The Best PC Game of All Time

Designed by: Klemens Franz, Michael Menzel Published by: Pegasus Spiele Players: 2-4 Playtime: 70-120 Minutes Review copy supplied free of charge by Asmodee UK Noria is a deceptive game, its lovely artwork which features a massive floating mountain hanging high in the sky producing a myriad of thoughts about what its theme could be, but a wheel-building game of politics wasn’t quite what sprung to mind when I first saw it, I have to admit. But that’s what we’ve got. So, the game’s big selling point is the sizable, plastic three-tiered wheel on which three cardboard rings sit and can be rotated. Into these rings, you’ll be inserting little cardboard discs that control the various actions you can take throughout the game, with each ring being spun around to the next segment at the end of your turn and thus changing what you’ll be able to do on the next turn. The rules, though, do not adequately explain how activating your actions works. The general concept is that you get to act...

After teasing the project a month ago, independent filmmaker and video producer Connor Rentz has provided the first official version of his Super Smash Bros. Melee 64 mod. As the name suggests, this project transforms the GameCube’s Super Smash Bros. Melee into the classic style of its Nintendo 64 predecessor, complete with old-school textures, music, and more. The Super Smash Bros. community has a long history of modding this iconic fighting game franchise, most notably with Project M, the now-defunct modification that sought to bring Brawl more in line with the gameplay of Melee. In fact, multiple mods have to do with making other installments in the franchise more like the beloved GameCube release. Super Smash Bros. Melee 64 is unique in that it flips the script, changing Melee itself to be more like another game. Super Smash Bros. Melee 64 doesn’t touch the original engine—I was still able to perform techniques like wavedashing and dash-dancing quite easily—but its comprehensive re...