The Brutalist Report

PC Gamer

• Saber's AI Rideshare Stimulator controversy almost closes on high note with CEO apology, then he calls Portal scribe who mocked him an 'unsuccessful writer' [8d]
• Matthew McConaughey could have played Joel in The Last of Us, but says 'it just wasn't for me at the time' [8d]
• Simpsons creator Matt Groening implies that a Hit & Run remaster is coming, current showrunner hastily disputes [8d]
• Witcher 3 designer says it wasn't easy to convince players its NPC simulation wasn't 'just fakery': 'People nowadays are interested in those kinds of details, and it really came to haunt us' [8d]
• I got so freaked out by the fact that Gordon Freeman is canonically 27 that I decided to find out how old all the other classic FPS protagonists are, and it didn't make me feel better [8d]
• EverQuest Legends is the only MMO that could hook me in 2026 [8d]
• Star Wars: The Old Republic hopes to recapture the 'classic' experience with difficulty options and a new way to start from scratch [8d]
• RPG companions need to be hateable, otherwise nobody's going to love them [8d]
• The bigwigs who want AI-generated NPCs and writing think you're too dumb to appreciate a good story—don't prove them right [9d]
• This Solitaire game is so tiny it can load from a QR code, which is just what I need in the age of massive games and expensive storage [9d]
• You can now play the secret best immersive sim in coop thanks to this mod [9d]
• Stalker 2's imminent free update aims to make the sequel more atmospheric and less relentlessly hostile: 'The Zone isn't one constant gunfight' [9d]