Rhythm Planet

The worst problems are often ones we make for ourselves. For instance, while wandering Astroneer’s idyllic starter…

For 13 years, I’ve been listing the games I’ve played each year. This used to be a means for me to log how many…

2018’s games have blindsided me in many different ways, but one thing remains true: video games are straight up…

Wandersong starts with bad news: the world is dying. The good news is that it is also packed with excellent people…

Yes, Anathem, the Locus-winning science fiction novel published in 2008. Over an arduous few weeks, I have read Anath…

Just because you don’t have access to the fanciest gear around doesn’t mean you have to play subpar games. Even if…

I like Kirby games, but I would not consider myself an advanced Kirbyologist. I was therefore surprised to learn a…

Dead Space brims with apprehension and panic—its tight spaceship corridors provide little place to run as monsters…

It’s not easy being a giant robot with a body better suited to destroying planets than saving them, especially not…

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.…