An HR advisor with a background in recruitment and HRIS functions, with a passion for video games and writing. Oliver grew up playing Call of Duty with his siblings and has garnered 1000s of hours ...

The best crafting games can let you unleash your creativity as you put your exploration and scavenging skills to use. From building up your own base to making gear and weapons and much more besides, ...

Base-building and management simulator games scratch a particular itch. There’s that perfect gameplay loop that comes from doing menial tasks and then, later, building systems to help automate those ...

The first big video game hit of 2024 was Palworld, a game everybody thought would be “Pokémon with guns” but turned out to be an open-world crafting game where you capture monsters — called “Pals” — ...

I wasn't entirely sure what to expect with Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land. It was my first venture into Gust's Atelier series, which I had largely known as RPGs about ...

Tristan is an aspiring video game designer with a special interest in open worlds and puzzle games. His reviews of video games and films have been published in Bates College's student newspaper.

With Starfield crafting and research, you can make lots of useful items and upgrades, from medicine and food to outpost equipment and space suit upgrades. Obviously, crafting requires lots of ...

Open-world games have changed a lot over the years. However, one consistent thing that appears across most large-scale open-world adventures is the ability to engage in some sort of crafting of ...

Pax Dei’s recent Proving Grounds update changed a lot. Some of the crafting, building, and resource overhauls have proven so frustrating that Mainframe is addressing the issues and their plans moving ...

The coming years are shaping up to be some of the richest in a while for gamers who crave detailed crafting loops and satisfying base-building mechanics. There are sequels to iconic titles, brand-new ...