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I played more games in 2018 than in any prior year, which makes sense given it was also my first year as a full time…

Games are a complicated medium with various subcultures and tons of academic thinking on matters like mechanics and…

SoulCalibur IV includes the most robust custom character creation tool in series history. The game’s only been out…

God of War is an interesting, complicated game that’s drawn a lot of attention over the past couple weeks. I didn’t…

Grade schoolers across Japan carry leather backpacks called “randoseru” (ランドセル). Traditionally, kids have carried…

If you’ve played an hour in one Dynasty Warriors game you’ve played an hour in all of them. That’s been the…

Soccer connects people on a global scale, but when you play FIFA, it’s easy to only use your favorite teams. As a…

Traffic cones are roadside eyesores. But in Japan, there are spiritual ones, depicting the guardian of travelers and…

Arms’ latest update is a damn good one. Overnight, Nintendo added a new and seriously fun South American fighter,…

In 2017 most video game consoles look pretty similar: black boxes of varying size aimed at being as discrete as…