(Not) Just another Space Shooter

Take a bag of potato chips—any brand, anywhere—and you more or less know what you’re going to get. Crispy, greasy…

Yesterday I logged on to Destiny 2 for the first time in a very long while, intent on clearing out a chunk of the…

Adding fully-manned spaceships and space combat to a gargantuan online game like Warframe isn’t rocket science. It’s…

Let’s talk about one of my least favorite words in the video game lexicon: metroidvania. A portmanteau combining the…

Last night, after hours exploring Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, I unlocked the ability to double jump. It was…

Super Mario Maker 2 is coming on June 28, the latest in a growing line of Wii U games to get repurposed (and in this…

After Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, the titular character went into retirement—both in the series’ fiction and real…

On the evening of June 11, 2018, at LA Center Studios, PlayStation’s head of worldwide studios Shawn Layden welcomed…

I’ve begun to think of my weekly, local Super Smash Bros. tournament as a sort of doctor’s appointment for my ego.

The mainstream narrative of esports has been lovingly crafted by those who benefit from its success. There’s big…