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The First Educational Computer Game Was Made by a Woman over 60 Years Ago
By Garrett Martin
August 28, 2025 | 11:00am
Promise Mascot Agency
Is A Lesson In Writing A Realistic Teacher
By Wallace Truesdale
August 28, 2025 | 10:00am
Crushed in Time
Is A "Point-And-Pull" Adventure Game That Takes Holmes And Watson In A New Direction
By Elijah Gonzalez
August 28, 2025 | 9:00am
Mario Is Missing
: Learning about the World with a Weirdly Long Yoshi
By Marc Normandin
August 27, 2025 | 2:16pm
Why Do We Keep Going Back to School?
By Moises Taveras
August 26, 2025 | 3:00pm
Battle Royale
Adaptations Are Missing What Made the Novel Great
By Maddy Myers
August 26, 2025 | 2:00pm
This Week
Endless Mode
Goes Back to School
By Garrett Martin
August 25, 2025 | 3:01pm
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Remains the Best Introduction to the Franchise
By Toussaint Egan
August 25, 2025 | 1:30pm
Is This Seat Taken?
Is A Great Puzzle Game... If You Aren't Planning A Wedding
By Willa Rowe
August 25, 2025 | 11:30am
What We’ve Played at Gamescom, Day Four:
Phantom Blade Zero
,
Little Nightmares III
, And More
By Elijah Gonzalez
August 23, 2025 | 8:45pm
What We’ve Played at Gamescom, Day Three:
Cronos: The New Dawn
,
LEGO Batman
, and More
By Elijah Gonzalez
August 22, 2025 | 4:57pm
Herdling
Wordlessly Emphasizes How Community Helps You Breathe
By Wallace Truesdale
August 22, 2025 | 3:00pm
Could
Silksong
Ever Live Up to the Hype?
By Diego Nicolás Argüello
August 22, 2025 | 1:42pm
How Multiplayer Games Like
Valorant
Could Improve Matchmaking
By Bee Wertheimer
August 22, 2025 | 10:30am
I Built A Better Game Boy—And You Can Too
By Madeline Blondeau
August 22, 2025 | 9:30am
What We’ve Played at Gamescom, Day Two:
Kirby Air Riders
,
Super Meat Boy 3D
, and More
By Elijah Gonzalez
August 21, 2025 | 5:22pm
Does
Metal Gear Solid 3
Really Need to Be Remade?
By Grace Benfell
August 21, 2025 | 1:30pm
Capcom Is Releasing Three Games Next Year, And I Played Them All at Gamescom
By Alyssa Mercante
August 21, 2025 | 9:30am
What We've Played at Gamescom, Day One:
Hollow Knight: Silksong
,
Metroid Prime 4
, and More
By Elijah Gonzalez
August 20, 2025 | 3:00pm
Nintendo's Virtual Boy Isn't Underrated—But Who Knows What It Could've Turned Into?
By Marc Normandin
August 20, 2025 | 12:00pm
Letting the Days Go By in
The Blood of Dawnwalker
By Garrett Martin
August 20, 2025 | 8:00am
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
Resurrects This Series As A Promising Strategy Roguelike
By Elijah Gonzalez
August 19, 2025 | 2:00pm
Do Tricks on Tracks with
Denshattack!
, the Train Skating Game
By Bee Wertheimer
August 19, 2025 | 1:42pm
Bombs Away:
Öoo
Is an Oblique, Bite-Sized Magic Trick of a Game
By Moises Taveras
August 19, 2025 | 11:45am
Artis Impact
Wants You To Be Curious
By Willa Rowe
August 18, 2025 | 1:00pm
The Video Game History Foundation's Directors Discuss Its Library and the Acquisition of
Computer Entertainer
By Garrett Martin
August 15, 2025 | 5:50pm
It's Been a Great Two Weeks for Shmup Fans
By Garrett Martin
August 14, 2025 | 2:47pm
Mafia III
Was Part of a Daring but Short-Lived Moment in Mainstream Games
By Grace Benfell
August 14, 2025 | 1:08pm
25 Years Later,
Seaman
Remains an Absolute Original. Too Bad You Can't Really Play It These Days.
By Marc Normandin
August 13, 2025 | 3:33pm
Battlefield 6
’s Open Beta Winds Back The Clock
By Elijah Gonzalez
August 13, 2025 | 10:02am
Time Flies
, but It Sinks, Too
By Garrett Martin
August 12, 2025 | 3:40pm
Battlefield's "Back." Now What?
By Moises Taveras
August 12, 2025 | 2:00pm
Sorry,
Donkey Kong Bananza
, But
Ocarina of Time
Still Has the Best Music-Playing Mechanic
By Maddy Myers
August 12, 2025 | 12:30pm
Heartworm
Grapples With the Trap of Nostalgia
By Willa Rowe
August 11, 2025 | 11:45am
Grasping The Ephemeral Analogue In
Hidden Memories of the Gardens Between
By Diego Nicolás Argüello
August 8, 2025 | 2:00pm
Whisper Mountain Outbreak
Puts A Run-Based Twist On Old School Survival Horror
By Elijah Gonzalez
August 8, 2025 | 1:00pm
Inside The Cancelled Bonk Game: How Hudson’s Ice Age Froze A Cult Mascot’s 3D Debut
By Madeline Blondeau
August 8, 2025 | 11:00am
The Esoteric
Soulframe
Wants to See How Weird a Successful Free-to-Play Game Can Get
By Grace Benfell
August 7, 2025 | 11:00am
Konami's Shoot 'Em Up History Endures with the Excellent
Gradius Origins
By Marc Normandin
August 6, 2025 | 2:31pm
The Confusion, Clarity, and Everyday Sadness of
And Roger
By Garrett Martin
August 5, 2025 | 5:30pm
Battlefield 6
Looks like the State of the Art in Jingoism and Propaganda
By Moises Taveras
August 5, 2025 | 1:46pm
Marvel Cosmic Invasion
Combines Tag Team Mayhem With Classic Beat 'Em Up Charm
By Elijah Gonzalez
August 5, 2025 | 11:00am
Video Game Matchmaking Should Be Based on Personality and Not Just Skill
By Maddy Myers
August 5, 2025 | 10:15am
How To Do Your Video Game Homework
By Wallace Truesdale
August 4, 2025 | 2:00pm
Waging a Propaganda War in
The Great Villainess
By Willa Rowe
August 4, 2025 | 10:12am
Here Are the Games We're Excited to Play in August
By Garrett Martin and Elijah Gonzalez
August 1, 2025 | 5:00pm
For Those About To Rock, The CRKD Les Paul Guitar Controller Salutes You
By Madeline Blondeau
August 1, 2025 | 3:02pm
Kill Knight
Captures Drumming's Multitasking Daze
By Diego Nicolás Argüello
August 1, 2025 | 1:00pm
Three Storylines To Watch Out For During Evo 2025
By Elijah Gonzalez
August 1, 2025 | 9:30am
Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily
Maintains the Social Subversion and Queerness of Its Anime Inspiration
By Elijah Gonzalez
July 31, 2025 | 3:15pm
With Its Dwarf Woman Nefi,
Tales of the Shire
Subverts the Typical Tolkien Adaptation
By Grace Benfell
July 31, 2025 | 12:17pm
The Unlikely Return of Madō Monogatari
By Marc Normandin
July 30, 2025 | 12:00pm
Touch Grass:
Mario Kart World
,
Wheel World
, and the Real World
By Moises Taveras
July 29, 2025 | 1:30pm
Nintendo Has Unexpectedly Turned Its Damsels in Distress into Icons for Young Girls
By Maddy Myers
July 29, 2025 | 10:32am
Donkey Kong Bananza
Makes It Fun To Be A Completionist Freak
By Elijah Gonzalez
July 28, 2025 | 10:00am
So, How’s The BDS Xbox Boycott Going?
By Wallace Truesdale
July 28, 2025 | 9:00am
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4
’s Soundtrack Remixes Its Legacy
By Diego Nicolás Argüello
July 25, 2025 | 2:30pm
Shadow Labyrinth
Is A Brooding Memorial of Pac-Man (and Namco’s) Bygone Glory
By Madeline Blondeau
July 25, 2025 | 12:57pm
How VTuber Ironmouse and Her Peers Brought Down a Company While Raising $1.25 Million For Charity In the Process
By Elijah Gonzalez
July 25, 2025 | 11:14am
Hunter x Hunter: Nen Impact
and the Problem with Adaptations
By Grace Benfell
July 24, 2025 | 1:36pm
How
Donkey Kong Bananza
Improves on Both
Super Mario Odyssey
and
Donkey Kong 64
By Marc Normandin
July 23, 2025 | 10:30am
Italians Do It Better Artist JOON Discusses
Wheel World
and Making Music for Games
By Garrett Martin
July 22, 2025 | 2:00pm
With
Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate
, an Unsteady Bungie Is Trying Its Best
By Moises Taveras
July 22, 2025 | 12:15pm
The Best Parts of
Death Stranding 2
Are When the Characters Acknowledge They're in a Game
By Maddy Myers
July 22, 2025 | 10:14am
It’s OK If We Never Get a Good Superman Game
By Willa Rowe
July 21, 2025 | 12:30pm
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
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