game diary

The sun is setting on the island of Tsushima as I call over my trusted horse after defeating some deadly Mongols in…

We all have backlogs of games we keep meaning to get to, all those games we promised ourselves we would totally, for…

I’ve been stuck on Borderlands 3’s Katagawa Ball boss for weeks, but yesterday I finally beat it in the best way…

I’ve been flirting with the idea of playing a racing simulation again, so when Stadia finally launched with Grid, I…

Fire Emblem: Three Houses has been a little bit of a slow burn for me. While I’ve been a fan of the series since Awak…

While visiting Atlantic City’s greige boardwalk last Sunday, I set foot in my very first casino, a come-as-you-are…

The spectral foe towered over me, her sheer size outmatched only by her overwhelming poise. The pole arm she held in…

Hitman 2 is builtaround the idea that it’s an elaborate Rube Goldberg Murder Machine, and that the most optimal way…

If I didn’t know Save Me Mr. Tako: Tasukete Tako-San was a tribute to retro handheld games, I could easily be…

Some mobile games play psychological tricks with you to get you to keep playing. Others hook you the much better…

I’ve been playing the same fight in Thronebreaker, Gwent’s standalone story, for a few hours now. I still haven’t…

Of all the many valid reasons I’m still playing The Witcher 3, there’s one that’s not related to the game’s quality.…

Nintendo and Cygames’ Dragalia Lost is a very pretty mobile game. The characters are lovely, the music is gorgeous,…

TowerFall is out on the Switch today, just over five years after it originally released on the ill-fated Ouya. It…

Frostpunk, a post-apocalyptic city builder, somehow manages to get even darker and more brutal in its latest…

I’ve played Hyper Light Drifter a few times now, and I always start by going North. I’m drawn by the chilly,…

Curly vs. Gunvolt. Shovel Knight vs. Isaac. If these match-ups don’t get you excited, you may have missed out on…

Mixing survival gameplay with a narrative is always a tough task for developers, but it’s one the creators of We…

It’s been years since I gave a damn which World of Warcraft faction I was playing. Horde? Alliance? Whichever. But…

I’m a sucker for Flat Heroes’ simple look and how good it feels to bounce around putting off death, but my favorite…