Castaway Diary: Portal to the Unknown Isles

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The latest attempt to dethrone The Sims from its lofty perch as the unquestioned monarch of life sim games is Paralives, an indie game looking to provide much more depth of personality than we see from The Sims or InZoi. Things seem to be going well so far, with the Early Access title selling hundreds of thousands of copies and earning Very Positive reviews on Steam since it launched on May 25. But there's one thing pretty much everyone playing so far dislikes about it: that jerky and inconsistent camera. Fortunately, there's a solution to this problem, thanks to a well-known Sims modder hoppi

Tom Holland has seen the concern that Spider-Man: Brand New Day will pull its punches, but he says its version of the Punisher will be "authentic to the Frank Castle we know."