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Infinite Possibilities in Games and Anime
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Video Games Features
On the Byzantine Art of
Gorogoa
By Holly Green
December 27, 2017 | 11:00am
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
New Map Shows the Importance of Design
By Dante Douglas
December 22, 2017 | 12:00pm
The Body Horror of
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
By Garrett Martin
December 19, 2017 | 4:00pm
From Breaking to Dabbing, Games Have Always Been Intertwined With Black Culture
By Shonte Daniels
December 18, 2017 | 1:30pm
What Nintendo Can Teach Us About Exploration in Open World Game Design
By Holly Green
December 15, 2017 | 3:20pm
The Minimalist Hooks of
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
and
EAT
By Dante Douglas
December 15, 2017 | 12:30pm
Does The Legend of Zelda Need DLC?
By Holly Green
December 14, 2017 | 3:09pm
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Finds Virtue in Patience
By Shonte Daniels
December 11, 2017 | 10:30am
POST/CAPITALISM
and the Optimistic Power of Educational Games
By Dante Douglas
December 8, 2017 | 1:00pm
Magic
Is Best as a Social Game
By Cameron Kunzelman
December 7, 2017 | 11:30am
Battle Chef Brigade
Reminds Us Why Food Games Are So Great
By Shonte Daniels
December 5, 2017 | 2:00pm
The 2017 Gaming Gift Guide
By Holly Green and Garrett Martin
December 4, 2017 | 1:00pm
Majora's Mask
and the Magic of Player Revisionism
By Holly Green
December 4, 2017 | 9:00am
Skyrim VR
and the Fallacy of Immersion in Game Design
By Dante Douglas
November 30, 2017 | 2:00pm
I Don't Think I Can Get Through Another Game of
Skyrim
By Holly Green
November 28, 2017 | 1:00pm
Rocket League
on the Switch Feels Like the Future
By Chris Compendio
November 28, 2017 | 11:00am
Princess Peach's Odyssey: Travel Is Dangerous If You Aren't a White Man
By Shonte Daniels
November 27, 2017 | 11:30am
Loot Boxes Are a Result of the Inevitable Inequality of Capitalism
By Dante Douglas
November 22, 2017 | 2:00pm
LA Noire
: How Do The New Dialogue Options Hold Up?
By Holly Green
November 21, 2017 | 11:30am
Magic: The Gathering
—
Unstable
Preview Card
By Cameron Kunzelman
November 20, 2017 | 1:45pm
Andy Serkis: Hollywood's Genius Shapeshifter
By Jamie Loftus
November 20, 2017 | 12:00pm
L.A. Noire
Begs The Question: Where Are All The Detective Games?
By Holly Green
November 17, 2017 | 3:02pm
Making the Most of Your Credits in
Star Wars: Battlefront II
By Andy Moore
November 17, 2017 | 11:00am
Walking Among the Enemy:
Wolfenstein II
and Passing
By Dante Douglas
November 16, 2017 | 12:00pm
Nintendo Strengthens The Switch's Future By Leaning Into—and Out Of—Nostalgia
By Holly Green
November 15, 2017 | 3:45pm
Breath of the Wild
Has Pretty Much Ruined Me For Exploration Games
By Holly Green
November 10, 2017 | 12:30pm
The Nazi-Ruled America of
Wolfenstein II
Isn't That Different from Our Real History
By Dante Douglas
November 9, 2017 | 2:00pm
Defusing D-Day: How
Call of Duty: WWII
Undermines What Should Be Its Most Powerful Moment
By Garrett Martin
November 8, 2017 | 9:00am
Syrian Refugee Game
Bury Me, My Love
Reflects the Agony of Waiting for a Text
By Shonte Daniels
November 7, 2017 | 10:30am
Super Mario Odyssey
Proves Nintendo Knows How to Soothe Anxiety
By Chris Compendio
November 6, 2017 | 3:01pm
Wolfenstein II
Captures the Heartache of Going Home Again
By Holly Green
November 3, 2017 | 4:45pm
When the Violence Gets Too Real: That
Last of Us Part II
Trailer
By Garrett Martin
October 31, 2017 | 5:00pm
Battlegrounds
' Uneasy Proximity to Military Simulators
By Yussef Cole
October 30, 2017 | 3:00pm
Wolfenstein II
Asks Us to Love and Hate Violence at the Same Time
By Holly Green
October 26, 2017 | 11:00am
Doki Doki Literature Club
Makes The Case For Breaking The Fourth Wall
By Holly Green
October 25, 2017 | 12:23pm
WWE 2K18
's My Career Mode Is as Incoherent as WWE Itself
By Garrett Martin
October 24, 2017 | 1:00pm
Exclusive:
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Environmental Concept Art
By Garrett Martin
October 23, 2017 | 11:26am
The Physical Glass Ceiling: When The Git Gud Mentality Turns Ableist
By Holly Green
October 19, 2017 | 11:30am
Why Are Videogames So Bad At Dads?
By Holly Green
October 16, 2017 | 4:00pm
A Case of Distrust
Finds Modern Problems in the Roaring '20s
By Holly Green
October 12, 2017 | 11:30am
That Live-Action
Super Mario Odyssey
Ad Is Even Better When It's Set to "Rhythm Nation"
By Garrett Martin
October 11, 2017 | 4:30pm
Loot Boxes Are More Proof that the Economics of Videogames Are Broken
By Garrett Martin
October 10, 2017 | 4:52pm
Working Overtime to Kill You: Crunch Doesn't Work
By Jason Rhode
October 9, 2017 | 12:30pm
Wolfenstein II
's Wheelchair Segment Has a Surprising Inspiration
By Holly Green
October 4, 2017 | 4:34pm
Fortnite
Works Fine as a Discount
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
By Chris Compendio
October 4, 2017 | 1:33pm
Cuphead
, Take Me Away: Why an Extremely Hard Game Can Be Relaxing
By Garrett Martin
October 3, 2017 | 12:15pm
Cuphead
Is a Nostalgia I Can Finally Understand
By Holly Green
October 2, 2017 | 11:30am
When the Void Stares Back:
Prey
, Post-Humanism and Mental Illness
By Brock Wilbur
September 29, 2017 | 2:51pm
We Can Be Weirder: DIY Games at The Best Four Days in Gaming
By JR Goldberg
September 29, 2017 | 1:00pm
The SNES Classic: A Midlife Crisis in a Box
By Garrett Martin
September 28, 2017 | 5:41pm
The Super NES Classic Edition Photo Gallery
By Garrett Martin
September 27, 2017 | 5:06pm
Red Dead Redemption 2
Should Have Nothing to Do with the Marstons
By Harry Mackin
September 21, 2017 | 3:19pm
What Other Games Can Learn From the Bullet Hell Genre
By Amr Al-Aaser
September 20, 2017 | 2:19pm
The Sacrifices That
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds
and
Dying Light
's Developers Made During Optimization
By Aron Garst
September 18, 2017 | 4:00pm
DOOM
Is About Climate Change
By Dante Douglas
September 15, 2017 | 2:00pm
If Mario Isn't a Plumber, What Is He Even?
By Jason Rhode
September 14, 2017 | 3:30pm
The Most Fun Thing to Do in
Destiny 2
Is Commit Petty Crimes
By Holly Green
September 13, 2017 | 4:00pm
Magic: The Gathering
—
Ixalan
Preview Cards
By Cameron Kunzelman
September 13, 2017 | 11:00am
The One Thing That Makes
Samus Returns
Different From All Other Metroid Games
By Garrett Martin
September 12, 2017 | 12:45pm
PewDiePie's N-Word Controversy Isn't About Freedom of Speech
By Garrett Martin
September 11, 2017 | 5:05pm
Why Uncharted Needed Chloe Frazer in a Starring Role
By Shonte Daniels
September 8, 2017 | 3:36pm
No Matter How Bad the World Gets,
Clustertruck
Helps Me Keep Trucking On
By Dante Douglas
September 8, 2017 | 1:21pm
Videogame Culture Needs to Stop Fetishizing Skill
By Dante Douglas
September 7, 2017 | 4:00pm
Destiny 2
Is a Great Social Game for Anti-Social Players
By Holly Green
September 7, 2017 | 10:30am
Good Grief:
Last Day of June
Lacks Conviction
By Garrett Martin
September 6, 2017 | 4:12pm
The Surprising Tenderness of
Dream Daddy
By Colette Arrand
September 6, 2017 | 1:00pm
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
's Creators Discuss Compassion and Dissent
By Holly Green
September 5, 2017 | 11:00am
Daughter on
Life Is Strange
and Changing Your Ways
By Aiden Strawhun
September 1, 2017 | 4:30pm
No Game Can Replicate What
Starcraft
Meant For Me
By Dante Douglas
September 1, 2017 | 11:45am
The Deliberate Diversity of
Agents of Mayhem
By Amanda Farough
August 31, 2017 | 2:40pm
Overwatch
Should Let Us Do Something With Its Characters Other Than Shoot Each Other
By Dante Douglas
August 30, 2017 | 11:30am
How Movement Makes
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
a Different Kind of Tactical RPG
By Garrett Martin
August 29, 2017 | 4:46pm
Subsurface Circular
Makes The Case For a Socialized Economy
By Dante Douglas
August 25, 2017 | 1:00pm
Why Do Some Games Grow Old, While Others Never Age?
By Jason Rhode
August 24, 2017 | 5:30pm
Ten Years in Rapture: The Legacy of
Bioshock
By Dante Douglas
August 23, 2017 | 12:00pm
SummerSlam: You’ve Gotta Hand It to Them Big Boys
By Garrett Martin
August 21, 2017 | 4:36pm
Horizon Zero Dawn
, Joss Whedon and the Problem with "Strong Female Characters"
By Holly Green
August 21, 2017 | 4:00pm
Netflix's Castlevania Series Forgets What Makes the Games Work
By Devin Raposo
August 21, 2017 | 12:29pm
Videogames Have a Personality Problem
By Dante Douglas
August 18, 2017 | 2:00pm
Dream Daddy
's Insincere Take on Gay Romance
By Kenneth Shepard
August 18, 2017 | 10:00am
I Want To Be Best Friends With All The Women in
Agents of Mayhem
By Holly Green
August 17, 2017 | 2:00pm
Sonic Mania
Helped Me Finally Understand the Cult of Sonic
By Dante Douglas
August 16, 2017 | 1:00pm
DreamHack's Sleeping Zone Isn't as Nightmarish as You Think
By Aiden Strawhun
August 16, 2017 | 11:16am
The Existential Despair of
Magikarp Jump
By Salvatore Pane
August 15, 2017 | 12:30pm
Water Town Brings a Sense of History to
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds
By Dante Douglas
August 11, 2017 | 2:30pm
Pyre
and the Impermanence of Found Families
By Dante Douglas
August 10, 2017 | 1:30pm
ARMS
, Esports and the Social Politics of Sports
By Niv M. Sultan
August 10, 2017 | 10:30am
The Long Dark
, Early Access and the Drawbacks of Expectations
By Holly Green
August 9, 2017 | 10:30am
Final Fantasy XV
Is a Fragmented Experience, and That's Terrible
By Aiden Strawhun
August 8, 2017 | 10:30am
The Long Dark
Reminds Us That Existence Is An Accomplishment
By Holly Green
August 7, 2017 | 3:00pm
Hitman
: The Accidental Agatha Christie Game
By Ian Boudreau
August 7, 2017 | 10:30am
Tacoma
: In Capitalism, No One Can Hear You Scream
By Garrett Martin
August 4, 2017 | 1:00pm
With the Switch, Portable Isn't Always Practical
By Garrett Martin
August 3, 2017 | 3:30pm
The Cultural and Personal Legacy of
Gone Home
By Ed Smith
August 3, 2017 | 10:00am
Why I'm Happy I Found A Sex Toy in
Tacoma
By Holly Green
August 2, 2017 | 1:00pm
The Long Dark
Inspires a Short Film, With Christopher Plummer's Help
By Holly Green
August 1, 2017 | 2:20pm
Space Engagement:
Tacoma
's Steve Gaynor on Designing for Curiosity
By Cameron Kunzelman
August 1, 2017 | 11:00am
Virtual Meditation Soothed an Otherwise Vacant Indie Megashow
By Jason Rhode
July 31, 2017 | 1:15pm
So Long, Mii: The Life and Probable Death of Nintendo’s Cartoon Avatar
By Jon Irwin
July 28, 2017 | 1:30pm
The Grind: How Free to Play Games Shatter Gaming's Illusion of Meritocracy
By Amr Al-Aaser
July 26, 2017 | 1:00pm
Dreamhack Atlanta Showed
H1Z1
Could Be an E-Sport for the Masses
By Cameron Kunzelman
July 25, 2017 | 10:30am
Hey, Games, Stop the Violence—It's So Boring
By Jon Irwin
July 24, 2017 | 1:00pm
Exclusive: Halo and Destiny Writer Jon Goff Joins the
Crackdown 3
Team
By Aiden Strawhun
July 21, 2017 | 12:15pm
Inside the App That Will Revolutionize
Dungeons & Dragons
By Cameron Kunzelman
July 20, 2017 | 12:00pm
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