Opinion Micro-Transactions, the Death of Social Storytelling in Games What are the real costs of lootboxes and microtransactions?
Interview Building Games for a Crank Playdate developers, RNG Party Games, discuss the imminent release of Bloom and their experience creating it
Feature Night in the Woods and the Death of Small Town America At the end of everything, hold onto anything
Feature How Deus Ex Could Learn From Cyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk 2077 solves some of the problems introduced in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Feature Ridge Racer: A Series Retrospective - In the Beginning Launching a console and an arcade racing giant
Interview Night of the Living Dead (1968) Comes to Game Boy 2022 Indie developer Salt & Pixel is resurrecting the legendary classic on an equally legendary handheld console
Feature Disco Elysium: Hope in the Face of Despair Harry's life is a thematic chiaroscuro where we find what makes Disco Elysium such an affecting and moving work of art
Game Design Applying Usability Heuristics to Undertale Exploring what Undertale can teach us about minimizing the user's memory load through the lens of the 10 usability heuristics
Review Traveller's Rest is Adorable Fantasy Business Management This cute little game is a relaxing way to actually enjoy the food service industry
Feature Pokémon Legends: Arceus Fixes the Pokémon With the Franchise An open-world concept, intriguing story, improved battle system, and I can finally get all the Eeveelutions to hang out with me in a room? Sign me up.
Feature The Insane Development of Psychonauts Behind the scenes on the making of Double Fine's iconic, mind-bending adventure
Feature The Architectural Battleground of Control Control’s ‘Oldest House’ is a haunted labyrinth of Brutalist architecture. But why delve into a long-dead architectural style?
Opinion Four Years Later, Destiny 2 is Still Worth Your Time Destiny 2 has struggled to find its place in the four years since release; but its time has finally come
Opinion The Steam Deck Represents the Next Age in Linux Gaming Could this be the boost that Linux gaming needs?
Opinion The NieR Games Are Singularly Brilliant...But They're Not Replayable Ah, to play these games for the first time again…
Opinion Fire Emblem Games That Could Use an Echoes-Style Remake Giving these games the same treatment as 2017’s Shadows of Valentia could do a world of good
Opinion I Don’t Feel Guilty About Skipping Dark Souls II Before Elden Ring Some thoughts on FromSoftware's sophomore slump
Opinion It's Time for a New Matrix Video Game The technology — and techniques — now exist to make it truly possible
Review Eastshade: Pace, Scale, and Beauty Being an artist and living in a simple world evokes a sense of discovery akin to our everyday human experience
