If you go down to the woods today, there’s a chance you’ll be spied on by creepy teenagers. Co-op stealth horror game The Blackout Club now has a splash of asymmetric multiplayer, with an early access update adding an invasion system that lets one child turn stalker. The “Enter The Stalker” update tasks one invader with recording the meddling kids, until an invisible monster drags them off into an extra-dimensional void. So much for Big Society.

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Ah! What sordid juices have I produced in the darkness of your brain, reader? Don t try to hide it. I know all sorts of hormonal fluids are frothing through your bloodstream at the sight of this wondrous pinball contraption. Don t panic. It s happening to me as well. The meaty surge of nostalgia courses through us both, for we are both alumni of this sly bumper-filled space vessel. Once, we were cadets, you and I. Cadets not only of space, but of Windows XP.

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Tiny Bird Garden Deluxe is a game about filling your life with over a hundred colourful, adorable birds. So, pretty much life goals.

It s similar to popular cat-collection mobile game Neko Atsume, except while I realise I m about to make the mistake of having an opinion online I personally prefer our feathered friends. Also, this one s on PC so we can actually write about it.

Here s a trailer so you can see what it s all about. Birds! Hats! Birds in hats!

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It is, as I have mentioned once or twice this weekend, cold. Luckily, Marshmellow Day Spa is here to warm the soul.

It s all about giving these little bundles of fluff the perfect cocoa bath to soak in, and it s just as cute as it sounds, as you can see below:

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Part point-and-click adventure, part music album, part storybook, part poem, part fairy tale She And The Light Bearer talks about blending a whole lot of things into one game. But above all else, is it ever pretty.

Just look at the way the foliage moves and the light filters down from above in its trailer:

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Winter has come to Fortnite Battle Royale, with the mysterious Ice King breaking free of his sky-orb to coat the island in a layer of crisp snow.

I hate the cold, and therefore I am obliged to hate the Ice King, but I must admit it s all rather pretty. Some players who witnessed the event captured it for the rest of us:

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Sundays are for finally sorting out the shelves you’ve been meaning to put up for the past two months. Or for bribing a housemate to do it for you. Or for reading the best writing about videogames from the past week.

On Eurogamer, Emily Gera asked the team behind BadCupid how they go about procedurally generating romance. BadCupid involves placing bets on procedurally generated dates, an idea that already sounds fantastic before you learn those dates can be between people like Jane Austen and the Necrodancer from Crypt of the Necrodancer.

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How much, exactly, would it cost you to be the proud owner of the domain pundit.xyz ? What about eloneliness.com ?

If you think you ve got a good guess, you should try out Domain Pricing, which will pit two names against one another and ask which you think is the more expensive one to get your hands on. (Bear in mind that some domain names may be not safe for work. And that they re usually the most valuable ones.)

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Zombie choose-o-drama The Walking Dead: The Final Season released its third episode this week, after a short delay as Telltale sadly closed its doors and Skybound took over development (thankfully with at least some of the former workers on board).

I haven t finished it yet, because who has time to finish video games nowadays, even episodic ones that are only a few hours long. But I did play and enjoy the second episode close to its release, and a combination of choices and mistakes I made stood out to me, so: here is a story of how I messed up.

Spoilers for episode two below!

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It has, as usual, been a long week, but don t worry Becalm is here to provide the perfect pick me up. This gentle cruise simulator doesn t ask for anything but for you to take in the beautiful surroundings, and maybe snap a picture or two if you d like.

Even the trailer is a blessing, giving just a taste of the serenity:

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