Outside the Box

What in the hell is “Steam WebHelper” and why is it always running on my PC? That is a damn good question.

“When it comes to probing questions about their intimate life as computer-game players, most people don’t have much…

When I asked for your worst (but really best) stories about trolls, I didn’t expect so many stories from trolls.…

After roughly 1,200 comments and dozens of emails, I have assembled the first round of your horrible video game…

Some of the games industry’s most talented and experienced designers are making the leap from game development to…

I played the first Disney Infinity. Hated it. More importantly, my kids hated it too, because it had too many menus,…

Players could exploit the crap out of Divinity: Original Sin, and that’s why it rocked.

Nobody likes Hitman: Agent 47. It’s one of the worst-reviewed movies of the year, and it’s not making much at the…

ZombiU was a fantastic game when it launched alongside the Wii U. Years later, it’s arrived on other platforms with…

I hope you’ll forgive the self-indulgence, but this week marks my 10 year anniversary as a video game journalist,…