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“You’re going to the event called... ‘roguelike?’” the security guard asked.

Irredeemably bad video games are a simple, tidy affair. Their badness is straightforward. The game stinks. It was a…

There’s a scene in Final Fantasy IV that’s always stood out to me. It centers around the elderly wizard Tellah, who…

If you were to ask a Final Fantasy fan to describe the iconic Square series, they might rattle off a series of…

The name “Tokyo RPG Factory” conjures a dreary image. An assembly line for role-playing games, perhaps, where dozens…

The developer was cheerful. The game she had me play was fun. But the title Nintendo producer Risa Tabata was…

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F-Zero GX was a critical hit that, 13 years later, stands as a racing game classic for Sega and Nintendo. It was the…

When we last saw Lara Croft, she was growing out of being a victim. A victim of fate, of other people’s aggression,…

DRM-free gaming service GOG is introducing its own take on Early Access. Thanks to things like strict curation, a…