I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works

I was curious if Block's Goose agent, paired with Ollama and the Qwen3-coder model, could really replace Claude Code. Here's how I got started.
MMORPG.com

Code Vein II Review: Travel Through Time in This Anime Souls-Like

Code Vein II is the highly anticipated sequel to Bandai Namco's Code Vein, but does it manage to dazzle as much as the first?
GeekWire

‘A new era of software development’: Claude Code has Seattle engineers buzzing as AI coding hits new phase

Caleb John (left), an investor with Pioneer Square Labs, and Lucas Dickey, a longtime entrepreneur, helped host the Claude Code Meetup in Seattle on Thursday. (GeekWire Photos / Taylor Soper) Claude ...
Shacknews

Code Vein 2 is a Soulslike with sauce, heart... and a fantastic character creator

What gets me are her eyes. They’re purple. You can see them through the gas mask. I didn’t know that initially when I selected her; I picked this woman as my base character because she wore a black ...
PCGamesN

Code Vein 2 is largely more of the same despite its story reset, but I think I'm okay with that

I was caught a little off guard when Code Vein 2 was first announced, but not in a bad way. The original launched in an era where games influenced by Dark Souls were fewer in number, blending the ...
Game Rant

A New Open-World Survival RPG Feels Like Rust and The Last of Us Combined

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...
Game Rant

New Survival Game on Steam Takes the Best of The Forest and Valheim, and Throws In Some Firewatch for Good Measure

Josh Cotts is a Senior Contributor at GameRant. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University in 2019 with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Media Studies and has been recognized for his ...