Puzzle Planet

One of my favorite genre hybrids just got a huge kick in the pants, courtesy of Robot Circus’ Ticket to Earth. It…

One of the oldest running diversions on the planet, the New York Times crossword puzzle, turns 75 today.

For the 11th year in a row, I’ve tallied a list of all the games I started and/or finished in the previous year.…

Epitasis is a new project being worked on by Lucas Govatos. It’s a puzzle exploration game in the mold of Myst that…

Dedicated handheld consoles have taken some beatings over the years—thanks, Steve Jobs—but as 2016 comes to a close,…

Somewhere in Elite Dangerous’ gargantuan (and, some might say, dangerous) universe, there are aliens. Or there were.…

The leaves are changing colors and the weather is cooling down. You can smell it in the air. It’s fall. And you know…

Irredeemably bad video games are a simple, tidy affair. Their badness is straightforward. The game stinks. It was a…

Nintendo is notorious for surprising players with games that fall on both sides of the fan service spectrum. Whether…

The Olympic Games is a massively multiplayer event wherein local champions from various territories convene in a…