I woke up this morning with an inexplicable desire to playDragon’s Lair II: Time Warp. Since I lost my CD copy of the Don Bluth laserdisc trilogy, however, and since I actually playedSpace Ace, the previous game in that trilogy quite a bit more, I’m here to talk about it instead. If you were around in the 80’s forDragon’s Lair, you’re probably also aware ofSpace Ace: gorgeous, film-quality animation plays from a laserdisc inside an arcade cabinet while the player moves the joystick or presses a fire button to make the onscreen character perform the correct actions and continue the story....

I heard you want more cyber in your punk One of 2020’s coolest, most stylish releases was undoubtedly One More Level’sGhostrunner. That reputation is only set to improve, as the sexy cyberpunk adventure will be getting a souped-up edition onPS5 and Xbox Series XSeptember 28. Featuring all of the tower-climbing and head-chopping chaos of the original release, the new edition ofGhostrunnerwill look slicker than ever before. The new editions will feature 4K resolution at 120 FPS, HDR support, ray-tracing, 3D audio, and improved load times....

Enough talk! The soonerGoogle Stadiais out in the wild for people to try for themselves (or promptly ignore), the better. We’re still months away from the initial November rollout, to say nothing of the game-streaming service’s wide release across mobile devices and browsers in 2020. Google is still making its case. The company will get another crack at warming folks up to Stadia on August 19, just ahead of the annual gamescom expo in Germany–there’s a Stadia Connect stream scheduled for 10:00am Pacific....

And play with your own virtual pet snail Viridiis a free-to-play gardening simulator which released on Steam last week in which you grow and care for a pot of succulent plants. The plants grow in real time even while the game is closed, so this isn’t the type of game you’ll want to play for long periods. Rather, I find myself loading up my virtual potted plants for a few minutes each night to see how they’re coming along....

The Dangerous Pastimes event was added toFallout 76with the Skyline Valley update. It’s a brutal new public event that I encountered as soon as I entered the new region of the map you’re directed to in the update’s questline. Dangerous Pastimes has a recommended player level of 50, but I tackled it at half that and had no trouble at all. Of course, I did this alongside a group of higher-level players who were all keen to be at the event and take the spills it has to offer....

Not-so-secret Hogwarts Legacyhas two key locations that you’ll be visiting a lot: The Map Chamber (where a lot of the core story moves along) andThe Room of Requirement(which doubles as a story sequence and a place to hang out). Here’s how to get to both from the comfort of the Hogwarts fast travel map. You can easily get to both The Map Chamber and The Room of Requirement through “Secret Rooms” fast travel First things first, you need to unlock both locations through the main story....

Sneak is one of the most useful skills inOblivion Remastered, and leveling it up will help you avoid taking on problems head-on. Leveling up this particular skill allows players to take a stealth-based approach while exploring different areas of the map. A stealth-based approach is certainly preferable in certain cases, as you don’t have to take on an enemy head-on. This guide will help you level up this unique skill and make the most out of it....

I think every kid is into skeletons growing up. They’re just scary enough to be cool/profane, but nottooscary. They were one of the first “horror genre” creatures my kid really loved beyond zombies. And if you’re a Necromancer inDiablo 4, you have the opportunity to control a whole army of them! Here’s how the Skeletal Priest works in the game. Skeletal Priests can’t be summoned: they momentarily buff your army At the very start of the game, Necromancer players can summonfourskeletons at any given time to fight for you....

The psychological adventure game returns I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, Harlan Ellison’s post-apocalyptic short story, was quite affecting to a young me. While many cite2001: A Space Odyssey‘s HAL orTerminator‘s Skynet as the greatest AI villain, for me it will always be AM,I Have No Mouth‘s impossibly cruel supercomputer. AM’s been keeping the last five humans on the planet alive for 109 years, torturing them endlessly. It’s a horrific tale that deals with all sorts of moral quandaries, covering topics like the Cold War, rape, and genocide....

Excuse me Mr. Pink, but the last ****ing thing you need is another cup of coffee [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch King Foom play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] Tonight onMash Tactics, we’ll be pulling off the most amazing heist of the century, … or, maybe not....

PlayStation 3, PS Vita, and PSP compatible AnESRB listinghas revealed thatMetal Gear Solid: VR Missionsis heading to the PSOne classics category on PlayStation Network. It will be playable on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and the PlayStation Portable. Sure, this already was available for those that gotMetal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection, but now anyone will be able to pick this one up without having to buy the entire bundle. No word on price yet....

Remix of Ben Briggs’ first album If I may be so bold, allow me toonce againdirect your music-craving attention towards Drew “halc” Wheeler’s new net label,9-bit Records. The latest 9-bit release isAttention Deficit: Gold Edition, a remix of OCR musician Benjamin Briggs’very first chiptune album. He didn’t do the remixing himself, though — a bunch of his OCR buddies frombLiNdtoWillRockhave taken care of those tunes. And the 11-track album can be yours for all ofnothing....

Used in games like Bastion, Fez, and Skulls of the Shogun Nintendo is bringing MonoGame Framework to the Wii U,Siliconera reports. The open source implementation of Microsoft’s XNA 4 Framework’s main goal is to increase the efficiency of multiplatform development by allowing for simple re-using of code. MonoGame Framework has been used in the development ofBastion,Fez, andSkulls of the Shogun. A bunch of lovely games. MonoGame already supports iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows Phone 8, PlayStation Mobile and Ouya....