Going by three hours with a preview build last month, the Indiana Jones of Indiana Jones And The Great Circle has the hungriest hands this side of Thief 2014. They’re always surging into view, reaching restlessly toward objects as you explore, for there is ever so much to touch: photos and letters; pipes, frying pans, and other blunt implements; relics that translate into “Adventure Points”, used to “unlock” books of skills; camouflaged levers and other chunks of fusty comicbook exotica that harbour clockwork secrets. Sometimes, Indy’s magic fingers help you glean an object you need from the game’s religiously-sourced piles of Lucasfilm memorabilia. Sometimes, they exhaust you: please, Dr Jones, for the love of George. Stop trying to pick things up. Let me look at “ancient history” for a while.
Nintendo’s music app has great ideas and frustrating limitations
Listening to Nintendo music isn't easy. It's not available on streaming platforms, so I usually search YouTube for songs from Animal Crossing And Metroid. That's why I was hoping that Nintendo Music, a new app that unexpectedly launched last week, would be my one-stop shop for listening to Nintendo soundtracks. But while it has some … Read more