The Day Before devs say a calendar app stole their trademark

I was recently told by other members of the PC Gamer team that I do a great job at making my video game characters look like myself. I wish I could say it's because I spend hours in character creation menus carefully adjusting every single slider and setting, but honestly it's just because I look like an egg with glasses and a beard. It takes me about a minute to recreate myself. Glasses: On. Hair: Off. Beard: Yes. Done.

It did make me wonder why I replicate my own looks in games so often. I can be anyone in a game. I can have hair in a game. So why don't I? In The Sims 4, Disney Dreamlight Valley, even in Fallout 76 I made my character look like myself. I haven't played Hogwarts Legacy, but I bet I'd try it there, too. Hey, Sorting Hat, do you allow bald kids with beards in your magic school?

Did I get tired of escapism at some point, or do I just find being me more immersive than becoming a complete stranger? Maybe it's a way to feel less like I'm just sitting at a keyboard and more like I'm in the game world. Being yourself, but somewhere else... I think that's escapism, too.

It's official: Reaching World of Warcraft's level cap of 70 without leaving its tutorial zone is now old-hat. Instead, real dedicated zen masters hit maximum strength without ever leaving the confines of the boat that takes you to the game's starting area.

Fntastic, the studio behind The Day Before, has released yet another statement regarding the state of the game and its ongoing trademark dispute. In a short post on Twitter yesterday afternoon, Fntastic said that its trademark has apparently been snaffled by... a calendar app.

The more you play, the more it feels like a wolf in sheep's clothing. It's a game with one foot in the studio's past and another in its future, and despite the game's strengths that's not always a comfortable position to stand in.

Hogwarts Legacy is a game about going to school to learn to cast magical spells so you can commit horrific acts of violence at a rate not often seen in tween-oriented tales. But if you really want to kick butt, you might want to forgo magic in favor of something a little more vegan.