Battle Balls

The world of video games is full of mighty people—people whose mere whims control what video games we play, what we…

Since the release of the first Pokémon role-playing game in 1996, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have attempted to…

For me, beating a game isn't in reaching the end point. Finishing a game is easy enough. Having the highest stats,…

When I was a kid, I used to spend almost every summer at day camp. I'd ride the bus up across the Tappan Zee Bridge…

I was going to headline this article "You've Seen the Avengers, Now Play With Their Balls", but decided to be the…

In all my 38-plus years on this great spinning dirt ball of ours I've never once heard a person exclaim, "Hooray,…

How much to we value weirdness? How much weight do we place on eccentricity? There are so many video games that are…

We've already taken a look at the tactics-style gameplay and use of historical figures in our coverage of Pokémon +…

Two fighting games, a PopCap puzzler, and a minigolf game that's trying way too hard to catch your attention?…

There has been a longstanding tradition of military fantasy in video games—you're a part of an elite team who have…