Feature The Bold and the Braveus: A Look Back at Final Fantasy’s Teenage Years The famous franchise had its share of growing pains
Feature Through the Invisible Wall: Video Games in China From a banished pastime to a cultural behemoth, this is how interactive media have shaped — and been shaped by— the PRC
Opinion When Mass Effect Neutered the Reapers, and We Didn’t Care Why world-building and narrative supersede inconsistency in the message
Opinion Dragon’s Dogma Deserves More Attention Creative approaches to the RPG genre make this game worth playing
Opinion Revisiting Crimson Shroud, a Forgotten Cousin of Ivalice Part visual novel, part tabletop RPG, all Yasumi Matsuno
Feature Yoshi's Island, the Perfect Platformer The best entry in the Super Mario franchise doesn’t focus on the plumber
Opinion Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors: An Equation of the Unknown Self How this escape room visual novel remains unparalleled in character and story
Review The Thrill of the Hunt Hunt: Showdown’s unique and fascinatingly clever design make it one of the best experiences on the market, providing you’re up to the challenge
Feature The Grand Dames of Gaming How four remarkable women are creating a “feedback loop of joy”, and taking the gaming world by storm
Opinion Golden Sun is the Best RPG You’ve Never Played This handheld masterpiece deserves to stand tall beside its role-playing brethren
Feature How Final Fantasy VII Nailed the Mini-Game Mini-games can be boring and tedious, but Final Fantasy VII gets them right
Review Chicory: A Colorful Tale Review A recognition of creative minds afflicted by imposter syndrome
Feature Revisiting 1996's Twisted Metal 2 Celebrating 25 years of characters and stories from a car combat classic
Opinion What's New in Far Cry 6? Following the Far Cry 6 gameplay reveal event we’ve got a lot of new information about the newest entry in the series
Opinion Days Gone Deserves a Second Chance In light of the rejection of a Days Gone 2 pitch within Sony, fans have taken up arms to fight for the sequel to a hidden gem
Opinion My Unstoppable Love for Sonic the Hedgehog Despite a bumpy road, the Blue Blur is as fast as ever
Opinion Revisiting The Last Guardian Does this flawed, beautiful masterpiece hold up five years later?
Opinion P.T.’s Haunted Soul Lives in Resident Evil Village Beneviento’s Dollhouse is memorable and terrifying
