Block Machine

This is a story about Doom 3’s source code and how beautiful it is. Yes, beautiful. Allow me to explain.

When games let me roll a character before I start, I always make someone who seems cool, rather than min-maxing…

Half-Life 2 has my favorite moment in any game. It’s this:

It’s rare that gamers ever get to hear the full story behind how (and why) a game was made. So it’s awesome that…

Playing as Cho’Gall in Heroes of the Storm is one of the most entertaining things I’ve experienced in a MOBA. It’s…

Alienware’s Steam Machine is on the right track, but I can’t wholeheartedly recommend it.

Video game history could’ve gone a totally different way if Nintendo’s corporate headquarters were somewhere else.…

Destiny is both refreshingly simple and terrifyingly complicated. It’s mostly about shooting aliens in the head...…

Last year, before E3, and back when Dambuster Studios was still called Crytek Nottingham and hadn’t been sold to…

Like the delightful and oppressive mobile-game galaxy that it summoned, Tetris is both seductive and dispiriting.…