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Cruelty Squad was the only game that made me feel sick this year, which just made me like it more This interactive fever dream was the most creative FPS of the year. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The mission was going great until I shot a toilet. We once wrote on PC Gamer aboutwhat toilets can teach us about game design, and how an interactive toilet is a hallmark of a game that takes the ‘reality’ of its world seriously....

How I spent $1.3 million trying to bake a cake in Farming Simulator 22, Part 2 As winter arrives, I’m still nowhere near being able to bake the most expensive cake ever made. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. In the first partof my diary I was in the midst of attempting to bake a cake from scratch by Christmas in Farming Simulator 22, though with only two months left in the in-game year, I’d managed only to produce some eggs and strawberries while spending… let me check my notes… ah, yes....

Life is Strange: True Colors was the game I related to most in 2021 Deck Nine managed to replace my friends, trips, and romance this year When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. In addition to our mainGame of the Year Awards 2021, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year....

Mad Dog McCree was just one of many woeful FMV shooters of the ’90s We’re rerunning Richard Cobbett’s classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. From 2010 to 2014Richard Cobbettwrote Crapshoot, a column about rolling the dice to bring random obscure games back into the light....

2021 is the first year I unsubbed from WoW since 2014, and I’m feeling lost Maybe I’m just not ready for another MMO. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. World of Warcraft has been my main game for years. I first discovered Blizzard’s MMO during Cataclysm in 2011, but I didn’t play seriously or start raiding until 2012’s Mists of Pandaria....

Aliens, conspiracy theories, and a forged diary inspired one of the weirdest games of the ’90s The story behind Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages is even weirder than its premise. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. We often hear about things being ahead of their time, but ’90s cult point-and-click adventure Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages is unexpectedly prescient in the neurotic world of 2021....

Best RPG 2021: Wildermyth This year’s best tabletop RPG was digital. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Gather around the table to enjoy the epic tale of our favourite RPG of the year. For more end-of-year awards, head to ourGOTY 2021 hub. We’ll be updating it throughout the rest of the month. Robin Valentine, Print Editor:I don’t think any videogame has ever more successfully evoked the feel of a tabletop RPG....