Samuel Horti

London

Assistant Editor at BBC

Assistant Editor, BBC News. Formerly @tbij. Bylines @nytimes @IGN @EdgeOnline. [email protected] Not posting much, find me on Bluesky @samuelhorti.bsky.social

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How One Deus Ex Designer Created The Game's Best Level

4 days ago | gamespot.com | Samuel Horti

Deus Ex is celebrating its 25-year anniversary today, June 23, 2025. Below, we chat with designer Steve Powers about how he created one of the most franchise's most iconic stages. Steve Powers has never visited Hong Kong, but he’s been there in his dreams. As a designer on the original Deus Ex, he walked the city’s in-game streets every day for more than two years.
A Video Game Writer’s Lament: ‘We Can Do Quite a Lot Better’

Jan 18, 2025 | flipboard.com | Samuel Horti

Sofia Vergara slammed by Modern Family co-star who branded her ‘rudest celebrity’ she has metSofia Vergara has been slammed by one of her old co-stars after they branded her the ‘rudest celebrity’. The Colombian-American actor is of course …
Call of Cthulhu®

Sep 29, 2024 | gog.com | DM Schmeyer |David Wildgoose |Samuel Horti

Call of Cthulhu, the official videogame inspired by Chaosium's classic pen and paper RPG, brings you deep into a world of creeping madness and shrouded Old Gods within Lovecraft's iconic universe. 1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family on the isolated Darkwater Island. Soon enough, Pierce is pulled into a terrifying world of conspiracies, cultists, and cosmic horrors. Nothing is as it seems.
Citizen Sleeper is a Good Game everyone should play [GG #7]

May 29, 2024 | goodgames.substack.com | Samuel Horti

The GG series highlights Good Games everyone should play at least once, with links to the cheapest deals and fantastic writing. Scroll down to the bottom for a list of previous GG posts — and if you enjoy these, considering sharing them with a friend. You can subscribe here. I’ve picked a difficult one to write about this week — so I’ll keep it short.
Balatro is a Good Game everyone should play [GG #7] - Plus, GG is rebooting...

May 22, 2024 | goodgames.substack.com | Samuel Horti

The GG series highlights Good Games everyone should play at least once, with links to the cheapest deals and fantastic writing. Scroll down to the bottom for a list of previous GG posts — and if you enjoy these, considering sharing them with a friend. You can subscribe here. To put it lightly: It’s been a while. Between a new job and other boring bits, I just haven’t had the time to send these regularly. But that changes, starting today. Hopefully.
Asus TUF Gaming F15 Review

Feb 3, 2024 | ign.com | Samuel Horti

The Asus TUF Gaming F15 has huge expectations to live up to. The TUF series of laptops is a regular on our best budget gaming laptop list – and 2023’s batch is the first with a 4000-series Nvidia graphics card. That means they’re the first with Frame Generation, the name for Nvidia’s bleeding-edge AI tech that fills the gaps between frames, making games run smoother.
Last Train Home traverses murky morality of a WWI escape

Dec 1, 2023 | japantimes.co.jp | Samuel Horti

When video game producer Petr Kolar and his future colleagues made a research trip to the Legiovlak, a replica World War I-era train that chugs around the Czech Republic, he noted the pristine Czechoslovak Legion uniforms worn by the museum guides. "The Legion were like gentlemen fighting,” says Kolar, who co-founded Ashborne Games after that visit. "They always made sure that they were well cleaned, well equipped.
Un videojuego que también sirve como una lección de historia sobre la Primera Guerra Mundial

Dec 1, 2023 | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Samuel Horti

Leer todo el artículoUna captura de pantalla de “Last Train Home”, un juego de estrategia en tiempo real. (Ashborne Games vía The New York Times)Cuando el productor de videojuegos Petr Kolar y sus futuros colegas hicieron un viaje de investigación al Legiovlak, una réplica de un tren de la época de la Primera Guerra Mundial que recorre la República Checa, notó los impecables uniformes de la Legión Checoslovaca que llevaban los guías del museo.
Un videojuego que también sirve como una lección de historia sobre la Primera Guerra Mundial

Dec 1, 2023 | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Samuel Horti

Leer todo el artículoUna captura de pantalla de “Last Train Home”, un juego de estrategia en tiempo real. (Ashborne Games vía The New York Times)Cuando el productor de videojuegos Petr Kolar y sus futuros colegas hicieron un viaje de investigación al Legiovlak, una réplica de un tren de la época de la Primera Guerra Mundial que recorre la República Checa, notó los impecables uniformes de la Legión Checoslovaca que llevaban los guías del museo.
A Video Game That Doubles as a World War I History Lesson

Nov 30, 2023 | spokesman.com | Samuel Horti

When video game producer Petr Kolar and his future colleagues made a research trip to the Legiovlak, a replica World War I-era train that chugs around the Czech Republic, he noted the pristine Czechoslovak Legion uniforms worn by the museum guides. “The Legion were like gentlemen fighting,” said Kolar, who co-founded Ashborne Games after that visit. “They always made sure that they were well cleaned, well equipped.