The Standard Model

If there’s one thing repeated Kickstarter successes have proven, it’s that board gamers love little plastic…

Activision is changing the way that DLC will work for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and fans are not thrilled.

The problem is bigger than just GameStop, but let’s start with GameStop.

In the mid-nineties, at the approach of the millennium, the creators of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest combined…

This week, two hacking groups have independently released methods that allow a user to jailbreak the Switch, which…

To a collector of classic video games, there’s no sight sadder than a shattered Sega jewel case.

Grade schoolers across Japan carry leather backpacks called “randoseru” (ランドセル). Traditionally, kids have carried…

In the first years of my career as a games writer, I got used to a certain reaction from my parents’ friends when…

The Nintendo Switch is a piece of hardware with a lot going on. It’s a console. It’s a handheld. It’s got tons of…

The name Square is closely associated with RPGs, and for good reason. But in the days before it had its first huge…