Tag Archives: Simulation

There’s nothing particularly funny about Markus %26ldquo;Notch%26rdquo; Persson’s battle with Bethesda’s (read: ZeniMax’s) lawyers over the alleged misuse of the name ‘Scrolls’ for Mojang Studios’ next game, however there is something refreshingly awesome about his proposed solution. Hoping to end the dispute as quickly and honorably as possible, the Minecraft …

Extreme PortalCraft opens a blue portal in the original Portal, creates an orange portal within Minecraft, and drops all the key elements of the former into the latter while nobody’s looking. The central technology doesn’t suffer a bit from being downgraded into Minecraft’s 8-bit aesthetic, while sounds and gravity mechanics …

What happens when you add medieval RPG elements to the long established Sims franchise? A pleasant kind of confusion, at least at first. There’s so much to do in your new realm: create various inidividualistic heroes, embark on countless different quests, and of course, rake in those Simoles any way …

Whoa there, hotshot! This ain’t no celebration of videogame sound design – we’ve done that (opens in new tab). Here, rather, are the games that come alive when piped through headphones directly into your brain. After all, brilliant audio will sound even brilliant-er when it’s loud, bassy and in dangerous …

With how much EA is known for whoring out its Sims franchise with expansion packs and re-releases, it wouldn’t be a stretch to assume The Sims Medieval is just The Sims 3: Castles Edition. But if you make that assumption, you’re going to miss out on a game that’s surprisingly …