Outside the Realm

For the past few weeks, a lot of people have been asking me about “objectivity,” mostly thanks to a contextless…

Should a critic cease coverage of a game simply because a developer does not like them? According to one YouTuber,…

In June of 2011, then-LucasArts president Paul Meegan spoke publicly about his plans for turning the company…

I left our own Kirk Hamilton with a challenge when we last discussed one of the greatest games of all time—a game he…

I've never encountered a more tribal community of fans than worshippers of the Souls games. There may not be another…

A looming war between demons and angels. A draconic beast poised to destroy the world. A plucky hero and his…

"Eh, it was a video game," I flippantly told a friend shortly after I got back from a recent Witcher 3: Wild Hunt…

This week, hard mode launched for Destiny's Crota's End raid. Along with tougher enemies and lightly remixed…

Video games are changing. Increasingly, we're seeing a subset of players focus their attention on one single video…

Here we go again. For the ninth year in a row (since 2006!), I’ve counted up how many video games I either started…