Author: Dustin Lang

Dustin earned a degree in Performance and Media Arts from Cornell University in 2019 and has since dedicated himself to covering the game industry as a journalist. Before joining TheLostGamer as a games journalist, he earned expertise as a writer for many gaming and eSports websites. He mostly covers first-person shooters such as Call of Duty and Battlefield, but he is also an avid NBA 2K player. Send an email to dustin.lang@thelostgamer.com to get in touch with him.

Ever since Little Computer People launched in 1985 on the Commodore 64, we’ve fancied the power fantasy of being either an absolute dictator or a loving monarch in charge of all their subjects and their wellbeing (or in some cases, destruction.) Sims. Sims-Likes. Sims Like Games Life simulation, as a subgenre of simulation games, has evolved vastly as all things do, and we’ve arrived at the best life sim product to ever exist: the fourth installment in a franchise running since 2000, The Sims 4. What The Sims and today’s best games like Sims bring to the table is the…

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Owned by Valve Corporation, Steam is the world’s largest game distribution platform.Steam has over 100 million active users. It reached the 1 billion mark on 29th April 2019.Over 50% of the world’s PC game download happens through Steam. Steam is among the most popular destinations for video games. It offers thousands of games from different genres. Steam is not just limited to games, but over time it has evolved as a terminal for interacting with other gamers too. While users can download and enjoy games after subscribing or paying for a game, the download process itself can take hours since…

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Dissociation as a perspective and genre has come far in the short period of time that it has been around. Controlling a body you can see, with its own personality, emotions, moralities, and judgment is an interesting thing to consider when you also take into account that outside of scripted sequences, they are entirely your puppet to do as you wish. Since their inception in the early 2000s, the third-person genre has only gone from strength to strength, with developers and studios giving us some of the best narrative experiences and gameplay mechanics that have formed the basis for top…

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GameFly Review: Top Features Rent Games and Movies via MailAffordable SubscriptionIncludes Console and PC GamesSprawling Collection including Latest TitlesQueue RequestsDedicated AppPan-USA Coverage Try Gamefly for Free (30 Days Free Trial) If you’re a gamer, you must have used GameFly or thought about it. GameFly still runs strong in the gaming community, especially for those who’ve been gaming since well before Steam hit the market with their online game streaming. True that the idea of receiving a game disc via mail sounds quite a bit outdated and time-consuming, but what GameFly offers is the affordability as a premier video game renting…

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A touchy topic, objectifying women as so. But we love women, and these are very capable females we have covered here as the hottest video game characters. Quite sure you’ll find what you’re looking for! [lasso ref=”amazon-27″ id=”3030016″ link_id=”13505″] Top 23 Hottest Video Game Characters 23. Desire Demon | Dragon Age Video Link: https://youtu.be/lFenwQKfauM?t=816 Could we have started off better? Desire demons are quite powerful in Dragon Age lore, regarded not so highly as demons who leverage the hidden whims and fetishes of their victims for the worst. There are many desire demons, lithely feminine forms, across Dragon Age although…

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Every gamer longs for a sturdy gaming chair with ample back support and memory foam cushioning. A chair that facilitates proper posture and assists arduous gaming marathons. But there’s a trade-off. Such ergonomic gaming chairs are generally bulky and require quite a lot of real estate. For this reason, here are a few foldable gaming chairs that can be easily moved around and even shelved, without gobbling up a ton of storage space. In this post, we will look at the top 5 folding gaming chairs, and their prominent features, to help you decide if you need one and if…

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If you’re looking for games like Undertale, you’ve come to the right place. Undertale has many features that set it apart from most other games out there. The atmosphere, graphics, music, dialogues – Undertale is one of the best examples of an indie game making it big while banking on the one thing that few games have – originality. We have listed 10 games similar to Undertale with different features for you. Hope you like ‘em! 10. Rakuen Release Date – May 10, 2017Developer – Laura ShigiharaPlatforms – Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS Buy from Steam Rakuen is one of the…

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Survival games are around for some time now, and appeal mostly to gamers who look forward to the challenge, impending defeat, and the rare victory in high difficulties against all odds. These are for the grey-cell gladiators mostly (read-only!) Let’s just cut to the chase. These are the best survival games you can play in 2022 and if you’re looking for games that will make you think harder and smarter, these are the ones you should play right now. 13 Best Survival Games You Can Play 13. Frostpunk Release Date – April 24, 2018Developer – 11 Bit StudiosPlatforms – Microsoft…

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There’s a high chance you are already into adventure RPGs like Skyrim or real-time strategy battle games like Warframe. But you haven’t really thought about trying out space exploration games, have you?  Thing is – space games are hard to get right simply because of the endless possibilities that can be added to them. Developers are yet to come to terms with what’s best for an adventure-combat game based in outer space. But they are getting closer, and we may finally get a space game that will give this genre its due respect (and popularity.) Check out the best space…

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Discord is a must-have for any gamer today. Checking who’s playing Valorant or FIFA 20 and then joining the session while chatting on Discord – this is how gaming is and there’s little that can change in it. With Discord Rich Presence, you can join or spectate games and jump right in straight from the app. But to get the best out of it, you will need the best headset for Discord that can play gaming and chat audio without one overlapping the other. You can make it easier by just going for a Discord-certified headset, but do you actually…

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