Under the Jolly Roger

Here is a game that feels like an adventure. And it feels like it was an adventure to make, too. Mina the Hollower took six years to design and build, six years that took it from what sounds like a kind of coding doodle to a panoramic journey across a richly imagined island, taking in platforming and combat, puzzle-solving, and sheer immersion in the world building. It's Zelda and it's Bloodborne. It's smacking bosses and reading the in-game newspaper. All of which is to say that those six years of design work are apparent throughout, in the complexity of the landscapes you travel, in the dens

Mina can offer whatever challenge you're up for.

A big game in a small package, and an absolute masterpiece of an adventure.

Asus has just announced the ROG Xbox Ally X20. This new handheld gaming PC is basically the same as the original Xbox Ally X, only with a 7.4-inch 120Hz OLED display, which should be a big improvement over the LCD-equipped Xbox Ally. But there's a catch: it'll only be available bundled with a pair of ROG XReal R1 Edition 20 Gaming AR Glasses.The 7.4-inch OLED is a decent bump from the 7-inch LCD of the Xbox Ally X. Asus says it outputs at 1,400 nits and carries a VESA DisplayHDR 1000 rating, which should mean very good HDR support. It also works with Dolby Vision and features 0.2ms res

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