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How to get mushrooms in Schedule 1
20+ hour, 34+ min ago (410+ words) Meet Fungal Phil, your new Schedule 1 bestie. After months of doing my best Walter White impression in Schedule 1, I can finally expand my illicit substance empire with less combustible products. Compared to growing the best Schedule 1 weed mixes, shrooms feel…...
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar taught me that farming simulators don't have to follow the same routine to be just as fun as Stardew Valley this year
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (684+ words) Clocking out of my 9-5 and clocking into my 5-9. In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2025, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We'll post new personal…...
Runescape: Dragonwilds rolls out its farming update next week, and I can't wait to use it as another excuse to not complete the main quests
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (928+ words) Kara is an evergreen writer. Having spent four years as a games journalist guiding, reviewing, or generally waffling about the weird and wonderful, she's more than happy to tell you all about which obscure indie games she's managed to sink…...
'There's no such thing as a laser-resistant weed' says company employing dozens of Nvidia GPUs to fry weeds with lasers from above
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (420+ words) Imagine laser hair removal, except for fields. Do farmers traditionally wear sunglasses? If so, Alex Sergeev, the chief technology officer of Carbon Robotics, presumably took them off when telling Nvidia, "There's no such thing as a laser-resistant weed." As reported…...
How to get blueberry leather in Grounded 2
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (383+ words) Blueberry chunks are your gateway to new gear. Grounded 2 is full of odd crafting materials, such as household items, or even seeds that you can repurpose into handy gear. One of the most important is blueberry leather, since it's used…...
How to get better quality crops in Tales of the Shire
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (605+ words) Kara is an evergreen writer. Having spent four years as a games journalist guiding, reviewing, or generally waffling about the weird and wonderful, she's more than happy to tell you all about which obscure indie games she's managed to sink…...
Academics critique Farming Simulator's portrayal of 'good farming' and praise modders for agro-ecology add-ons
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (271+ words) The researchers believe Farming Simulator can influence attitudes about real farming. It's sometimes weird to see what academics make of videogames, coming to the medium as they do with a very different set of principles and goals than most gamers…...
Great, so now farms are going to be crawling with giant robobugs like something straight out of Horizon Zero Dawn
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (393+ words) How long before the 'derangement' occurs? Here's something to look forward to. Fields, hillsides and vineyards crawling with giant robobugs. This, it seems, is the future envisaged by Ground Control Robotics, an Atlanta-Geogia based startup. Cue Horizon Zero Dawn style…...
How to get wool in Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (650+ words) Kara is an evergreen writer. Having spent four years as a games journalist guiding, reviewing, or generally waffling about the weird and wonderful, she's more than happy to tell you all about which obscure indie games she's managed to sink…...
Baldur's Gate 3 has a secret like Diablo's Cow Level I never saw after 460 hours: A magical sheep companion named 'Harvard Willoughby' you summon by killing a comedian and ringing two bells
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (558+ words) Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister's copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG…...