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Min-Liang Tan was “officially pissed off,” he wrote in an email to members of Razer’s marketing team in February of…

There’s a simple explanation for how the Ouija board works: it’s not ghosts, but how you feel about them.

In the year since Kotaku’s investigation into sexism at Riot Games, the 2,500-person company behind League of Legends…

Brooke Holden had all but given up on breaking into the video game business.

A few months ago, I was watching streamer Matt Souza play Fortnite on a custom server while I played along with his…

The mainstream narrative of esports has been lovingly crafted by those who benefit from its success. There’s big…

Gail Gygax and I were sitting in the living room of a lace-trimmed, flower-filled bed and breakfast in Lake Geneva,…

Red Dead Redemption 2 is full of distractions. There’s poker, blackjack, and dominos to play. There are animals to…

Lucy’s relationship to Schroeder was unfulfilling. She craved emotional validation from the one character who was…

Sally, the younger sister of Peanuts’ Charlie Brown, did not perform well in school. She wrote reports the morning…

Throughout her three years at Riot Games, the company behind League of Legends, Lacy made it her mission to hire a…

While playing Super Mario Odyssey, you’ll occasionally come across portraits like the one pictured above.They are…

Charlie Brown is hesitant. Marcie is shy. Lucy is cruel. Schroeder is aloof. But Franklin is just…perfect.

Last December, a 22-year old modder who calls himself Ted52 purged the Steam forums for his Hearts of Iron IV mod,…

If you ever find yourself in the cast of a Dragon Ball fight scene, Christopher Sabat has some advice. “You can…

Call of Duty has returned to World War II. It wasn’t so long ago that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare saved us from…

I never pass up the opportunity to drink in a game. I’ve visited every bar in The Witcher 3. I’ve filled Adam…

I’m not a gearhead, nor would I ever be mistaken for one. But this past February, I went to a monster truck rally…

It had been two months since self-described “titty streamer” Kaceytron finally covered up.

Last fall, Dishonored 2 ripped me right out of my gaming funk. I tore through the game in two days, scouring every…