Ruins & Switch

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

The 2018 Game Awards have come and gone. You can see a list of all the winners here, but if you missed anything,…

“Who are you rooting for?” I asked my housemate, a non-player heckler watching a full-up game of Super Mario Party.…

The new Tomb Raider’s freshest idea is the floating of a question: What if all this tomb raiding that Lara Croft…

Each new Halo game since 2007’s Halo 3 gets some praise, then fades, and then is pointed to as a sign that the…

Once you’re past the credits of Octopath Traveler, there’s one major hidden dungeon left to find. It’s not obvious…

In Hollow Knight, looks can be deceiving. A sad little lamplit town may hide the entrance to a beautiful buried…

Secret of Mana is a broken game that I will always love. Playing through the recent remake forced me to reckon with…

When Secret of Mana came out in 1993, it was rightfully praised as one of the Super Nintendo’s best action games…

Celeste is pure. Each room offers new challenges, but the solution is always the same: jump. Jumping is remixed in…