The Early Years of Flight

Pilotwings used to be a dependable B-tier flight-sim series for Nintendo consoles but the last one came out over six…

From Top Gun to Macross to Sega to GI Joe, the F-14 was a 1980s superstar

It was one in the morning when the Twitch streamer Ellohime heard a knock at his front door.

25 years ago this week, the pink puff ball made his Japanese debuted in Kirby’s Dream Land for the Game Boy. But the…

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild does not dole out rewards predictably. Often you’ll spend an afternoon…

When you cover speedrunning for a while, you start to ask: “can I do that?” This weekend, I started doing my own…

As long-running games evolve, the older bits of design begin to show their rust. For a game with a lifespan like Leag…

The Nintendo Switch is a fascinating new game console built around a novel and well-executed central idea. It also…

For the 11th year in a row, I’ve tallied a list of all the games I started and/or finished in the previous year.…

Six years ago, Awesome Games Done Quick started as a small outfit of speedrunners who played games to raise money…