What are we all playing this weekend?

Alice Bee

This weekend I am going to sit on Hampstead Heath for the reason that one particular of my mates traditionally does their birthday there. This year he has drawn a map to exactly where the celebration will be on the back of an envelope, and sent us a image of it. I am counting deciphering this map as a game.

Alice L

This weekend I’m playing The Sims four, and I’m employing the new CAS Stories function in the way it was intended – asking my Twitch viewers to answer the concerns for me, and see what beginning circumstances we get. Welcome to the trash fire. I’ll also be playing a small a lot more of Outer Wilds, as a great deal as it confuses the hell out of me, it is entertaining to get lost in space and accidentally fall by means of a black hole or get eaten by a giant fish. But I’ll honestly in all probability mainly play the Sims for the reason that I am a sucker for it and also the new update is enticing. We’ve had 5 years of The Sims four and it appears like we’re going to have at least 5 a lot more. I do not assume there’s ever going to be a The Sims five.

Astrid

I’ve usually located Dwarf Fortress really intimidating. It’ll be featuring in a video I’m operating on at the moment, even though, so I asked Nate if he could grab me ten minutes of footage on account of his knowledge with the Basement of Curiosity. What he gave me was a 50-minute individual let’s play that we’ll now be employing as the Rock Paper Shotgun in-property Dwarf Fortress tutorial. If his like for the game is any indication, I’m in for a extended weekend.

Brendan

I’m going household to Ireland for a major vacation and household shindig. If a single game follows me there, I swear, I will have it shot and dumped in the Lagan. You have been warned, videogames.

Dave

This weekend, I will be going to a falcon sanctuary exactly where I get to meet some birds of prey. Incredibly a great deal seeking forward to it! I will also be accompanying my brother to a retro gaming industry of sorts that is taking place in London, so will be on the lookout for some bargains/uncommon games. What I’m receiving at is that I’ll have quite small time to truly play games.

Graham

I dug out the ol’ sweatbox this week, the grand facehugger, the screem sponges. The HTC Vive. It is been a speedy re-familiarisation with all my thoughts on VR: that the games are not quite great, that I do not actually want to strap my face to a heavy monitor, but that I do nevertheless want the expertise VR hints at. Plus Beat Saber is quite great so I’ll in all probability play a lot more of that.

Katharine

I’ll be generating some Evening Calls this weekend, as I may as effectively make the most of my Xbox Game Pass on Computer subscription although I’ve got it. Then once more, Prey is also down to a mad £4 in Steam’s newest space sale bonanza, which reminds me, I must in all probability play that by means of my Xbox Game Pass subscription as effectively.

Matt

No video games for me, please. I’ll be in Newcastle playing ‘visit old college buddies who’ve been living in a separate planet to you for the previous 5 years’.

Matthew

I not too long ago went on a press trip and had a fellow journo speak about Final Fantasy XIV the entire trip. He named it one particular of the very best FF stories of all time? A) is this nonsense, and B) is it madness attempting to get into it now? Advise me, readers.

Nate

This weekend is mainly structured about a trip to Bristol to obtain some hermit crabs, but I’ll in all probability get in a bit of Civ six, for the reason that I’ve not attempted Gathering Storm but and I actually want to play as the Maori. Even so, a darker activity also awaits me. At EGX Rezzed, following admitting I’d by no means played a Final Fantasy, I rashly promised a crowd I would total an FF of their selection ahead of the finish of the year. They chose Lightning Returns: FFXIII. The year is receiving on, so I had much better make a start out.

Ollie

A discussion in the workplace led me to the realisation that For Honor is in all probability specifically my sort of game, and I do not know why I’ve by no means played it. Complicated move sets, higher talent ceiling, the potential to appear ultra-cool when almost everything goes right… Go on, let’s see if this is my new paramour.

Sin

Oh gosh who even knows waaah. I have so a lot of estranged buddies and relatives abruptly popping up and I nevertheless have to stock up on meals and I nevertheless do not have a bed and I want new footwear and oh god possibly I’ll just sleep. Or have one more go at We. The Revolution. Final week I guillotined citizen Capet but spared Marie Antoinette. But probably I’ll unwind with a bit of humble farming and tinkering in Kenshi.