Tag: miniature
Hot Wheels: Rift Rally Turns Your House Into a Miniature Monaco
Although I tend to roll my eyes at toys that offer enhanced play through an app that adds virtual effects on a mobile device’s screen, I think that Velan Studios has come up with a convincing use case for augmented reality with Hot Wheels: Rift Rally, which makes driving a tame RC toy actually feel like you’re behind…
Space startup Lonestar is sending a miniature data center to the Moon
Lonestar has closed its round of seed funding by collecting $5 million, and the company is now ready to start a series of missions to bring functioning data centers to the most remote location ever: the Moon’s surface. Lonestar will work with Huston-based company Intuitive Machines, which was already awarded…
Pikmin 4’s miniature world gets a big close-up in February’s Nintendo Direct
The strategy/puzzle sim is coming in July for Nintendo Switch
Moonbreaker early access review: fun tabletop battling that’s a bit too miniature right now
Moonbreaker is an early access turn-based tabletop game by the Subnautica devs, and before you ask, no there isn’t a Blue Eyes White Basking Shark piece that inhales everything on the board. There are, however, plenty of sci-fi people who wield spears and guns and do battle by spending a currency called Cinder, if that’s your jam.
Whether you’re new to tabletop strategy or already like bashing miniatures together, the game makes for a perfectly enjoyable time. I just don’t know whether it goes beyond “perfectly enjoyable” into “thrilling”, though, and that may be down to its lack of, well, lots of things. Give it time and it may just evolve into a game of serious depth but right now it’s a bit too miniature to recommend wholeheartedly.
How to kickstart your miniature Jeff Goldblum collection
Multiple games now feature tiny, charming, unconventionally attractive Mr. Goldblums