Dead of the Brain

"Press X to not die." It's a gaming cliche at this point, one that many view as a symptom of lazy game design. Quick…

A few days before my dad died in August, I got the call I'd been dreading from my mother. She told me it was time…

I've been thinking about the apocalypse a lot lately. It's partly because of the intense drought in California.…

Few people admit to buying modern military shooters for their campaigns, and it's not hard to see why. The Battlefi…

We all loved Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. The controls took some getting used to, but that was part of its…

Welcome to the space station Sevastopol! It's a lovely place to die.

“This cart is now a coffin”, posted UK games writer Richard Stanton, adding “RIP Hamlet the best Labrador in the…

Gen Urobuchi has written some of the most psychologically dark anime in recent memory. He is a master at…

Sean Baptiste, like a great many people, often turns to humor as a means to cope. Learning that a sample of his…

Editor's note: The following is a guest editorial by Obsidian game designer Josh Sawyer. If you're a professional…