Water levels can be pain in the ass, especially when unnecessarily complex gameplay mechanics meet blurry,…
One of the most villainous ways to raise the fear level in a game is to throw in a psycho clown. That clown is hides…
A video game's opening stage or starter zone has an extremely important role: it sets the tone for the rest of the…

Lame or anticlimactic kill cams aren't so rare: in fact, I'd bet that most of the final kills we view at the end…
Besides mecha anime, video games also feature some of the most awesomely-designed armoured fighting vehicles.…
The constant progression of annual sport titles has another advantage besides the games getting more and more…
Now that we had the Oscars last night, it is time to gather a list of games that enhanced their storytelling by…
Wednesday's PlayStation 4 event showed us what next-gen graphics are capable of, so if you had any doubts that game…
Cyborgs in fiction are always associated with free will, morality, the importance of being human or the limits of…
There was a time when mines and minecarts dominated video games. If a platformer or RPG didn't have a mine stage or…
With Valentine's Day putting us all in a romantic mood it was our duty to gather some of the defining aaaawww…
Oh those lovely hometowns, starting villages... Their peaceful and harmonious atmosphere ensures that there's…
When it comes to Japanese developers, creating crazy, nice games isn't the only thing they're good at; they also…
Controlling a cockroach or an entire ant colony is pretty unusual, even for a video game. So we can say games…
Barring timed underwater escort missions, snow levels, with all their slippery ice and falling rocks (not to mention…
Mad scientists and evil masterminds are classic villain archetypes, and defeating them is always nerve-wracking.…
There's no doubt that ninja are among the coolest video game characters. They do everything with style; running,…
Surreal stages, events, or gameplay that somehow just don't fit have always been present, and even expected. Their…
Back in the day Japanese developers didn't have the budget or the control to make perfect Japanese-to-English…
Probably every animal species you can think of is playable or can be found in some form in video games, but today we…