System Restore

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…

Overwatch has technically only been out for a week, but it’s already a phenomenon. Even people who have never played …

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…

Games have rules. It’s sort of their “thing.” But just because a game suggests you’re supposed to play it one way…

Valve has come under fire from a French consumer association called UFC Que Choisir (slightly different from that…

I once heard a game designer say that anyone older than a teenager who plays video games isn’t actually enjoying…

I just bought this self-help book. It’s called “So your readers are all cheaters.”