Walking into Walls

I did it—I played Kingdom Hearts III, or the finely-polished vertical slice of it that Square Enix is willing to…

Overwatch maps are like candy grab-bags. Sometimes, you get an M&M. Other times, you get a black licorice chew.

Video game hub worlds are towns and hamlets that the player returns to between gameplay to restock and reflect. In…

Shooting, stabbing, soaring, and truck simulating? That stuff’s old hat. These days soil-tiling—possibly while…

There’ve been lots of difficult games in my life. Shining in the Darkness was one of the hardest in my 16-bit era…

Most years, I find whittling a best-of list down to just 10 entries a tortuous process. Not so in 2017, because in…

Patches are one of the best parts of gaming; you get to play Calvinball in real time, over the span of years. When…

Skyrim released today on Playstation VR. The VR version manages to capture the game’s scale and beauty in astounding…

When she shoots, Samus Aran doesn’t miss. That’s one of the fundamental truths of the original Metroid Prime, the…

Destiny 2 is a much simpler game than its predecessor, but that doesn’t mean it’s simple. There are a lot of…