Puzzles with Nature

One day, my 8th grade art teacher decided to try to teach his class sumi-e, the Japanese art of Ink wash painting.…

Two years ago, Alkis Livathinos had no idea he’d eventually be working on a small puzzle game called Hue. The game’s…

The Witness is not like other games, so it stands to reason that a Witness speedrun would not be like other…

Unravel, which stars a little red knitted character called Yarny, is unusually personal. It is an intimate game,…

It’s a pretty great feeling, standing at the brink of a new year and surveying what’s to come—even if it later turns…

For the 10th year in a row (!), I’ve tallied the games I played in the past 12 months and have counted the ones I’ve…

Digimon. Digital Monsters. Digimon are the champions.

“Indie” might be an increasingly nebulous term these days, but the festival celebrating it was home to some damn…

Undertale is an RPG where you can talk your way out of every battle. It’s amazing. And yet, that might be the least…

If you’ve followed video games for more than five minutes, you’ve seen players and creators clash.