RPG

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

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