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Professor Layton Is Back, but Can It Ever Reach Its Former Heights?
By Joseph Stanichar
March 15, 2023 | 10:00am
Destiny 2: Lightfall
Falls Short: On Destiny's Disappointing New Direction
By Moises Taveras
March 9, 2023 | 2:55pm
The Future and Past of
Deep Rock Galactic
By Moises Taveras
March 6, 2023 | 2:11pm
Let’s Plays Are as Fun as Ever: Why We Still Love Watching Other People Play Videogames
By Joseph Stanichar
March 1, 2023 | 11:45am
I Wouldn't Have Transitioned Without
Catherine
By Madeline Blondeau
March 1, 2023 | 11:00am
Final Fantasy XVI
Is Undoubtedly Darker, But Shows A Whole Lot of Promise
By Moises Taveras
February 28, 2023 | 8:00am
An Interview With The Developers of
Final Fantasy XVI
By Moises Taveras
February 28, 2023 | 8:00am
20 Years Ago
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Introduced the Tactical RPG to Younger Players
By Yousif Kassab
February 27, 2023 | 5:30pm
The Apathetic Madness of
Cruelty Squad
By Desmond Leake
February 23, 2023 | 2:45pm
The Wasted Potential of
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
By Marc Normandin
February 20, 2023 | 3:15pm
On Big Bangs, New Beginnings, and
Outer Wilds
By Moises Taveras
February 10, 2023 | 2:00pm
Turn-based Fighting Game
Your Only Move Is Hustle
Breaks the Genre Down to Its Basics
By Desmond Leake
February 10, 2023 | 12:00pm
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Adds a New Epilogue and New Subgames, and We've Seen Them in Action
By Garrett Martin
February 8, 2023 | 5:30pm
Classic Sci-Fi and RTS Themes Combine in the Thoroughly Modern
Chaotic Era
By Kevin Fox Jr.
February 8, 2023 | 3:00pm
Escaping to
Cities: Skylines
During the Pandemic
By Michael Savio
February 7, 2023 | 10:45am
Atari 50
Makes It Obvious Why Atari Never Recovered from Its Collapse
By Garrett Martin
February 1, 2023 | 5:00pm
You Can't Go Back To Pallet Town: The Bleak Future of Pokémon
By Madeline Blondeau
January 31, 2023 | 12:20pm
15 Years Later,
Burnout Paradise
Remains Too Good to Be True
By Jackson Tyler
January 30, 2023 | 10:40am
25 Years Ago Resident Evil Became the Series We Know Today with
Resident Evil 2
By Marc Normandin
January 27, 2023 | 9:30am
The Weapons New
Monster Hunter Rise
Players Should Avoid
By Desmond Leake
January 24, 2023 | 4:30pm
A
Suicide Squad
Leak Shows How Fed Up People Are with Service Games
By Moises Taveras
January 20, 2023 | 1:50pm
The Successes and Failures of
Persona 3 Portable
’s Feminine Perspective
By Austin Jones
January 18, 2023 | 1:00pm
A Conversation about the Conversation about Videogame Adaptations
By Mik Deitz
January 13, 2023 | 4:15pm
AGDQ 2023 Is Highlighting How I Wish We Spoke About Games
By Moises Taveras
January 11, 2023 | 3:30pm
Where Did You Go,
Viewtiful Joe
?
By Elijah Gonzalez
January 4, 2023 | 12:00pm
Chrono Trigger
Is Still Wonderful and Surprising
By Moises Taveras
January 3, 2023 | 12:45pm
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Was One of the Best Games of 2020
and
2022
By Marc Normandin
December 30, 2022 | 12:45pm
The Sega Genesis Mini 2 Proves There's a Lot of Life Left in Retro Miniconsoles
By Garrett Martin
December 27, 2022 | 5:00pm
Locally Focused Art Like
Norco
Offers a Crucial Alternative to Corporate Media
By Grace Benfell
December 16, 2022 | 12:15pm
Can Riot’s Upcoming
League of Legends
Fighting Game Succeed Where Others Have Failed?
By Elijah Gonzalez
December 12, 2022 | 1:00pm
Forspoken
Shows Promise, It Just Needs To Get Out of Its Own Way
By Moises Taveras
December 9, 2022 | 8:00am
Pentiment
Conveys the Importance of Contending With And Preserving History
By Elijah Gonzalez
December 8, 2022 | 11:00am
Far Cry 3
's Influence Is Still Felt 10 Years Later, Despite Its Deep and Harmful Flaws
By Kevin Fox Jr.
December 7, 2022 | 9:00am
Overwatch 2
's Complicated New Tank, Ramattra, Highlights Some of the Game's Biggest Problems
By Nico Deyo
December 6, 2022 | 11:50am
It's the End of Games Twitter As We Know It
By Phoenix Simms
November 30, 2022 | 1:15pm
The Powerful Queer Horror of
Rule of Rose
By Madeline Blondeau
November 28, 2022 | 12:45pm
DNF Duel
and What Not to Do When Releasing a Fighting Game
By Elijah Gonzalez
November 25, 2022 | 11:00am
Watching
God of War Ragnarok
Is More Fun Than Playing It
By Moises Taveras
November 23, 2022 | 1:45pm
It's Settled:
Wario Land 3
Is Better than
Super Mario Bros. 3
By Marc Normandin
November 21, 2022 | 1:30pm
Pokémon Scarlet
and
Violet
Have Some of the Funniest Bugs I’ve Ever Seen
By Elijah Gonzalez
November 21, 2022 | 1:00pm
Justin Roiland's Game
High on Life
Just Might Be The Best Surprise of the Year
By Moises Taveras
November 18, 2022 | 2:00pm
Marvel Snap
Is Doing Almost Everything Right, But I’m Worried About Its Endgame
By Elijah Gonzalez
November 15, 2022 | 11:30am
Common People: An Interview with
Roadwarden
Developer Aureus
By Emily Price
November 11, 2022 | 12:00pm
A Month Of
Overwatch 2
Feels Like Just Enough
By Moises Taveras
November 9, 2022 | 1:30pm
Fractured Identity and An Impossible Promise: How
Signalis
Uses Multiple Endings to Convey Its Themes
By Elijah Gonzalez
November 8, 2022 | 10:20am
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
—A Good Dad Is Hard To Define
By Madeline Blondeau
November 7, 2022 | 9:30am
Conscript
Uses Survival Horror To Capture the Claustrophobic Terror Of World War One
By Elijah Gonzalez
November 4, 2022 | 10:15am
How Co-Op Changes the Game: A Conversation With
It Takes Two
's Josef Fares
By Elijah Gonzalez
November 2, 2022 | 10:00am
The History of
Lord of the Rings
Games Shows How to Make a Good Adaptation—And How
Not
To
By Marc Normandin
November 1, 2022 | 12:20pm
You Will Die Here Tonight
Throws a Twist On Death in Survival Horror
By Moises Taveras
October 31, 2022 | 7:00pm
20 Years Later,
Super Mario Sunshine
Is More Relevant than Ever, but Not for the Reasons You Think
By Charlie Wacholz
October 31, 2022 | 3:45pm
10 Years Later
Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation
Remains a Compass for How to Approach Diverse Representation in Games
By Phoenix Simms
October 30, 2022 | 2:30pm
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Digs Up New Ground for the Horror Game
By Cameron Kunzelman
October 25, 2022 | 2:15pm
What Is the Healthy Gamer Community, and Who Is Dr. K?
By Joseph Stanichar
October 24, 2022 | 12:15pm
The Haunted PS1 Demo Disc Series Looks to the Past to Create a New Future Outside Corporate Games
By Grace Benfell
October 24, 2022 | 10:30am
Haunting Ground
’s Fixed Camera Should Be the Horror Game Gold Standard
By Austin Jones
October 21, 2022 | 12:30pm
Una Conexión Hispana, Part 4: Fandom, Media Criticism, and a Better Future
By Elijah Gonzalez
October 14, 2022 | 1:30pm
I Don’t Know How Videogames Are Made, But I Have An Opinion Anyway
By Mik Deitz
October 14, 2022 | 10:30am
Gloomwood
Echoes the First-Person Stealth Horror Games of the Late '90s
By Grace Benfell
October 12, 2022 | 4:45pm
Street Fighter 6
Is Shaping Up to Be the Future of Fighting Games
By Elijah Gonzalez
October 12, 2022 | 10:30am
Videogames Should Be More Like DVDs
By Moises Taveras
October 11, 2022 | 1:30pm
Wild Hearts
Takes Aim at Monster Hunter
By Moises Taveras
October 10, 2022 | 11:00am
Una Conexión Hispana, Part 3: Changing the Face of the Games Industry
By Moises Taveras
October 7, 2022 | 4:00pm
Don't Let Mobile Gaming's Missteps Steer You Away from Netflix's Great Catalog of Games
By Charlie Wacholz
October 7, 2022 | 1:10pm
Ooblets
Is Just Unsettling Enough to Love
By Emily Price
October 6, 2022 | 10:00am
Gotham Knights
Tries To Break Out from the Arkham Series’ Shadow, But Is It Enough?
By Elijah Gonzalez
October 5, 2022 | 11:00am
Una Conexión Hispana, Part 2: Hispanic Representation, Symbolic Annihilation, and a Way Forward
By Elijah Gonzalez
September 30, 2022 | 12:00pm
Will
Overwatch 2
Ruin What Made
Overwatch
Special to Begin With?
By Nico Deyo
September 30, 2022 | 10:50am
It's the Perfect Time for a Remake of
Dragon Quest V
, Which Turns 30 Today
By Marc Normandin
September 27, 2022 | 3:45pm
Una Conexión Hispana: On the Absence of Heroes
By Moises Taveras
September 27, 2022 | 2:30pm
I'm In Love with
Splatoon 3'
s Wholesome Competition
By
September 26, 2022 | 10:00am
Why
Pokémon: Scarlet and Violet
’s Academy Setting Could Work (But Probably Won’t)
By Austin Jones
September 23, 2022 | 12:45pm
PowerWash Simulator
Is Selling Me Domestic Fantasies, and I'm Absolutely Buying
By Moises Taveras
September 22, 2022 | 1:30pm
The Last of Us
Should Be Allowed To Age Gracefully
By Moises Taveras
September 21, 2022 | 2:00pm
How
Yakuza Like a Dragon
’s Management Minigame Undermines Its Depictions of Poverty
By Elijah Gonzalez
September 20, 2022 | 11:45am
New Assassin's Creed Games Need to Follow the Tight Design and Manageable Length of
Assassin's Creed II
By Marc Normandin
September 19, 2022 | 3:20pm
Uh, Maybe Don’t Play
Disney Dreamlight Valley
on the Switch Just Yet
By Garrett Martin
September 14, 2022 | 1:30pm
PGA Tour 2K23
: Searching for Atlanta with Jordan, Tiger, and Shooter McGavin
By Garrett Martin
September 13, 2022 | 10:30am
Azure Striker Gunvolt 3
Keeps Mega Man's Spirit Alive
By Yousif Kassab
September 1, 2022 | 10:00am
Call, Response, Repeat: Rhythm Games As Short Form Fiction
By Madeline Blondeau
August 31, 2022 | 1:15pm
We Are OFK
and the Seamless Game
By Emily Price
August 31, 2022 | 1:17am
What Do the Pandemic and
Tetris
Have in Common?
By Natalie Schriefer
August 30, 2022 | 10:00am
Kirby's Toy Box
and the Challenges of Game Preservation
By Marc Normandin
August 29, 2022 | 2:25pm
Warhammer III
’s Immortal Empires Campaign Might Be the Most Ambitious Turn-Based Strategy Game Ever
By Jim Vorel
August 27, 2022 | 12:00pm
Emily Flynn-Jones Takes Us Back to the '90s with
CURSES
By Phoenix Simms
August 24, 2022 | 3:00pm
Playable Tapestry
Pentiment
Has One Foot in the Past and the Other in the Future
By Grace Benfell
August 24, 2022 | 12:00pm
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Turned Its Sense of Adventure Into a Checklist
By Diego Nicolás Argüello
August 23, 2022 | 10:00am
Cleaning Out the Rooms: The Importance of Stuff in
Disco Elysium
By Emily Price
August 18, 2022 | 12:45pm
How
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Surprised Me
By Emily Price
August 8, 2022 | 3:52am
Don't Look Back
: You Can’t Save Love
By Madeline Blondeau
August 3, 2022 | 12:15pm
The Expert at the Table: The History and Culture Behind
Card Shark
By Grace Benfell
August 1, 2022 | 1:10pm
Capcom Shows How to Preserve and Share Games History with Its
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium
Collection
By Marc Normandin
July 30, 2022 | 1:00pm
How Nintendo Went from Censoring All Religious Imagery to Publishing a Game Rooted in Gnosticism and Religious Philosophy
By Marc Normandin
July 29, 2022 | 10:00am
Beadle & Grimms' New
Magic
Platinum Edition Is Games Culture In A Cyberpunk Backpack
By Cameron Kunzelman
July 28, 2022 | 10:00am
An Internet Mystery Primer for
AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative
By Phoenix Simms
July 22, 2022 | 1:00pm
The New
Saints Row
Is the Saints You Know
By Moises Taveras
July 21, 2022 | 10:00am
Circus Electrique
: A Steampunk Strategy Sim Inspired by
Darkest Dungeon
By Emily Price
July 21, 2022 | 9:00am
NBA 2K23
: At Play in the House of Greatness
By Kevin Fox Jr.
July 20, 2022 | 3:30pm
It Pays to Nap in
Stray
By Garrett Martin
July 19, 2022 | 4:30pm
Before
Hades
, Supergiant's
Pyre
Let You Lose and Changed the Game
By Emily Price
July 15, 2022 | 11:05am
Shredder's Revenge
, Beat 'Em Ups, and You: Why the Brawler Has Never Gone Away
By Yousif Kassab
July 14, 2022 | 4:20pm
Modern Franchise Games Owe Everything to
Ico
but Refuse to Learn From It
By Grace Benfell
July 12, 2022 | 2:45pm
The Inevitable Disappointment of
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
By Austin Jones
July 11, 2022 | 2:00pm
Live a Live
Demo Delivers Charm But Not Enough Variety
By Emily Price
July 6, 2022 | 2:50pm
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