Hill Climb

It’s been a while since I’ve played something as refreshingly uncomplicated as Crackdown 3. You’re a big dude (or…

The Eternal Castle is a love letter to old cinematic platformers of the late 80s and early 90s, a throwback to games…

Arthur Morgan wanted to turn his horse around and head for the hills. He wanted to be anywhere else, even if it was…

When I’m playing through a massive open-world video game, sometimes the little tasks I do line up to create the…

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is huge. Each new boundary is broken down the moment you reach it, the game world spilling…

In my first game of Dead Cells, I died after about four minutes. In my most recent one, I lasted almost an hour. The…

The core innovation of Super Mario Odyssey is Mario’s companion, Cappy. Cappy is a hat that can magically possess…

I try to play Super Mario Bros. 2 every spring. The game’s bright colors, whimsical level design, and obsession with…

Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis is one of the best Street Fighter players in the country. But he barely cracked the top-64…

Strong multiplayer maps in video games create stories. Their construction and design generate emotional reactions…