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Jump the Track
Proves Visual Novels And Pachinko Can Make a Funny Combo
By Wallace Truesdale
July 18, 2025 | 4:20pm
Nintendo's Next Step with
Donkey Kong Bananza
Is So Obvious
By Garrett Martin
July 18, 2025 | 3:30pm
The Pendulum Swings Back: On God of War and Sex and Violence in Games
By Diego Nicolás Argüello
July 18, 2025 | 1:44pm
Arcade Archives Brings Macross II To The West—Along With Its Baggage
By Madeline Blondeau
July 18, 2025 | 11:30am
Uma Musume: Pretty Derby
Turns an Exploitative Sport into a Predatory Game with a Relentlessly Positive Facade
By Grace Benfell
July 17, 2025 | 3:00pm
With Chapters 3 & 4,
Deltarune’
s Lovable Little Guys Remain Its Greatest Strength
By Elijah Gonzalez
July 17, 2025 | 11:00am
From the Starward Belt to the Mushroom Kingdom, Body Possession Is Horrifying
By Wallace Truesdale
July 16, 2025 | 1:01pm
Mario Kart World
Is For The Speedrunning Freaks (And Everyone Else Too)
By Elijah Gonzalez
July 16, 2025 | 9:00am
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Pulls the Same Trick as
Wandavision
—Except Here, It Works
By Maddy Myers
July 15, 2025 | 10:30am
Ridge Racer'
s Latest Port Marks A New Era For Arcade Archives
By Marc Normandin
July 14, 2025 | 11:30am
Uma Musume
's Horse Girls Blow Past
Persona 5: The Phantom X
in the Gacha Game Race
By Willa Rowe
July 14, 2025 | 10:21am
Postcards from Mario Kart: Roaming an Unsteady World with a Switch 2
By Diego Nicolás Argüello
July 11, 2025 | 2:01pm
Girlhood Is Deadly In Cave’s Classic Shooter
Deathsmiles
By Madeline Blondeau
July 11, 2025 | 12:08pm
Date Everything
Is Peak Millennial Cringe
By Grace Benfell
July 10, 2025 | 2:00pm
Not Every Co-Op Game is "Friendslop"
By Bee Wertheimer
July 10, 2025 | 1:00pm
Mycopunk’
s Chaotic Co-Op Is Already A Blast, But It Still Has Room To Grow
By Elijah Gonzalez
July 10, 2025 | 12:00pm
Donkey Kong's Identity Crisis
By Marc Normandin
July 9, 2025 | 12:04pm
Rhythm-Platformer
Antro
Wants to Beat the System with Beats
By Garrett Martin
July 8, 2025 | 5:21pm
Let the First Party Die: Is It that Bad if Game Consoles Really
Are
Dying?
By Moises Taveras
July 8, 2025 | 2:17pm
The Women of
Death Stranding 2
Are Stuck in a Sad Cycle
By Maddy Myers
July 8, 2025 | 9:00am
Seven (Plus One) Classic Tennis Games for the Last Seven Days of Wimbledon
By Dia Lacina
July 7, 2025 | 4:42pm
No Phone Summer: It’s The Summer of the Retro Handheld
By Willa Rowe
July 7, 2025 | 11:00am
Woodkid on the
Death Stranding 2
Soundtrack and Why Games Could Be the New Music Videos
By Toussaint Egan
July 7, 2025 | 9:00am
"We're Allowed to Be Happy": The Impact of Abby Anderson in
The Last of Us Part II
, Five Years Later
By Madeline Blondeau
July 4, 2025 | 12:00pm
The Freelance Camaraderie of Death Stranding
By Diego Nicolás Argüello
July 4, 2025 | 10:30am
Final Fantasy VII
Offers a Way of Living and Working through Catastrophe
By Grace Benfell
July 3, 2025 | 1:00pm
Legends of Runeterra
and The Freedom of Playing A “Dead” Game
By Elijah Gonzalez
July 3, 2025 | 9:00am
The Outer Wilds
,
Nine Sols
, And Embracing The End
By Elijah Gonzalez
July 2, 2025 | 1:00pm
Killer7
's Influence Continues to Grow 20 Years Later
By Marc Normandin
July 2, 2025 | 10:00am
At Least I Get to Be the Cow
By Moises Taveras
July 1, 2025 | 1:00pm
How One Tiny Gaming Controller Became an Essential Studying Tool
By Nicole Carpenter
July 1, 2025 | 10:00am
We Have Now Entered the Age of Covid-19 Inspired Games
By Maddy Myers
July 1, 2025 | 8:00am
Endless Mode
: It's the New Thing
By Garrett Martin
July 1, 2025 | 6:00am
Ambrosia Sky
Is a Really Deep Cleaning Game
By Moises Taveras
June 24, 2025 | 11:39am
10 Games We Loved Playing at the Summer Game Fest's Play Days
By Garrett Martin
June 19, 2025 | 9:30am
F-Zero GX
Proves the Switch 2 Can Bring GameCube Rarities Back to Life
By Marc Normandin
June 16, 2025 | 12:45pm
Resident Evil Requiem
's Demo Recedes Into the Wallpaper
By Garrett Martin
June 12, 2025 | 4:09pm
Shredding the Dunes in
Sword of the Sea
By Garrett Martin
June 12, 2025 | 12:26pm
Mixtape
Dials In to Universal Nostalgia
By Garrett Martin
June 11, 2025 | 3:45pm
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4
's Pinball Stage Is Cool as Hell
By Garrett Martin
June 10, 2025 | 2:25pm
Starlight Re:Volver
Aims To Fill A
RuneScape
-Sized Hole In Our Hearts
By Elijah Gonzalez
June 8, 2025 | 12:00pm
For Better And Worse, The Nintendo Switch 2 Is a Safe Bet
By Elijah Gonzalez
June 6, 2025 | 5:56pm
Mario Kart World
Opens Up to the Internet Age
By Garrett Martin
June 6, 2025 | 4:30pm
Switch 2: Transferring Data from the Switch Is Quick and Easy
By Garrett Martin
June 5, 2025 | 3:37pm
Horror Game
Biophobia
Grows A Garden From Grief – And Art
By Madeline Blondeau
June 5, 2025 | 2:31pm
No, the Saturn Didn't Fail Because Sega Didn't Anticipate the Rise of 3D Videogames
By Marc Normandin
May 29, 2025 | 1:03pm
The Drifter
Is An Upcoming Carpenter-Inspired Adventure Game With Killer Pixel Art
By Elijah Gonzalez
May 29, 2025 | 10:00am
Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake
Gives A Pair of Seminal RPGs A Fresh Coat of Paint
By Elijah Gonzalez
May 27, 2025 | 10:35am
NebulasRay
and How Shmups Struggled to Stay Relevant in the Early Days of 3D Graphics and Fighting Games
By Garrett Martin
May 20, 2025 | 10:30am
Riftbound: League of Legends TCG
Is A Promising Challenger In A Contested Battlefield
By Elijah Gonzalez
May 15, 2025 | 11:30am
Inside
Galaxian3
, Namco's Almost Extinct Room-Sized Arcade Game
By Marc Normandin
May 14, 2025 | 1:24pm
Despelote
Understands the Culture and Community of Sports
By Garrett Martin
May 12, 2025 | 3:01pm
Could PlayStation's New Studio of Ex-Bungie Devs Be Working on the
Frogs & Flies
Revival We've Always Needed?
By Garrett Martin
May 7, 2025 | 3:05pm
25 Years Ago the Most Melancholy Zelda Foreshadowed the Rise of Roguelikes
By Marc Normandin
April 25, 2025 | 10:30am
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Is A Great Fighting Game With Even Greater Baggage
By Elijah Gonzalez
April 21, 2025 | 3:00am
Rematch
Is A Compellingly Fussy Take on Football
By Elijah Gonzalez
April 18, 2025 | 11:30am
Retro Platformer
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
Skillfully Combines Old And New
By Elijah Gonzalez
April 16, 2025 | 11:00am
No, You Don't Have to Play
Blue Prince
—Or Any Other Game
By Garrett Martin
April 15, 2025 | 3:38pm
Well, Videogames Cost $80 Now I Guess
By Elijah Gonzalez
April 11, 2025 | 10:58am
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Understands How Essential Scanning Is to These Games
By Garrett Martin
April 10, 2025 | 4:20pm
BDS Calls for a Boycott of Xbox Due to Microsoft's Partnership with Israel
By Grace Benfell
April 9, 2025 | 1:06pm
Gradius Origins
Is a Good Start to Giving Gradius the Respect It Deserves—But It's Not Enough
By Marc Normandin
April 7, 2025 | 1:48pm
Upcoming Horror Game
The Midnight Walk
And Its Hand-Crafted Clay Figures Are A Sight To Behold
By Elijah Gonzalez
April 3, 2025 | 12:00pm
Metroids, Monkeys, and Mario Karts:
Paste
Goes Hands-On with the Nintendo Switch 2
By Garrett Martin
April 3, 2025 | 9:00am
Psycho Patrol R
Is A Delightfully Nasty Mech Sim From The
Cruelty Squad
Team
By Elijah Gonzalez
April 2, 2025 | 10:30am
Saturday Night Wii: An Excerpt from Mike Drucker's
Good Game, No Rematch
By Mike Drucker
April 1, 2025 | 10:00am
Happy 25th,
Resident Evil—CODE: Veronica
. Now Where's That Remake?
By Marc Normandin
March 28, 2025 | 1:17pm
How
Dante’s Inferno
Forced Christian America To Repent Its Sins
By Madeline Blondeau
March 26, 2025 | 1:47pm
10 Years Later,
Bloodborne
Still Transcends The Limits of Cosmic Horror
By Elijah Gonzalez
March 24, 2025 | 1:20pm
A Guide to Every Place I Abandoned My Horse in
Assassin's Creed Shadows
By Garrett Martin
March 20, 2025 | 2:51pm
GTA VI
Doesn't Have to Be as Embarrassing as Other GTA Games
By Garrett Martin
March 19, 2025 | 2:05pm
Monster Hunter Wilds'
Long Sword Has Taken Over My Life
By Elijah Gonzalez
March 13, 2025 | 2:40pm
Atomfall
: A Very British Nuclear Disaster
By Garrett Martin
March 7, 2025 | 9:00am
Absolum
Is A Fresh Take On Beat ‘Em Ups From The
Streets of Rage 4
Devs
By Elijah Gonzalez
March 4, 2025 | 11:00am
Keep On
Truxton
: The Soothing Stress of Shoot 'Em Ups
By Garrett Martin
March 3, 2025 | 3:19pm
Splitgate 2
Is Still A Fun Halo/Portal Mashup, But Faces A Brutal Shooter Market
By Elijah Gonzalez
February 27, 2025 | 12:00pm
30 Years Ago
Phantasy Star IV
Pulled Off
Final Fantasy VII
's Big Plot Twist First
By Marc Normandin
February 26, 2025 | 1:30pm
Galaga Wars+
: Is a Shmup a Shmup If You Don't Actually Shmup?
By Garrett Martin
February 25, 2025 | 1:30pm
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Is A Deep, Rewarding Fighting Game With Very Fixable Problems
By Elijah Gonzalez
February 25, 2025 | 11:00am
Monster Hunter Wilds
Would Be Better If We Could Play as the Weird Cat Sidekicks
By Garrett Martin
February 24, 2025 | 3:19pm
Die in the Dungeon
High Rolls Its Way To Deckbuilding Bliss
By Elijah Gonzalez
February 21, 2025 | 10:15am
Avowed
's Best Build Makes Me a Lightning-Charged Man of God
By Garrett Martin
February 20, 2025 | 10:30am
Monster Train 2
Seems On Track For More Card-Based Thrills
By Elijah Gonzalez
February 19, 2025 | 10:00am
Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Is The Dumb Pirate Game We've Desperately Needed
By Elijah Gonzalez
February 18, 2025 | 10:00am
Elden Ring Nightreign
Hands-on Preview: A New Trip Through The Lands Between
By Garrett Martin
February 12, 2025 | 9:00am
South of Midnight
Is No Carpetbagger
By Garrett Martin
February 11, 2025 | 11:00am
Monster Hunter Wilds
Gives Us a Welcome New World to Escape Into
By Moises Taveras
February 11, 2025 | 10:00am
Dynasty Warriors: Origins
Overwhelms in the Best Way
By Garrett Martin
February 6, 2025 | 11:32am
33 Immortals
Is a 33 Player Roguelike About Breaking Out of Hell
By Elijah Gonzalez
February 4, 2025 | 1:36pm
Civilization VII
: The Beginning of a New Age
By Garrett Martin
January 31, 2025 | 11:00am
Bodies and Long-Term Harm: Gareth Damian Martin Discusses
Citizen Sleeper 2
By Cameron Kunzelman
January 29, 2025 | 12:30pm
What
Marvel Rivals
and
Overwatch
Can Learn From Each Other
By Nico Deyo
January 27, 2025 | 3:38pm
Happy 40th,
Gradius
, You Absolute Bastard
By Garrett Martin
January 24, 2025 | 3:28pm
Dynasty Warriors: Origins
Brings the Series to New Heights
By Marc Normandin
January 24, 2025 | 12:39pm
We Could All Use a New Civilization Right Now
By Garrett Martin
January 23, 2025 | 12:17pm
Hyper Light Breaker
’s Early Access Launch Has a Decent Foundation, But A Long Way To Go
By Elijah Gonzalez
January 16, 2025 | 1:00pm
Kind Words 2
Is The Perfect Game For This Nightmare Moment
By Elijah Gonzalez
January 15, 2025 | 12:29pm
There's No Shame in Taking It Easy: Playing
Baldur's Gate 3
on Explorer Mode
By Garrett Martin
January 14, 2025 | 2:44pm
Resident Evil 4
at 20: 2005's Best Game Still Doesn't Need a Remake
By Marc Normandin
January 10, 2025 | 2:30pm
Let’s Delay All the Games—But Only if Game Companies Do This Too
By Garrett Martin
January 9, 2025 | 5:43pm
The Most Anticipated RPGs of 2025
By Garrett Martin
January 8, 2025 | 2:15pm
Bytes 'n' Blurts: Catching Up on Minishoots and Magequits
By Garrett Martin and Elijah Gonzalez
January 3, 2025 | 2:37pm
The Most Anticipated Games of 2025
By Garrett Martin and Elijah Gonzalez
January 3, 2025 | 11:50am
The Great Circle
Is the First Great Indiana Jones Action Game
By Marc Normandin
December 27, 2024 | 12:15pm
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