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Star Fox 64, a game I loved in my childhood, is returning – but I have mixed feelings

www.silverguide.site – Why are Nintendo releasing a straight-up remake of the space-flight shooter – with many of its original limitations – rather than a fresh new take?…
Star Fox 64, a game I loved in my childhood, is returning – but I have mixed feelings

Mogging, gen Z and why streaming platform Twitch has changed its rules

www.silverguide.site – Previously prohibited use of websites such as Omoggle that connect a streamer to a stranger’s video feed now allowed…
Mogging, gen Z and why streaming platform Twitch has changed its rules

‘Nurse, the joypad!’: the eight greatest medical video games

www.silverguide.site – For anyone needing a break from binging The Pitt, you can always put in your own shifts as a hospital manager, surgeon, paramedic and of course as a demonic morgue assistant…
‘Nurse, the joypad!’: the eight greatest medical video games

Mixtape review – tongues, trolleys and classic 90s tracks celebrate teenage misadventure

www.silverguide.site – The drunken antics and first kisses of a trio of tenacious teens make for silly yet undeniably enjoyable gameplay, framed by a playlist of bona fide bangers…
Mixtape review – tongues, trolleys and classic 90s tracks celebrate teenage misadventure

‘We’re remixing her library for a new medium’: the video games capturing the happy-sad spirit of Tove Jansson’s Moomins

www.silverguide.site – Enchanting and a little eerie, Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth is the second great game in as many years based on the classic children’s books…
‘We’re remixing her library for a new medium’: the video games capturing the happy-sad spirit of Tove Jansson’s Moomins

Licence to thrill: could 007 First Light be the best Bond game since GoldenEye?

www.silverguide.site – James Bond games have always fallen short of capturing the precise feel of the classic movies. But Amazon’s first dip into the 007 mythology seems to have a character of its own…
Licence to thrill: could 007 First Light be the best Bond game since GoldenEye?

I touched a ZX Spectrum for the first time in decades – and I liked it | Dominik Diamond

www.silverguide.site – Meeting ‘my people’ – video gamers with very long memories – took me back to an era of machine play that lacked megabytes but had far more tangible presence…
I touched a ZX Spectrum for the first time in decades – and I liked it | Dominik Diamond

‘You can be any Bond you want’: the inside story of 007 First Light

www.silverguide.site – Hitman developer IO Interactive’s pluralistic take on the British secret agent – his first video-game outing in almost 15 years – promises a Bond for all eras. Here’s what you need to know…
‘You can be any Bond you want’: the inside story of 007 First Light

Forbidden Solitaire review – cards flip into delirious trip back to 90s horror

www.silverguide.site – An innocent-looking charity shop find draws you into a compulsive world of demons, ogres and retro delights…
Forbidden Solitaire review – cards flip into delirious trip back to 90s horror

What makes good ‘game feel’? These three titles have pinned it down perfectly

www.silverguide.site – Pragmata, Saros and Vampire Crawler bring together aesthetics, responsiveness and creative opportunities in joyous ways that can’t be defined, only experienced…
What makes good ‘game feel’? These three titles have pinned it down perfectly

‘Opening the hidden door within us’: how Exit 8 took a simple game to purgatory

www.silverguide.site – Genki Kawamura’s eerie new film expands on a haunting video game that leaves players lost in endless subway tunnels. He explains how this makes viewers and players face their worst fears…
‘Opening the hidden door within us’: how Exit 8 took a simple game to purgatory

Saros review – you’ll strafe until your thumbs hurt in this primal alien shooter

www.silverguide.site – As a fast-firing spaceman, one minute you’re invincible, the next you’re dead – with every battle like watching a firework show through a kaleidoscope…
Saros review – you’ll strafe until your thumbs hurt in this primal alien shooter

The Bafta games awards showed me again that honouring art over commerce is a win for all

www.silverguide.site – From mega hit Clair Obscur to the genius Blue Prince, the winners at this year’s event help me refocus on why games really matter…
The Bafta games awards showed me again that honouring art over commerce is a win for all

‘People still remember it 40 years later’: the making of Chuckie Egg

www.silverguide.site – The iconic game that came to define 8-bit programming still conjures flutters of nostalgia 40 years on – all thanks to a 15-year-old tea boy who worked a Saturday shift in a computer shop in Greater Manchester…
‘People still remember it 40 years later’: the making of Chuckie Egg

Father of man who inspired Super Mario was also named Luigi, researcher finds

www.silverguide.site – Elisabeth Zetland, a senior researcher at MyHeritage, found that the actual Luigi had immigrated to US from Italy…
Father of man who inspired Super Mario was also named Luigi, researcher finds

Replaced review – nostalgic cyberpunk tribute has few ideas of its own

www.silverguide.site – This pulpy sci-fi thriller is a beautiful, if deferential, homage to the genre greats, with a poignant real-world echo…
Replaced review – nostalgic cyberpunk tribute has few ideas of its own

Pragmata review – soulful sad dad saga in stunning outer space

www.silverguide.site – Engineer Hugh is sent from Earth to investigate a malfunctioning research station and meets a young android who helps him fend off murderous mechs…
Pragmata review – soulful sad dad saga in stunning outer space

Why I’m embracing the latest uncool thing in gaming

www.silverguide.site – ‘Unc’ is meant to disparage older players who favour slow-paced shooters and epic narrative games, but the industry should make games for all generations…
Why I’m embracing the latest uncool thing in gaming

‘Seeking connection’: the video game where players stopped shooting and started talking

www.silverguide.site – In a post-apocalyptic landscape of cutthroat scavengers, surprisingly peaceful players are opting to team up and open up – a phenomenon that’s intriguing game developers and psychologists alike…
‘Seeking connection’: the video game where players stopped shooting and started talking

Is the new Super Mario Galaxy movie really that bad?

www.silverguide.site – A shallow plot and advert-adjacent cameos justify the critics’ condemnation of Nintendo’s latest film. But there’s sincere affection for the universe here, too…
Is the new Super Mario Galaxy movie really that bad?
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