Shield knight

While at PAX East I finally had the opportunity to try Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. What I played left me…

It was difficult to gauge the quality of Shirvallah, the Tiger before the Hearthstone card released as part of the…

One of the most persistently annoying mechanics in Hearthstone is Taunt. When a minion has Taunt, you have to attack…

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

Octopath Traveler is a complicated game with a lot of intricate mechanics. I’ve played many hours of it. Now it is…

Eight people gather in a tavern, swapping stories and preparing for adventure. It’s not clear why they’re traveling…

I love Souls games, but until recently, I hadn’t played much of the first Dark Souls. That’s changed with Dark…

Free-to-play hero shooter Paladins has always invited comparisons to Overwatch. There’s a tanky knight character…

This week, Destiny 2 got its second major expansion since it came out last September. It’s called Warmind, and in…

In the first years of my career as a games writer, I got used to a certain reaction from my parents’ friends when…