The Simulacrum

I played all the way through Kingdom Hearts III. I played it extremely underleveled. I did this because I love a…

Early in Kingdom Hearts III, series primary protagonist Sora returns to his spaceship with his Duck Dad Donald and…

Dragon Quest XI is the best game in the 32-year-old series.

The Sims is a pretty good simulacrum of human life. Sims fall in and out of love, move, change careers, have…

I press record. “Just by doing this interview,” I say, “to a certain degree you’re really putting a target on your…

Fallout 76 will have nukes. Provided players find the keys, they will be able to fire these nukes off whenever they…

Hyrule Warriors came out for the Nintendo Wii U in 2014. It came out for the Nintendo 3DS in 2016. In 2018, Nintendo…

Some games grab you right away. Super Mario 64 won me over on the first jump. Bioshock got me at its elevator. Threes…

The back page of Alex Hall’s economics textbook was filled with scribbles. Diagrams, notes, story beats, a web that…

Much was made of the Xbox One’s “cloud capabilities” around the time of its announcement, but until now, the only…