Stop the Crawl

Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic survivor drama keeps its feelings about grieving in a triple layer of emotional bubble wrap.

From Lethal Company to Antichamber, these eight games capture the same survive-and-strategize energy that makes Dungeon Crawler Carl such a wild ride.

In January of 2021, F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby left copyright. In response, two developers organized a game jam on itch.io to celebrate their new ability to "steal" The Great Gatsby. But how does copyright — and also patents — affect video games, and who do copyright laws protect? Simone de Rochefort looks at the games produced by Gatsby Jam and what the creators of the game jam have to say about copyright and the proliferation of ideas.#thegreatgatsby #videogames

For years, the Steam Deck was essentially a budget all-star among handheld gaming PCs, even when more powerful handhelds like the Xbox Ally X started coming out. But, in the months following Valve's price increase for its handheld, it seems like demand for the Steam Deck has absolutely cratered. Right now, it looks like the Steam Deck is selling up to 82% fewer units than it did last year, according to some napkin math done by Boiling Steam (via Gizmodo). The blog is based on the Steam Deck slipping from a near-constant 5th-place on the Steam top sellers chart down to around #14, which is

The Dungeon Crawler Carl TV show has taken a big step forward with Chris Yost and Eric Heisserer being named co-showrunners for the series.Matt Dinniman's popular LitRPG series was officially confirmed for Peacock earlier this year, but we haven't heard much news about it since then. Yost had already been attached to the project as writer, but the move to co-showrunner is a step up. The addition of Heisserer brings a second helping of sci-fi chops to the series.Yost has worked on a number of Star Wars and Marvel projects over the years. He acted as a consultant and writer for the first