Author: Max Milella

Let’s get something straight: werewolves are cool. Sometimes scary, yes, sometimes strangely sexy (thanks for that, Twilight), but always cool. Which is why it is almost criminal that there are so few werewolf games out there. Sure, lycanthropy can be a feature in some games, like Skyrim, but that doesn’t really scratch our itch for a game whose core is: you are a werewolf. Shapeshift and kill things. Grrrr. Enter Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood (referred to hereafter as Earthblood for the sake of brevity), brought howling to your screen by developer Cyanide, and publisher Nacon. Earthblood is based off…

A Long Journey to an Uncertain End is an upcoming strategy and management game that puts you in the shoes of a sentient AI on the run from your abusive ex. Created by an experienced team of devs, including some who worked on Tell-Tale’s Batman: The Enemy Within and Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds, the game takes place in a future full of spaceflight, advanced AI, and sprawling high-tech cities. If this sounds like just the thing for you, you can now support the development team via their new Kickstarter campaign, and even snag a copy for just 150 bucks.  The…

From day one the PlayStation 5 has been flying off of store shelves. It’s pretty hard to get your hands on the console at the moment, as it constantly seems to be sold out across stores, despite Sony’s valiant efforts to keep up with demand. It’s therefore not surprising to learn that a whopping 4 and a half million units were sold in 2020. This mirrors the PlayStation 4’s sale numbers during its infancy way back in 2013. Like Nintendo, Sony has touted some impressive financial figures recently, thanks to the high demand for its new console. According to The…

Recently, Facebook and its linked platforms (WhatsApp mostly, but Instagram isn’t innocent either) have been at odds with their users over issues of privacy scraping. Of particular mention is a mass flight of WhatsApp users to other platforms as they escape the chat app’s new privacy updates. Now, in light of Apple’s upcoming privacy changes tied to it’s iOS update, Facebook will begin to show a prompt on the iOS app persuading users to allow ad-tracking. The prompt explains to users why they should allow Facebook to “use future activity that other apps and websites send” them (which is a…

Google is adding a significant new feature to its search engine that will provide users with information about the websites pulled up when they search for something. This will help users “make a more informed decision about the sites you may want to visit”, according to Google on its official blog.  Quality Assurance Google will use Wikipedia to provide descriptions and details of websites, depending on its “open editing model” which relies on thousands of volunteers contributing to the site’s database, and believes that this will ensure accuracy and quality. The intention is to give users “peace of mind” when…

Password managers are absolute godsends when you want to create an impenetrable wall defending your online privacy. But frequently face-selective amnesia sets in whenever you need to access your email or log in to Facebook. They’re quick, clever, and convenient, and Apple has just significantly improved its iCloud password manager with a new extension that lets you use your iCloud Keychain with Google Chrome.  With this new extension, users who have created passwords on the Safari browser can now use iCloud to conveniently access them in Chrome, even on other devices. The same goes for passwords you’ve made in Chrome, making…

Have you ever wondered how elves prepare a fresh salad or how orcs spice their meat? Ever wanted to taste a dwarf’s take on wine? Well, thanks to author Kyle Newman, now you can with his new cookbook, Heroes’ Feast: The Official D&D Cookbook, which is packed to the brim with mouthwatering recipes straight out of the perennially popular tabletop RPG, Dungeons & Dragons.  Not only will this satisfy even the heartiest of appetites, but it will also surely heap an extra helping of immersion onto players’ plates. Players can integrate recipes into their campaigns and taste exactly what their…

Earlier today, Chinese electronics company Xiaomi revealed its new wireless charging technology, ‘Mi Air Charge’. We’ve seen wireless charging before, but nothing quite as cool as this. In a short video and blog post, Xiaomi explained that Mi Air Charge is capable of remotely charging several electronic devices at the same time. The Mi Air Charge transmitter, the linchpin to the whole thing, provides charge within a radius of a few meters, and is about the size of a couch side table. Perfect for your living room. Physical obstacles won’t disrupt or weaken the charge either, apparently.   “It’s not science fiction,…

Picture this. You find yourself in a situation that absolutely demands a particular kind of music. You need background noise for a socially-distant gathering, or a heart-wrenching ballad to accompany the sound of you crying into a tub of ice cream after a bad break up. But you don’t have the right playlists put together and aren’t really in the mood to go out and find suitable songs. Well, Spotify aims to eliminate this problem using speech recognition to suggest tracks suited to your “emotional state”.  That’s right. Now Spotify will listen to you. Using your device’s microphone, Spotify will…

On Wednesday, Streaming giant Netflix announced that it has paired up with Legendary to give two massive names their very own anime adaptations: King Kong, and Lara Croft. That’s one big monkey… Kong’s new anime, simply titled Skull Island, will be a new chapter in Legendary’s Monsterverse, taking place on the eponymous island that Sam L Jackson and co. found themselves stranded on in the 2017 movie, Kong: Skull Island. The series will follow a shipwrecked crew struggling to survive on the island, encountering fearsome prehistoric creatures and the simian monarch himself, King Kong.  The series will continue to add…