The Lost Island

I tried out the SNES Classic, and found that Nintendo has made some small but meaningful improvements to it over the…

Pokémon games area all about players collecting small creatures and commanding them in battle, but in the end-game…

Early on in this summer’s standout fantasy anime Made in Abyss, the troublemaking 12-year-old orphan Riko reveals a…

This is an excerpt from my upcoming book, BLOOD, SWEAT, AND PIXELS, which comes out on September 5 and tells the…

Entering a town is a defining moment in any Battlegrounds match. In open fields, you’re safe. You can see for miles,…

Breath of the Wild’s first big downloadable content dropped last night and it is full of cool items to find. If…

There are many important roles one can occupy aboard a pirate ship. You can steer, or keep the cannons loaded, or…

After a run of mediocre to downright disappointing releases, DC Comics finally gets a movie worth eating overpriced…

Thimbleweed Park, a great new adventure game by some of the key talent behind Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island, sets…

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