Something is a PC simulator that launched in January 2024. The game draws inspiration from Papers, Please, transposing its approval-denial mechanics to bartending - a solo developer project that captures similar tension through drink service rather than border control.
Recent coverage has touched on broader industry topics alongside the game's development. Discussion around player expectations in games like Pillars of Eternity suggests ongoing conversations about agency and design constraints, while coverage of other titles emphasizes developers prioritizing creative vision over trend-chasing. Something to Drink? appears positioned within this context as an unconventional take on the management-sim template, offering a more intimate, specialized experience than typical entries in the genre.
Let’s be honest, the only thing anyone’s been talking about is the GTA 6 leaks this week, which is putting an even bigger spotlight onto the GTA 6 gameplay reveal on Thursday night. That’s cast a shadow over Gamescom this coming week, which will have a big blow-out of news and tr…
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When last we checked in on Nightingale and Conan Exiles Enhanced studio Inflexion Games, Aaryn Flynn and Neil Thompson vowed to travel to every historical mural in Edmonton whose artist, Kris Friesen, had painted in a tiny Conan the Barbarian and gotten away with it. In this week…
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Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters in December
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It’s something like the 17th heatwave with barely any breaks between, which makes it feel quite daft that all our phones went nuts to warn people not to set stuff on fire just last night. Aside from that being common sense, shouldn’t that message have come weeks ago? But that was…
There are plenty of ways to make a Jurassic World park dangerous, but Jurassic World Evolution 3: Crocodilia Coast has found a particularly nasty one.
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For this week's Saturday Read, the devs behind Metanet Software tell us about the decades-long road that's led to N Plus Infinity Times Two
There was a very, very brief patch of rain this week, and the weekend’s starting off quite a bit cooler for the weekend, but it’ll be back to the hotter stuff before you know it. Maybe going for a walk will be better in video game form? In the News This Week The THQ Nordic showca…
In the aftermath of the migrant crisis in Ceuta , that eroded relationships between Spain and Morocco, a report from The Times on Wednesday suggested that FIFA had "bribed" Morocco with the rights to host the World Cup 2030 final in exchange for political backing for Gianni Infan…
At the recent Celsius 232 in Asturias we got to talk with up to 22 (!) international fiction authors across genres such as horror ( Grady Hendrix ), sci-fi ( Ted Chiang ), and epic fantasy ( John Gwynne ). Another clear highlight was Chuck Palahniuk, known for tackling uncomforta…
Redtail Relic Rush arrives as a single Xbox Play Anywhere package, meaning one purchase lets you play across console and PC with shared progress.
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Something to Drink? asks and answers the question: what if Papers, Please but bartending? It’s clear that solo dev Adam’s Games has been inspired by Papers, Please and sought to capture some of that same magic by replacing passport control with helping folks get hammered. It’s a…
Even though he's no longer particularly involved in the actual development, there's absolutely no doubt that Shigeru Miyamoto (the creator of Mario and Zelda, among others) knows how to design entertaining games. In an interview in the latest issue of Famitsu (via VGC ), he share…
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"That said, we will continue to develop competitive gameplay going forward"
Well it’s safe to say that the middle of this week took some of the wind out of the sails for this weekend, but while the sports are now less exciting, I can say that next week is certainly rather more interesting for game releases. But before we can get to that, we have to round…
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To be fair, I also think I'm built different. I'm built much, much worse.