SUBNAUTICA

Steven Nguyen Scaife Jun 25, 2021. 8 minute read

Subnautica: Below Zero is Another Landmark in Video Game Horror

There are people who, I am told, feel relaxed when they play Subnautica. They find it pleasant to swim through an underwater alien world where distinct and colorful biomes seamlessly melt together, dense with extraterrestrial flora and fauna. For these people, the gradual acquisition of resources to construct bases, vehicles,…

Morning Stack: Why Can’t I Just Pick a Game to Play?

I used to build tree forts at and around my grandparents’ farm on the South Dakota/North Dakota border. It was a very formative experience for me (I bought a lot of goddamn LEGOs and Gundam model kits after that. For whatever reason, though, that interest in architecture didn’t translate into…

Kenneth Shepard Aug 18, 2020. 2 minute read

Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase Revealed (and Released) Some Cool Indie Games

Nintendo held another Indie World Showcase today, showing about 20 minutes of new footage and announcements for independent games coming to the Switch. As it turns out, a non-insignificant amount of them were made available for the console/handheld hybrid today. Hades After just under two years of being on early…

Laura Michet Feb 6, 2016. 7 minute read

Strangling my dinner with my own two hands

Survival game power fantasies are weird as heck!