New Xbox patents describe cloud “help sessions” where human or AI helpers take over your game to clear tough sections, echoing Sony’s controversial ghost idea.
Author: Jim Gray
Jim Gray
Jim is a dad from Massachusetts by way of the Northeast Kingdom (IYKYK). He makes music as Our Ghosts, and with his band, Tiger Fire Company No. 1. He also takes terrible photos, writes decent science fiction and plays almost exclusively skateboarding games. He cannot, however, grow a beard. Favorite Game: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
This Rewind Roundup is covering a wide spread: grossout cartoons, LAN‑era shooters, food RPGs, and vampire soap operas.
Hope you’ve been saving your lunch money because the bulk of this month’s games come with a price tag, but with highlights like Dead Cells and Counterstrike, who’s complaining?
The Action Max was a VHS light gun system that scored your shots at pre-recorded footage. A novel concept with zero replay value.
New Next Level round-up: SSX-style snowboarding, new Castlevania and Slay the Spire, Vanillaware-like brawling, synth roguelites, mad bus mayhem, and more.
Hyper Mega Tech’s new Rare Edition Super Pocket packs Banjo‑Kazooie and 13 other classics into a limited‑run handheld built for diehard Rare fans.
Hacking the Mainframe #3 is here, and this one swings from forensic Saturn archaeology to petty interstellar politics and Mega Man at the Olympics. Good week.
Homebrew Side Quests is back, and this one’s all over the map: fresh carts, PC recomp magic, lost ports, and the Amiga scene refusing to act its age.
Stop Killing Games is launching EU and US watchdog NGOs after a 1.3M‑signature petition, pushing hard for real rules against killing paid digital games.
Mario Kart 64 fan PC port SpaghettiKart hits 1.0 with harder AI, big performance and camera upgrades, and a revamped custom track system.