A little gem of an experience can be found while trawling through the extensive list of games on Steam called “Dear Esther”. While not strictly a game, it requires player interaction in order to complete it. But you’re not competing against anything, you are simply playing the role of a narrator of a story that you listen to while walking a set course across an island. Sounds rather harmless, and it is. But you don’t quite understand what you’re in until the music, the sounds and the visuals lift you out of normality. Think yourself immersed into a story that slowly grows...

A fun game that needs more I never really stumble into Indie game territory. I was given Beats Hazzard by a friend, Amnesia The Dark Descent was a silly idea (although it’s great) and Majicka is a good fun multiplayer but crap by yourself. I saw Rigonauts for £2.37 on Steam and it reminded me of a contraption I made in Little Big Planet. I saw some videos and thought for the money, I’ll give it a go. A nice short download on 86MB, few minutes and you’re in the game. There is one mode, which effectively is a campaign mode with training missions on the way. The idea is to put together...

You know and love the game by now, but ever wondered how to play it on a LAN if you have some friends round? Easy – first, go to Steam and install the Chivalry Dedicated Server tool (under Tools). Then, get navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\Binaries\Win32 and you will find an application called UDK.exe. Copy a shortcut to your desktop. Now, from here, you have some options. First, get this PDF file. Have a read through the instructions. You have a variety of options you can set in the .ini file, but to get it quickly working, you need to change the...

I used to be hooked on Call of Duty : Modern Warfare back in the day, only to then be hooked by Modern Warfare 2 two years later. But then I lost the appeal to carry on spending tons of cash on the series, which happen to be around the time I found Steam. I’ve also always been into Medieval history. 1066 onwards to around War of the Roses appeals to me greatly, hence why I also loved Medieval II : Total War. But now, a game has come out that appeals to me in both of these areas, in the form of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. I totally came across it be accident while flicking through Steam, with no...

If you have played Relics super awesome Company of Heroes, you may have found yourself in a similar position as I did when playing the Germans. In fact, it doesn’t matter which side you are on, whether its the Allied or the Axis, you will find yourself having to do what I did. So, here we are on the Achelous River map, I’m playing two Allied Hards with an Allied Wermacht, also Hard. 2 hours has passed and we supposed to making an advance over the final bridge. I’m quite willing to move my King Tiger over the bridge, except… I gave them time to move on, there’s nothing...