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Who is Duke Nukem, and why—after all of these years—are we still talking about him? One of our readers has…

"I'm sorry. I never should have left. I never should have left. Take me back. Take me back. Take me home... please."

Some year-end retrospectives play out to the accompaniment of a tinkly piano. Others to a cheese-cloth montage. Our…

How would Tim write a Super Mario novel? Who is the David Mamet of video games? Why are gamers so inarticulate? What…

The opening for the NieR's Japanese version is subdued. The music is relaxing. It's a bit like watching fish swim.

Artists from The Creative Assembly have spent more than a year learning ancient Japanese ink brush and wood block…

I've always been quite sensitive to certain types of friction. (I considered writing that sentence 10 different…

Our latest Game Club ends today, as we've reached the final episode of Alan Wake. Let's talk about it.

My current least favorite part of the modern video game is when it tells me to stop having fun for a few minutes so…

The most common email response I received to my previous column ("Japan: It's Not Funny Anymore") was a perplexed…