Author: Dev and Play Media
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Transmission: A Simple but Powerful Torrent Client
If you frequently download legal torrents, you need a simple but capable app. We used to consider Deluge the absolute king, but with every update, Transmission edges closer to the top spot. The latest version is exactly what you want in a torrent client—it features a clean, unobtrusive design that is completely ad-free. It works…
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Free Sci-Fi Game ‘State of Mind’ Available Now
PC gamers can grab the 2018 sci-fi thriller State of Mind for free on GOG.com. The story is set in Berlin in the year 2048. In this grim future, humans live in fear of being replaced by robots, and a strict government stops people from speaking out. You play as Richard Nolan, a man who…
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Interview about Building Sublight: Battleships, Missiles, and 5-Hour Runs
Bullet heaven games like to keep things simple. They’re perfectly ok with allowing you to move and dodge enemies while your weapons do the talking by firing automatically in every direction. Codebrew Software LTD is taking a different path with Sublight, an upcoming space action game that asks players to pay attention to where their…
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Sunday Sims Spotlight #14: Making Chores Matter
Doing laundry is one of those things that was bound to creep into a life simulator like The Sims. Laundry Day Stuff was a welcome pack that was, strangely enough, also an unusual project from the beginning. You might not have known that the community, including the author of this text, voted on the overall…
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Mind Diver Review: Getting Lost Inside Someone Else’s Memories
In Mind Diver you aren’t investigating a crime scene in the traditional sense but are diving into someone’s memories. You’re swimming past fragments of events and pieces of a life that no longer fit together properly. The deeper you go, the more apparent it becomes that the mind isn’t a place you’re supposed to understand.…
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Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Review — Learning to Slow Down
Hell Let Loose has spent years putting players into large multiplayer battles. It all may have started with a World War II setting, but now it’s off to Vietnam. And it’s a lot different, not just in terms of weapons and vehicles, but in terms of the battlefields and how we should approach them. It’s…
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Swordcery Review: When Every Sword Has a Trick
Swordcery is a game with swords everywhere and enemies coming at us from all directions. There are also plenty of magical attacks to throw around, which is a great incentive to find not necessarily better, but different swords, learn what they can do, and use them to survive increasingly difficult encounters. Cutting Through the Chaos…
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Cloudscrapers Interview: Building Up When Everything Falls Down
After a sudden crisis nearly closed their studio and scattered the team, Lead Game Designer Sebastian Jantschke and his sole remaining partner had a choice to make. Instead of walking away, they looked up. The result is Cloudscrapers, a minimalist tower-building strategy game that mixes cozy architecture with a looming sense of mystery. This interview…
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Lou’s Lagoon Review: A Little Island Escape From Reality
Lou’s Lagoon is a relaxed exploration and crafting adventure where you collect resources, help islanders, and fly between tropical islands. It’s a game that’s so well done it felt like a digital remedy for our nerves. Every single aspect seems like it was made to pull us into a beautiful world where joy is attained…
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Ledgerbound Review – Deny the Claim, Save the World, Fall in Love
We like to think we’re well informed about upcoming games. We spend weeks, sometimes months, digging through announcements, showcases, demos and Steam pages to see what’s just around the corner. And when something looks especially promising, we keep an even closer eye on it. Ledgerbound was an anomaly. Not being on our radar bothered us…
