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Stop the world, I want to get off and run a video rental store in the 1990s | Dominik Diamond

silverguide.site – Retail sims aren’t my thing, but the tactile, nostalgic pleasures of hit indie title Retro Rewind have me yearning for the era of physical media, smoking indoors and uncomplicated geopolitics…
Stop the world, I want to get off and run a video rental store in the 1990s | Dominik Diamond
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Wordle inventor gets ahead of the game | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Julius Pursaill, Andy Roberts and Jane Oberman respond to Polly Hudson’s article that decried Josh Wardle for creating a new game…
Wordle inventor gets ahead of the game | Letters
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My ​quest to ​preserve VHS-​era ​gaming ​culture​, one eBay bid at a time

silverguide.site – As physical media makes an unlikely comebac​k​ among younger gamers, the humble VHS emerges as an unexpected archive of gaming’s messy, magical evolution​ that I saw first time around…
My ​quest to ​preserve VHS-​era ​gaming ​culture​, one eBay bid at a time
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The creator of Fortnite has laid off more than 1,000 staff – despite billions in revenue

silverguide.site – Huge cuts announced this week show that truly no developer working in games is safe from corporate whims…
The creator of Fortnite has laid off more than 1,000 staff – despite billions in revenue
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Resident Evil at 30: how Capcom’s horror opus has survived

silverguide.site – From owing a debt to obscure Japanese horror Sweet Home to the influence of Aliens and Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the franchise continues to petrify players three decades on…
Resident Evil at 30: how Capcom’s horror opus has survived
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In the killer world of online gaming, there are no hits any more – just survivors

silverguide.site – The fates of two ostensibly similar online games released this year, Marathon and Highguard, prove that success is becoming close to unattainable…
In the killer world of online gaming, there are no hits any more – just survivors
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Why an up-and-coming indie developer is returning Microsoft’s money

silverguide.site – The creator of All Will Rise standing up to the tech giant –and joining the No Games for Genocide movement…
Why an up-and-coming indie developer is returning Microsoft’s money
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Mythmatch review – a match-three game made in heaven

silverguide.site – Ancient Greek gods, adorable raccoons and hypnotic puzzling from Olympus to the mortal realm and back…
Mythmatch review – a match-three game made in heaven
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A petri dish of human brain cells is currently playing Doom. Should we be worried?

silverguide.site – Scientists in the US have uploaded a fruit fly to a computer simulation, while an Australian lab has taught neurons on a glass chip to play a 90s video game. How long before we are all living in a sci-fi movie?…
A petri dish of human brain cells is currently playing Doom. Should we be worried?
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The quiz that keeps families connected | Brief letters

silverguide.site – Brief letters: Saturday quiz | Avoiding AI | Size matters…
The quiz that keeps families connected | Brief letters
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Parseword: Is Wordle creator’s new game too much of a ‘chin-scratcher’ to go viral?

silverguide.site – Josh Wardle hopes his digital take on the cryptic crossword can be a gradual on-ramp crossing the cultural divide between Britain and the US…
Parseword: Is Wordle creator’s new game too much of a ‘chin-scratcher’ to go viral?
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Bafta games awards 2026: Clair Obscur and Dispatch lead the nominations

silverguide.site – Last year’s celebrated French hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is nominated in 12 categories this year, with Ghost of Yōtei, Dispatch, Death Stranding 2 and Indiana Jones also making strong showings…
Bafta games awards 2026: Clair Obscur and Dispatch lead the nominations
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Marathon is a stylishly merciless video game built for cut-throat times

silverguide.site – A lot is riding on the success of the latest multiplayer online shooter from Halo creator Bungie, a DayGlo spectacular that whisks players to a far-off planet mired in an endless battle for resources…
Marathon is a stylishly merciless video game built for cut-throat times
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With its fluorescent characters and ASCII text, Marathon is a masterclass in 90s nostalgia

silverguide.site – The revival of this 90s favourite is a retro-futuristic fever dream that is first incomprehensible, then thrillingly evocative. Plus, Donald Glover’s Yoshi debut…
With its fluorescent characters and ASCII text, Marathon is a masterclass in 90s nostalgia
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Scott Pilgrim EX review – is it time to grow up?

silverguide.site – A treat for nostalgia fans and completists, but there’s little new in this rehashing of a classic that feels like an add-on rather than a fully fledged adventure…
Scott Pilgrim EX review – is it time to grow up?
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Pokémon Pokopia review – collectible creatures create their own perfect world

silverguide.site – Work together with a bunch of lovable Pokémon to restore a long-abandoned town in this novel, absorbing game that’s quite unlike others in the series…
Pokémon Pokopia review – collectible creatures create their own perfect world
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Even for fans like me, the Pokémon 30th anniversary ‘stuff’ is a bit much

silverguide.site – With the wait for the new Winds and Waves games set to stretch into 2027, Pokemon’s 30th anniversary celebrations have plugged the gap with a deluge of nostalgia bait. Is the franchise in danger of losing its heart?…
Even for fans like me, the Pokémon 30th anniversary ‘stuff’ is a bit much
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Stardew Valley at 10: the anticapitalist game that cures burnout and inspires queer art

silverguide.site – Since 2016, the cosy, inclusive, non-heteronormative escapism of the beloved farming sim has inspired a community of devoted fans, and helped it shift 50m units…
Stardew Valley at 10: the anticapitalist game that cures burnout and inspires queer art
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£12m for a Pokémon card? If you’re not in the game you’re missing a trick

silverguide.site – The record sum paid at auction for a rare example is part of a boom in trading cards – and the prices can be staggering…
£12m for a Pokémon card? If you’re not in the game you’re missing a trick
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Tell us what Pokémon means to you

silverguide.site – As Pokémon turns 30, we would like to hear what the franchise means to you…
Tell us what Pokémon means to you
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