Hero Rescue

Enter the tavern. Bite the plot hook. Go on your righteous journey. Kill the monsters. Fight the boss. Free the…

Over three decades ago she was stuck sitting atop steel beams waiting for “the plumber” to rescue her, but in 2017,…

Flowers are in bloom. The temperature is warming up. It’s perfect weather to go outside. But you know what? Let’s…

I thought I was done with roguelikes, but Streets of Rogue pulled me back in. The game sprinkles gobs of Deus Ex DNA…

In video games, we’re used to being heroes, saving hapless innocents from villains, monsters, and their own demons.…

In the first few minutes of Final Fantasy VI, just when you think you’ve got a sense of the game’s rhythm,…

Batman: Arkham Knight spins one of the most ambitious video game stories ever told, and watching it thunder to its…

DC Super Hero Girls versus Pokémon. Funko Pop! vinyls versus Lego Disney minifigures. Fossil Hunter Lottie versus…

A woman who helped market a wildly popular upcoming Conan board game, which raised over $3 million on Kickstarter in…

Lego’s girl-focused Friends line, which replaces the traditional minifigures with something closer to tiny plastic…