How studios support their devs in wartime
From the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the civil war in Yemen to military rule in Myanmar, developers are adapting to conflict around the world
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Citizen Sleeper uses tabletop mechanics to play with the sci-fi RPG format
No clean endings
Dune: Spice Wars doesn’t bring anything new to the Dune table
The strategy game has entered early access, with uneven results
Chinatown Detective Agency review
Get ready to Google your own clues.
Weird West Review
On paper, Weird West reads like the kind of game I’d like, but in practice it’s an acquired taste.
Norco review
A landmark moment for point-and-click adventures.
Review | ‘Ghostwire: Tokyo’ is one part social commentary, one part Tokyo walking sim
In the first few hours of “Ghostwire: Tokyo,” it dawns on me that, given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, this is probably the closest I’ll get to hanging out in Tokyo for the foreseeable future.
Going In Alone
An essay on playing and reading Elden Ring as a traditional fantasy text
This stunning Deep South fable isn't the next Kentucky Route Zero—it’s the first Norco
Breaking down the "bummer vibes" of Norco, a striking new adventure game.
In this hallucinatory MMO, everyone's a baby and nothing's what it seems
Lets Go! Baby! Friends World is a baffling browser-based MMO that harks back to social chatroom games.
Handmade monster babies and the people who love them
Artists are crafting incredibly lifelike monsters, and fans can’t get enough
These artists are making tiny ROMs that will probably outlive us all
Come sail away with Hundred Rabbits
Cooking at the end of the world in Final Fantasy XIV
How Endwalker explores the relationship between video game food and tech culture
Book Review: Marlon James' Moon Witch, Spider King
The Path to Witchhood: Marlon James’ Moon Witch, Spider King
Classic videogame designs meet modern art in Please, Touch the Artwork
The appeal of Thomas Waterzooi's debut game Please, Touch the Artwork is more than just its white-walled art gallery set dressing.
Yellowjackets’ first season is a collective fever dream
A show about teen survival, the ’90s, and the way we talk about them
In just 2 hours, If On a Winter's Night, Four Travelers tells one of the best adventure game stories I've ever played
Don't miss one of 2021's best games—it's free on Steam and Itch.io.
Aliens, conspiracy theories, and a forged diary inspired one of the weirdest games of the '90s
The story behind Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages
Aspire: Ina's Tale Review
The proliferation of “story-rich” as a game descriptor should be welcome news to folks who love narrative-driven games, but...
Ghostlore is Diablo, but with Chinese hopping vampires and Indonesian boar demons
It’s Friday night and I’m hacking away at a banana tree to kill a pontianak, a vampiric evil spirit from Southeast Asian folklore.
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