Grog

It’s not the loot boxes that bummed me out about October’s Shadow of War. When playing the game, you can easily…

Last night, playing the new indie game Nantucket, I kept yelling, “No one kills Jerry!”

In games as in life, you can’t solve all your problems with violence. In Divinity: Original Sin 2, however, you can…

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor was a game about attachment in the face of decapitation. You came to love certain…

One of 2015’s biggest surprises, Rocket League, is getting a significant update in December, with a new map that…

Some just enjoy a nice cup of grog in the morning sun.

A whir, a pop, and then the head explodes. Ceases to exist, really. Ropy tendrils of gray-black goop spiral…

It's so easy to resort to lazy and hurtful stereotypes whenever we talk about orcs. If nothing else, Middle-Earth:…

Lugdash Broken-Shield. Now there was a tricky orc to assassinate. Until I discovered he was scared of fire. Once I…

Wait, I'm sorry. I think you just said, "Maniac Mansion and Metroidvania." Did you say that? Or was I just…