Between Two Cities

Marvel’s Avengers was as plagued by buzz as it was inertia. Before the game released, it was defined by a chaotic…

Bravely Default 2, a game about grinding, finding crystals, and saving the world (but not about climate change), is…

One of the best parts of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla does not take place in England. Where you go is a spoiler. It’s…

Wow, what’s a year it’s been. I memorized the pattern of tiny paint bubbles on the wall behind my computer monitor.…

Phantasy Star III was a game I wanted to love, especially since its predecessor was a science fiction classic and…

It has been a bad year. A bad year with, mercifully, some very good video games.

After eight years of waiting and what felt like one million years of edgelord-baiting pre-release hype, Cyberpunk…

A new year, a new expansion, a new Destiny 2. With Beyond Light, Bungie’s six-year-old loot shooter looks as…

It’s going to be a long winter as we wait for the Overwatch League to return in 2021. But to tide us over, the…

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, a huge game made during a pandemic and with its own studio and parent company in crisis,…