gaming culture

Sometimes it’s censorship. Sometimes it’s unfortunate implications. And sometimes it’s straight-up unexplainable.…

Late last year, it was revealed that Link would become a racer in Mario Kart 8. But that wasn’t his first Mario…

I remember the first time I went shoplifting. The sun was shining, Marin was singing, and I needed a shovel.

On November 5, 1995, a gamer called CJayC created the Video Game FAQ Archive. Later known as GameFAQs, the site was…

In the West, Twitch is an internet superpower. In Japan, things couldn’t be more different. Mainstream success will…

I played the opening few hours of Batman: Arkham Knight in August. You know what I did after that? I opened up the…

Some of the games industry’s most talented and experienced designers are making the leap from game development to…

Chris "Powerpig" McVeigh is a LEGO builder of no small repute, specialising in micro-builds of familiar things. This…

From sci-fi references to artistic nods, the Mass Effect series has numerous connections to the real world—this…

Games have - to put it mildly - a weird-ass approach to love. But love is weird in real-life, too. In time for…

Steam sales are good, provided you have self-control. If you don't, you might feel like the Scout above whenever a…

Featuring excellent pixel art and some self-deprecating humor from the very talented Paul Robertson.

Kids these days have all the fun. It's bad enough they have cellphones and high speed access to the internet, but…

The Big Easy isn't immune to the same issues that arcade machine vendors across the country face.

Well, it reads like an essay, but this piece by David Hayward is actually a transcript of a talk given at the "Under…