Above the Hill

Is Super Mario Bros. 2 bad? Was the Sonic series ever good? Who is the Ben Kingsley of video games? What does that…

Playing through the latest Lord of the Rings video game is about as difficult as turning pages to read the Lord of…

A globe of fire temporarily replaced a portion of the blackness on the horizon. The fire shimmered close to where my…

In game after game, there they are: guns. Weapons are a common trope. They are a catalyst for action and an…

I loved the original Star Wars: The Force Unleashed when it came out, but it was not without its issues.

From the creators of the World of Warcraft and StarCraft board games comes Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board…

For its latest ad campaign, Sony created tie-wearing trash-talking exec Kevin Butler. Kevin Butler isn't real, but…

The reason I love XCOM so much, why I'm so worried about its future has likely more to do with a stolen car and an…

Journalists in video games are as diverse and wide ranging as journalists in the real world.

Gamers are always on the hunt for vindication. Some form of acceptance amongst the wider community. Thing is, we're…