Fallout 76 didn’t have much of a storyline when it was released in November 2018. Its world was full of interesting…

Stories often have strength because we fill in the gaps. Whenever there’s ambiguity, there’s a chance to speculate…

He’s a robot, a titan, and he died a long time ago, but who was Saint-14 really?

In the week since Fallout 76's release, it since has become one of 2018’s more divisive games. Its Metacritic page…

Virginia is a narrative game developed by Variable State out now for the Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It lasts…

In DmC, the new reboot of Capcom's Devil May Cry series, hero character Dante is the offspring of an angel mother…

The overlap in intended audience between Empire and The Hunger Games Adventures is probably vanishingly small. Both…

This Saturday, at PAX East, I had the pleasure of attending the "Plot vs. Play" panel, moderated by Joystiq's Ben…

I could tell there was a sex scene brewing in The Witcher 2 when Geralt of Rivia and his comely redheaded sorceress…

There doesn't seem to be a lot going on in the game scene right now (at least for people not interested in motion…

Calling it "the straightest Grand Theft Auto ever," largely for effect, PopMatters' G. Christopher Williams says The …

Recent Persona games have become cult hits thanks largely to their gameplay framework — traditional Japanese RPG…

Gamasutra has a fun essay up from Ben Schneider, formerly of Iron Lore Entertainment and currently narrative…

There's a very interesting article over at Eludamos, one of the open-access academic journals that's done a nice…

Danc at Lost Garden has an interesting post up on themes in games and the effect on game design: while there are…

The term 'melodrama' is a somewhat loaded term - ask a few people if X media counts as melodrama, and you're likely…