A hint of Fisher-Price about it The new GameCube is displayed at a press preview in Tokyo in August 2001. A hint of Fisher-Price about it The new GameCube is displayed at a press preview in Tokyo in August 2001. The first console I ever bought, it was hyped as a threat to the PlayStation, then mocked as a flop. But now, as it marks its 25th anniversary, it's looked back on with misty-eyed reverence T his week marks the 25th anniversary of the Nintendo GameCube, the first console I ever bought with my own money. I vividly remember getting on the bus after school with a year's worth of savings safely zipped into the pocket of my bag and going to a branch of Currys, where I dumped a bunch of notes, coins and vouchers on the counter to collect my pre-order.

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Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. As always, we'll check out a smattering of the new games you can dive into this weekend before looking at some projects that are a bit further out. I somehow found some time to play a couple of new games during an obscenely hectic week, including one I'd been looking forward to for a while. Worming From Home (which I mentioned last time) is an ultra-serious remote job simulator in which you try to stop your co-workers from figuring out you're a worm. You attempt to worm your way up the financial analyst career ladder by completing spreadsheets, gaming the stock market using insider info and staying in the good graces of your boss. After (or before) a hard day's work, you can boost your skills by reading self-help books and working out -- these involve minigames based on Snake and Breakout.

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PCWorld reports on a quirky new Skyrim mod created by Ikea, adding furniture-themed content to the popular RPG. The mod, called Kallax Storageborn, features actor Matt Berry voicing a sentient Kallax shelving unit, alongside meatball helmets and Allen key weapons. Players can explore Ikea-inspired cave environments, with the mod available now through the Skyrim Creations website, marking an unusual but creative gaming expansion for the furniture brand. The Swedish furniture giant Ikea continues to venture into the world of gaming. A few weeks ago, they unveiled the new Yxstaby collection in collaboration with Microsoft's gaming division, Xbox, but the company has now brought its furniture into the gaming world in the form of an officially licensed mod for the hit game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The'Kallax Storageborn' mod introduces Ikea's classic Kallax shelving unit as a companion in the game, designed to help you carry around all the junk you collect in Skyrim. Actor Matt Berry, known for his role in the TV series, among other things, provides the voice of the Kallax shelving unit in the game. The developers at Kinggath Creations have also added "meatball helmets," an Allen key as a weapon, and an adventure that takes the player into two Ikea-inspired caves. The "Kallax Storageborn" mod can be downloaded from the Skyrim Creations website .

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Co-developed by longtime Lara custodians Crystal Dynamics and Polish studio Flying Wild Hog, Legacy of Atlantis is a reimagining of the classic 1996 game Tomb Raider, and this familiar cliffside location is now brimming with new life and believable detail. Yet while our reunion gets off to an auspicious start, I have my concerns. It feels like reconnecting with an old friend at the pub, only for them to begin spouting conspiracy theories two pints in. Where the '96 original forced players to rely on their wits - or a pricey strategy guide - to figure out what to do, Lara can now straight-up cheat. She's equipped with an environmental scanner, so a button tap reveals extra environmental lore or simply the solution to a puzzle. It's a change that feels somewhat sacrilegious, and may detract from the eerily isolating atmosphere that made the original so beloved.

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