Fantasy Land

The music we listen to as we play our favorite games is nice, but what about the music we hear when we aren’t…

Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake’s defining attribute is texture. Metal Gear shaped an initial world, and Metal Gear 2…

After a tremendous 2017, Japanese role-playing games were due for some regression, and that’s exactly what happened…

Fallout 76 is filled with intriguing ideas, set amid an appealing post-apocalyptic sprawl ripe for exploration. It’s…

This week brings Lovecraftian nightmares, demonic entities on the Switch, and some hearty kingdoms.

Is there anything so satisfying to watch as a well-played Mario speedrun? What makes an expert run of Super Mario…

Netflix released The Dragon Prince this weekend, a new fantasy story by the writers of Avatar: The Last Airbender.…

“They’re totally gonna nerf this,” I said into my headset mic. The words just spilled out before I even realized…

Video games often deal in illusions, proffering the fantasy of control and power even when your meaningful influence…

This week’s offering of games puts Dead Cells on some new platforms, delivers the joy of Slam Land, and ports Monster…