Mom and Me

Despite the best efforts of my Indian mom, I never really celebrated Diwali growing up. When I saw that The Sims 4…

For 13 minutes, Gonzalo “Zero” Barrios’ face barely moved. It was the Grand Finals match of a Super Smash Bros. Wii…

After playing The Sims 2 for months in 2004, Brian, more commonly known by his online handle Pinstar, realized that…

There are songs about death. There are movies about death, books about death, games about death. And yet, the $20…

My longtime friend Bennett Foddy makes frustrating video games. You might have played QWOP, or GIRP. Somehow, making…

I’m playing a lot less Destiny 2 than I was a week ago. I sense I’m not alone in that. That’s because despite—and…

My friend Kit Reed died on Sunday. She was a prolific, award-winning writer of speculative fiction. Her cluttered…

What nostalgia looks like in 2017 isn’t what it looked like at the dawn of video games. The virtual worlds in which…

As I struggle to fall asleep after a night of Destiny 2, the game keeps running through my mind. It’s like getting a…

Within minutes of starting Life Is Strange: Before The Storm, Chloe Price smoked a cigarette, stood in front of a…