Once Alive

Since mounting anxiety has robbed me of higher cognitive thought, let’s talk about dinosaurs—specifically, why the…

Tuning into Byron “Reckful” Bernstein’s recent daily Twitch streams, you wouldn’t immediately suspect something’s…

Twenty-two days ago, I wrote: “If Nintendo has hidden some amazing twist at the end of Pikmin 3 Deluxe, if the…

Her powerful vocals suffuse “Snake Eater” with such gravitas, elevating it from a simple song on a video game…

Black Ops: Cold War’s new 40-player “Fireteam” mode is addictive chaos that requires teamwork and good comms.

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and…

Star Wars: Squadrons is here and it’s pretty damn good, especially if you enjoy space combat and yelling out Star…

The past few years have made us all pretty numb to the depths of human depravity, but large swathes of people still…

In Hades, each Infernal Arm you use to escape from Hell has its own unique abilities. The different weapons—combined…

Most tactical games condition you to avoid failure. In XCOM, once a character dies, they’re gone. Same for Fire…