https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/feedThis is a feed of the latest articles from Rock Paper Shotgun.enCopyright (c) Rock Paper Shotgun a brand of IGN Entertainment, Inc.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:27:55 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hooded-horse-spaceship-rpg-c-beams-isnt-just-a-riff-on-blade-runner-its-a-modern-version-of-one-of-my-favourite-childhood-space-simsEdwin Evans-ThirlwellFri, 10 Jul 2026 13:10:34 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hooded-horse-spaceship-rpg-c-beams-isnt-just-a-riff-on-blade-runner-its-a-modern-version-of-one-of-my-favourite-childhood-space-simsSingle PlayerStory RichRPG: ActionBird view / IsometricHooded HorseRPGPCC-BeamsScience FictionSpace Combat<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Cbeams.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>For many decades, sci-fi buffs have debated the exact nature of the "C-beams" mentioned by Roy Batty/Rutger Hauer in <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/blade-runner">Blade Runner</a>'s legendary "tears in rain" soliloquy. Cutter beams used in construction? Weapon systems? Fey astral phenomena? The beauty of the term is its ambiguity, perhaps. Not any more, though. Now, whenever anybody muses moist-eyedly about the replicant's parting phrase, I can say: "actually, he was referring to the forthcoming space action-<a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-rpgs">RPG</a> <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/c-beams">C-Beams</a> from Distant Light Games and publishers Hooded Horse, which also takes heavy inspiration from one of my childhood favourite space games - Ambrosia Software's Escape Velocity." Time to <del>die</del> roll the trailer.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hooded-horse-spaceship-rpg-c-beams-isnt-just-a-riff-on-blade-runner-its-a-modern-version-of-one-of-my-favourite-childhood-space-sims">Read more</a></p>