Arcade Lines

May 22, 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of a moment that shook the video game industry and profoundly changed the…

When Streets of Rage 4 was first announced, I was wildly skeptical. The little I saw didn’t immediately live up to…

People in Tokyo and Osaka are being told to stay home. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency…

In space, everybody can hear you sing and dance. Aliens are invading and it’s time for Ulala the fearless reporter…

My coworker Ethan Gach and I watched press screeners of the first season of Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet, a sitcom…

Now that it’s 2020, I keep thinking about how it felt to be a woman writing about gender in video games back in 2010.

2019 might be the strangest year of my life so far. It felt more like a full decade compressed into 365 days. But…

It’s true: Five is a ridiculous number for summing up a decade’s worth of video games. It’s far too small. One can’t…

I’ve been flirting with the idea of playing a racing simulation again, so when Stadia finally launched with Grid, I…

Japan is known for its video arcades, from the tiniest little collections of claw games in basements to entire…