Cliché: Critical Change

The recent Cyberpunk 2077 review fiasco has people asking (again) why reviews of big budget games are what they are.…

Writing about games invites accusations of taking things too seriously. Criticism, it sometimes seems, is a dirty…

After Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, the titular character went into retirement—both in the series’ fiction and real…

Every character in Pyre has a story. Some are about the nature of freedom. Others focus on religion. Others invite…

Another year is on the record books, and with it another couple dozen Ask Dr. Nerdlove columns. Such love, loss, and…

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Back in 2003, Saya no Uta — The Song of Saya was released in Japan. It became known as one of the most messed-up…

Like many of us, Austin Grossman has lived with video games his whole life. But, like a lot fewer of us, he went on…

Back when I reviewed the first half of Ixion Saga DT late last year, I worried that the humor in the second half of…

There is a story my friend Daphny likes to tell. She calls it one of the worst experiences of her life. It involves…