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A collection of 77 posts

Interview

Broken Roads Interview

Post-apocalyptic gaming returns home

Feature

Werewolf: The Apocalypse Almost Arrived on Consoles in the ’90s

A longed-for IP has a difficult transition to games

Review

Roadwarden: Exploring An Untamed Peninsula

A mix of text-adventure and RPG with an enthralling world to explore

Preview

Demonstration Perfection: Final Fantasy XVI

Square Enix rediscovers the magic of the game demo

Review

Darkest Dungeon 2 :  Less Dungeons, More Darkness

An insane road trip

Opinion

The Next Level of Pokémon

What will Pokémon look like when it turns 30?

Review

Cassette Beasts Is the Indie Pokemon Alternative You’ve Been Waiting For

Gotta record 'em all

Game Design

The Clash of Choices in Game Design

Finding the balance in designing choices into your game

Hidden Gems

Hidden Gems of Game Design: Volume 12

Sifting through the noise to find Forced Showdown, Daedues, and Iron Man

Opinion

Celebrating Wild Arms: The Wild West RPG

Saluting a unique and fascinating classic

Feature

Koudelka, The Best (Lost) Survival Horror RPG

A classic RPG with a different intent than its contemporaries

Opinion

Meg's Monster Shows How Friendship Improves Our Futures

If she cries, the whole world dies

Game Development

Why Live Service Is No Longer Exciting

Not so lively service

Feature

Breath of Fire IV: The Duality of the Dragons

Celebrating the remarkable, but flawed, classic RPG

Opinion

The Subtle Art of World Building

How developers build the worlds we play and why it matters

Preview

Musings on the Diablo IV Open Beta

After years of teasing, gamers finally get their first taste of Diablo IV - and feelings are mixed

Feature

Arx Fatalis’ Magic Was Ahead of Its Time and Technology

The game’s immersive yet clumsy magic system could have been saved by the Wiimote

Game Design

Why Did Everything Become an RPG?

How abstraction took over the game industry

Review

How Meg’s Monster Demonstrates a Post-Undertale RPG World

Down the chutes to the world below

Review

Absinthia Review

Fights, friendship, and queer coming-of-age angst in a bite-sized RPG

Review

Final Profit: A Shop RPG Review

Magic, money, and a tongue-in-cheek criticism of capitalism

Review

Labyrinth of Galleria Provides a Picturesque Dungeon Crawler

Once more into the Labryinth

Feature

The Mojave Horror - The Terrifying Vaults of Fallout: New Vegas

The evils of the Vault-Tec Corporation

Review

Meg’s Monster: You Will Believe a Fiend Can Cry

Follow a subterranean monster tasked with protecting a human child who has mysterious doomsday powers

Review

Working Two Shifts With Moonlighter

Find the items, sell the items