Something old, something new: Two unusual racing controllers go head-to-head!
If the true protagonist of an open-world game is its setting, then Portland is GTA III's crown jewel.
Half-Genie Hero is a gorgeous throwback to the glory days of the Super Nintendo, but Super Metroid it ain't.
Exploring the “indie” aesthetic, and what it means to be an independent developer.
Forgettable, mindless base-building and turn-based combat.
Forget Dark Souls and Resident Evil: Enemy Zero is the most terrifyingly difficult horror game you will ever play.
Convenience VS. Diegesis: The battle for immersion, and how playing with the map off makes Assassin's Creed that much more fun.
A nostalgic walk down memory lane through some cherished adventures… and also Final Fantasy XIII. (more…)
Puzzle fiends, prepare to lose entire weeks of your life to swapping blocks, dropping pills, and cookies. #ProYoCo (more…)
Charting the etymology of “3D virtual-reality rat’s-eye-view adventures” – or First Person Shooters, as we call them now. #FPS (more…)
Easy to learn and quick to play, no two sessions of One Night Ultimate Werewolf are ever the same. (more…)
Devil Daggers' brilliance is undeniable, but not everyone is going to "get" it. Devil Daggers is simple to explain, but maddening to play: You have an infinite supply of daggers…
How can you tell if an NPC is a guard, a shopkeeper, or just cannon fodder based on how they look? #affordance Author: Henrik Warpefelt, Department of Computer and Systems…
The early 1990s were truly a great time for challenging, mentally stimulating games. The adventure gaming genre was hitting its peak with Monkey Island and Gabriel Knight, providing engaging and…
The key elements of Facebook games are Challenge, Completion and Competition #social #casual In spite of the popularity of social games on platforms like Facebook, not a lot of quantitative…
If you miss playing tabletop roleplaying games with your friends and like fine-tuning your decks, then Card Hunter might just scratch that itch.
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To this day, GoldenEye continues to be a contentious game in many respects: As one of the first major console-exclusive FPS games, it codified many design elements that would define…
Tearaway Unfolded is a game I really wanted to like, but sadly that is not the case. Tearaway is a simple 3D platformer set in a papercraft world, where you…
Dark Souls succeeds partly on imagination: Not because of what it tells the player, but by what it chooses not to. #Kant In this text, Daniel Vella digs into Dark Souls…
