I’m not a terribly handy guy, something that’s more than once been a real problem on my bike trips. (I once got stranded in rural Virginia and had to be rescued by an old man in a truck because I… couldn’t fix a flat tire.) Despite this, I’m really into , a sort of fix-it Prey that has a playtest until the 30th on Steam.

You play as the handyperson of a research facility, a job that in the

I'll admit my heart skipped a couple beats during Wednesday's Sony State of Play presentation: Once, when a presenter mentioned The Last of Us and I thought we were somehow going to get another remake, and again when I heard the phrase "Deus Ex" and briefly imagined that, against all odds , a new game might be in the works. It's not, but a remaster is. On this week's Aftermath Hours, we talk about whether that's a good or bad

Roblox has a predator problem , according to the dozens of lawsuits filed against the game platform over the past year. Lawyers  are looking to consolidate at least 31 different lawsuits filed in 12 different districts into one, big multidistrict litigation. The alleged victims in these cases are all different — and, crucially, all children — but the core of the lawsuits are the same: Parents are looking to hold Roblox accountable for its role in the abuses their children are alleged to have experienced on the platform.

“The case

A group of more than 50 video game industry professionals announced a new initiative dedicated to amplifying the work of Palestinian game developers last week. The coalition, called Palestinian Voices in Games, is supported by the likes of Reigns developer Nerial, narrative design agency actezéro, Democratic Socialist Simulator maker Molleindustria, and others, .

The group provides access to volunteers to help with game production for Palestinian game developers. A representative for Palestinian Voices in Games said that economic support is something most requested by developers, but noted the

Puzzle game Is This Seat Taken? is all about anxiety — not crushing, elephant-on-your-chest anxiety, but the small instances of overthinking that come up throughout an average day of life as a human. Where should you sit on the bus  when one side has middle schoolers playing competing terrible music as loud as their phones will go, and the other is home to some passenger’s stinky takeout food? In the world of Is This Seat Taken? , characters — represented as shapes like triangles or

Work is work, work sucks, we'd all rather be doing no work, but if we've gotta work, some of my favourite work is mundane work. Anything I can clock in to, go into a meditative state while performing it then clock off, sign me up. I've loved chopping vegetables and washing dishes because I could listen to music the whole time, and I've walked the streets delivering catalogues because I was trying (and failed) to learn a language through my headphones

What is Soulframe , exactly? It’s more than just fantasy Warframe , with an open overworld and more measured combat than the latter’s high-flying space ninja antics. It’s not a Souls -like, either; difficulty is manageable, and the name is more of a coincidence than anything else. During TennoCon earlier this year, I even heard a developer refer to Soulframe as a “secret cozy game.”

After spending a dozen or so hours with its alpha version, I don’t