Author: [email protected] (Christopher Livingston)
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Our top 10 Manor Lords tips for thriving in the survival city builder
Manor Lords is an early access survival city builder where you have to worry about more than harvesting food, building an industry, and surviving the winter. The Manor Lords map is broken into regions, and those regions contain small bandit camps, large brigand forces, and armies guided by other AI-controlled lords looking to conquer new…
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This co-op Viking survival game is a lot different than Valheim because you can recruit NPCs, assign them jobs, and occasionally devour their souls
Marooned alone on a mysterious Viking continent, I’ve managed to survive long enough to build a few things: a campfire for warmth, a shelter for rest, and a rainwater collector to quench my thirst. Most importantly I’ve constructed an altar called The Eye of Odin, a stone orb that projects a glowing beam into the…
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This enchanting fantasy city builder packed with fairytale adventures launches in May
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April is a monster month for city builders, with the Frostpunk 2 beta having arrived this week, top wishlist pick Manor Lords launching next week, and the arrival of several other city building games like Vertical Kingdom, Laysara: Summit Kingdom, and Of Life And Land. But keep your eyes peeled because when it comes to…
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Yes, I’m abducting my neighbors and sawing them up in a series of ritual murders, but I have a really good reason you guys
There’s nothing I like more in games than snooping around. Give me a computer to hack, a window to peek through, a conversation to eavesdrop on, and I’m happy as a clam. When I heard there was an entire game called Life Eater about observing my neighbors and learning their routines and habits, I was…
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Todd Howard confirms the Fallout show didn’t retcon non-Bethesda Fallout games: ‘Everything that happened in the previous games, including New Vegas, happened’
The reaction to the Fallout show has been almost universally positive, and even those of us who have a few complaints about it still really enjoyed it. But Prime TV’s Fallout adaptation has raised a few questions among fans and Fallout lore enthusiasts, particularly when it comes to one important historic location: Shady Sands. Spoilers…
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I swore I wouldn’t use child labor in Frostpunk 2… but then the kids went feral, formed gangs, and started having deadly knife fights in the streets
Once again someone has been stupid enough to put me in charge of a city, and once again my tenure as mayor has resulted in nothing but bloodshed, crime, misery, and death. And that’s just the kids I’m talking about. The adults in my city aren’t doing so great, either. The beta for Frostpunk 2…
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Bethesda design director confirms Fallout: New Vegas is still canon: ‘Of course it is’
The Fallout TV series arrived this week and the response has been almost entirely positive. Almost. Not everyone is on board with Prime TV’s adaptation of the beloved Fallout series: some fans have a major beef when it comes to the repercussions the show has on established Fallout lore, even though the show is set…
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In this strategy city builder you’ll grow your capital through 2,500 years of history
April is already a monster month for city builders and colony sims, and yet another city building game has just been announced, this one with a bit of a Civilization theme. The cities you grow and manage in most city builders can last for years, sometimes decades, and occasionally hundreds of years… but what about…
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In which I (mostly) debunk the latest Fallout controversy that claims Todd Howard used the Fallout show to ‘retcon’ non-Bethesda Fallout games
Prime TV’s Fallout series is here, with all eight episodes ready to watch on your Radiation King television set. Ready for a surprise? The show is actually good! Jody described it as “the best Fallout since New Vegas” and while I personally thought the first half of season dragged a bit, it picked up in…
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I called the Vault-Tec phone number from the Fallout show so you don’t have to
In the sixth episode of Prime TV’s Fallout series we’re treated to a pre-war Galaxy News broadcast hosted by Cooper Howard (Walton Goggins), debonair star of stage and screen. The broadcast takes place deep inside a Vault-Tec Vault, as Howard gives us a tour of model 96-JQ-1164 which has been constructed with sturdy three-foot-thick lead…