update - because Bethesda just gave you a whole bunch of DLC for free.
Finally. All the lobbying has paid off. If you've been waiting for a follow-up season to The Wolf Among Us, you'll only have to wait ... well, another year.
On Monday July 17th, we received an email about Ark: Survival Evolved, offering an interview with its developer Studio Wildcard to discuss a major change. Wildcard would today announce, we were told, that all official game servers would be wiped at launch, despite previously pledging that this would never happen.
A team of scientists lead by the Australian National University has developed what they call a "nano device" for gaming consoles, a device that they claim can speed up the rendering of consoles and graphics workstations.
Last year's Machinima-produced Transformers: Combiner Wars series was neat, but its voice cast, largely comprised of prominent YouTubers, was hit-or-miss. For the second leg of the trilogy, they're bringing in the big guns, including the original voices of Optimus Prime and Hot Rod. Also, Tay Zonday.
The Nintendo Switch online app is live for Android and Apple devices. It offers some Splatoon 2 utilities that let players keep track of their stats or buy special in-game items, which is pretty neat. It just isn't a very elegant solution for online voice chat between friends.
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A big update to Pokemon GO is plugging some leaky holes in the game's gym mechanics.
Check your balances of wool and linen. Will you sell them to the merchant from Milan or the one from Venice? Oh, also, the church wants you to buy some of their overpriced alum. Do you accept? These are the questions that ARTé Mecenas asks while you try to build your banking empire during the Italian renaissance.
To mark Dragon Quest's 30th anniversary, a DQ statue has been erected in Sumoto, Japan.
Ivan Laliashvili is a concept artist from Russia who currently works for Netease.
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