Dragon Blast

Today is April 1. I recently read someone somewhere saying that April Fools’ Day is not a thing in Japan. Oh how…

A few exceptions aside, video games are pretty shitty at sex. It's often presented as a stilted, awkward "reward" or…

It used to be that a player's 'extra lives' were an immediate, ever-present concern. It's a staple from the arcade…

In a perfect world, we'd spend all of our time actually playing video games. But if 2014 has taught us anything,…

2014 was a weird, wooly year for video games. The big new consoles were finding their feet, and most of the games we…

Starting a new role-playing game is never easy. Which class should you choose? Which race? What kind of party…

Dragon Age: Inquisition is a fantasy game. That word—fantasy—is a sort of shorthand, with a bunch of connotations.…

Good news: Dragon Age: Inquisition is pretty great. Less-good news: Being a story-heavy role-playing game, it…

"I started this game collecting trash," my character quipped late in Sunset Overdrive, "and now I'm collecting trash…

We normally think of game ratings as little more than a useful marker of where we'll be able to buy a game, or…