There's nothing like a good, solid emotional breakdown to really liven up your day. And when it happens in a video game? Even better. » 12/03/13 1:00pm 12/03/13 1:00pm

Our attitudes towards games are very rarely cut and dry. Even in a wonderful, perfectly engineered game, you can still have lingering doubts. Likewise, you can fall in love with a game that is broken, yet does something very special. » 11/28/13 9:00pm 11/28/13 9:00pm

The wonderful thing about the cars in Grand Theft Auto is that they're almost almost almost copyright violations of the coolest cars on the road, so let's ID every last influence on the new batch of GTA V vehicles. » 9/18/13 9:40am 9/18/13 9:40am

To be clear, this isn't a Mega evolved version of Bidoof, although it should be. It's just a meme that was created by That Splicing Adventure; Bidoof mashed with every (other?) legendary in the Pokemon games. Glorious, yes, but probably not something Game Freak would ever make a reality. Unfortunately! » 8/09/13 8:00pm 8/09/13 8:00pm

Mixing old video game sprites with real life is not one of the most difficult artforms, but if you're creative enough the results can be immensely atmospheric, just as the latest pieces from deviantART user Victor Sauron show. » 7/31/13 5:15pm 7/31/13 5:15pm

Yesterday's gameplay trailer for Grand Theft Auto V revealed a lot about the game, including the map and all the activities we can do in addition to the main story. Since the whole map is open from the beginning, unlike the previous games, there will be a lot to tempt us away from the main game (even if we don't know… » 7/10/13 5:00pm 7/10/13 5:00pm

Every summer there's a video game dead zone, a break between the games of spring and the deluge of the fall. Lately it's seemed as though that dead zone is getting shorter and shorter. But it arrives each year nonetheless. » 7/01/13 7:00pm 7/01/13 7:00pm

Unless you're reading this on a cell phone or tablet, you're staring at a monitor right now. They are glowing portals that take us to work and play every day. What does your window to the digital world look like? » 7/01/13 11:30am 7/01/13 11:30am

For me, probably the funniest thing during last week's E3 was the reveal trailer of Smash Bros. for the Wii U and all the hilarity that followed. The internet picked up that poor villager character from Animal Crossing quickly, which was followed by crazy fictional character intro screens that have taken on a life of… » 6/17/13 12:30pm 6/17/13 12:30pm

Classic 2D arcade platformers, brawlers and beat 'em ups can have amazing background art—with pixel perfect details and a wonderful color palette. Unlike the similarly awesome 2D fighter backgrounds, people don't pay as much attention to these. » 6/03/13 7:00pm 6/03/13 7:00pm