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Tsutomu Nihei’s Blame!, first published in 1998, is a masterpiece in comic story-telling. Its 2017 animated…

Nintendo America, for example, allows comments on its YouTube videos. The company’s Japanese headquarters does not,…

Most big video games these days seem designed to work best with a controller. PC mouse and keyboard controls are…

In the late 90s, video games sat on the precipice of a 3D graphics revolution. Everything was about to change, and…

If you’ve been playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch this weekend, you might have noticed that the game…

Of all the games with tens of colorful heroes and millions of people playing incessantly, Overwatch is the least…

Rock Band was great, but Rock Band was also awkward and cumbersome. Now here comes Rock Band VR, a few years after…

The fireball is perhaps the most iconic move in fighting games. Along with the uppercut, it forms the basis of the…

There aren’t a lot of exclusive games on Nintendo Switch right now. But games are trickling out. I played three…

Nier Automata is a game that gains meaning through repetition. The ending to the game changes following multiple…