Block: Puzzle Game

When you think of a visual novel, you probably think of pursuing super sexy romantic interests (or pigeons). Most of…

Look at a screenshot of Rime. Any screenshot. Take in the swirling colors, the vast oceanside vistas, the stark,…

When most people enter a Zelda shrine, they try to solve the puzzles. Sometimes a shrine will accept multiple…

Early in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I discovered a puzzle shrine containing a small maze. Inside that…

The 3D platformer, the faded genre of Super Mario 64 that flourished two decades ago, was supposed to finally make a…

The latest game based on Japan’s popular trapped-in-an-MMO light novel series is a free-to-play mobile game in which…

Resident Evil 7 is full of ooze monsters and creepy cannibals. It can be hard to get your bearings. Fear not,…

From puzzlers to JRPGs to, uh, more puzzlers, this was a good year for video games. And my top 10 list will probably…

Dishonored 2 is a game about sneaking, stabbing, and teleporting around behind enemy lines. It’s also occasionally a…

Dishonored 2 lives and dies by its level design. Tricky guard patrols and magical abilities don’t mean much without…