Dad found out I’m queer – he called me an abomination
After being outed and branded an abomination, my dad told me to leave. There was no negotiation, only a finality …
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I was moving to Australia for my girlfriend – a stranger’s message stopped me
I had been about to get my revenge by breaking her heart in the most humiliating way – but as …
Casual hookups left me feeling empty – I realised I’m demisexual
I realised that I appreciated her looks only in an abstract, detached way. There were no feelings there; no jolt, …
Funi Raccoon is another wonderful pile of rubble to sift through on your computer
This much is certain: I am a raccoon, somewhere in Norwich, and I am trying to catch a train. The …
Following a demo, DLC-sized New Vegas mod Fallout Chicago is aiming for a full release in 2027
Earlier this week, the modders behind a Fallout: New Vegas expansion called Fallout Chicago released their first demo. With that …
"So that we don't flood the game with amazing loot": Marathon director defends Cryo Archive's weekend-only release in the name of balance, queue times and player prep
Marathon game director Joe Ziegler has posted a defence of the decision to release the game's new Cryo Archive map …
Subnautica 2's early access release date was "self-servingly" leaked by Krafton, "further damaging the game", claim lawyers for reinstated Unknown Worlds CEO
Well, it was never going to wrap up that neatly, was it? It turns out that the emergence of an …
Marathon's Cryo Archive drops tomorrow and it sounds like almost every aspect of it will be a pain in the shell
Well, you all did it, Cryo Archive has been unlocked in Marathon. Bungie detailed the new mode in a blog …
"We're not perfectly replicating the real world, that would be crazy": The invisible design behind Firewatch's pine cones and picture frames
It's easy to look at a walking simulator like Firewatch and only see what's been stripped out. After all, it's …
Fortnite adds buildable Star Wars islands, so you can finally make a Mos Eisley Cantina full of flossing Jawas
Fortnite's just gotten a new toolset that'll let folks build Star Wars-themed islands at the start of May, wich is …
Ubisoft are ending game development at long-time Tom Clancy studio Red Storm with 105 staff laid off, according to reports
Ubisoft have reportedly laid off all of the game developers at Red Storm Entertainment, with the long-time Tom Clancy studio …
Join the circus and swing an election in Moves of the Diamond Hand, the RPG follow-up to Betrayal at Club Low, which hits PC early access in April
Cosmo D's heady jazz noir RPG Moves Of The Diamond Hand will launch into Steam Early Access on April 13th, …
Former Mount & Blade modders are making Kinstrife, a medieval mosh pitter set in 13th century Germany
Arrrrrrrrrghhhh. Slash. Thunk. Well, we're a man down. It's a good thing that in the genre of strategy sandboxes built …
The steam train world speed record has stood for 87 years: yes, you can beat it in the new Thomas the Tank Engine game
He's a really useful engine. So sayeth the sacred texts surrounding star of at least one million mods Thomas the …
Strike 2's reloading needed "higher stakes", so you now dump all the ammo left in a clip when you reload early
Bang. 29 bullets left. Bang, bang, bang, rattatata. 14 bullets left. I'd better reload, in case someone comes around that …
I made s'mores from cats and dogs in Lucid Blocks, a version of Minecraft held together by dream logic
I was five minutes into the excavation of my very first, procedurally generated Lucid Blocks map when I struck Dogblock, …
Firebreak's last major update has arrived, bringing new Control maps, a price drop and a free-for-friends version to help keep servers populated
Alan Wake makers (Wakers?) Remedy have delivered FBC: Firebreak's final major update, having previously elected to wind down development of …
"You're swimming against the tide making games like this": Why more developers didn't copy Firewatch's reactive storytelling
By the time Campo Santo were reaching the end of Firewatch's development, Chris Remo was itching to start over. "I …
“Not even the littlest bit": GTA 6 publisher CEO doesn't think genAI will level the playing field for smaller devs
Hello everybody! A major technology company executive is talking in this, the year 2026, which means it's time for more …
Nvidia DLSS 5 critics have the tech "completely wrong", CEO Jensen Huang insists, arguing it's somehow "very different than generative AI"
As you're probably aware, Nvidia unveiled DLSS 5 earlier this week, showing off the tech via a slideshow of game …