This is Raisin. She is a level 43 gnome Mage on the Proudmoore server. I created her a few days ago to help me cope…
The British developer behind the unusual game The Book Ritual calls it a BYOS—bring your own shredder. Alistair…
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Lately I’ve been playing more Smash Bros. than I have in my entire life. That sounds like a lot, but it’s really…
I am not a glutton for punishment in games. I don’t usually enjoy dying over and over again until some mercurial mix…
I always keep a copy of MLB The Show on my hard drive, even though I rarely play it. It connects me to baseball, a…
When I talk to people about the Phoenix Wright series, I often find myself adopting the idiosyncrasies of a crazed…
One of the nice things about being an adult—or even a teenager with a reasonable level of autonomy—is the freedom to…
The spectral foe towered over me, her sheer size outmatched only by her overwhelming poise. The pole arm she held in…
Games traditionally propel us forward with any one of these methods: increasingly tough bosses, collectable outfits,…
I finished Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice earlier this week and had a fantastic time learning its combat and tackling…
I flippin’ love theme parks. I loved them as a kid, and I love them as a grown-ass man. I also love anything that…
This weekend I played Dwarf Fortress until the sun came up. Again.
Where do you eat dinner? At the table? On the couch? In your bed? If you’re a Sim, you eat all of your meals at all…
From the moment I saw NIS America’s The Princess Guide I was intrigued. The screenshots barely made any sense, but…
Sandlot’s Earth Defense Force series is about generic soldiers fighting hordes of poorly animated insects. Earth…
I expected Avalanche Studios’ new sci-fi sandbox shooter to win me over immediately. Set in Sweden in the ’80s after…
There’s a certain trick that smart game designers use to mess with their players. You’ll finish a level, all…
Your average video game puts loot in boxes that sit on the floor or on the bodies of enemies who drop it when you…
Game creators make the rules of the worlds they design, setting the physics and establishing what’s acceptable or…
Dear person I played Apex Legends with the other night: I am so sorry.