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We’re all Phasmophobia connoisseurs after countless nights spent hiding away in Willow Street House closets and screaming down the halls of Brownstone High School. The “horror co-op” ghost hu...
As one of the oldest characters in video game history, Pac-Man has seen a number of design iterations despite his aesthetic simplicity. The extent to which these versions of Pac-Man have captured his...
Final Fantasy XIV‘s Main Scenario Quest dungeons Castrum Meridianum and The Praetorium have always been notorious. Relegated to their own little Daily Roulette silo, Castrum and Prae — as they’...
While Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida has talked about the difficulties of implementing NPC dating, that doesn’t mean some fans aren’t still hopeful about the possibility. But even i...
If I could have just one game for the rest of time, Final Fantasy XIV is the easy choice. But there are so many good games out there that hit similar notes as the critically acclaimed MMORPG, s...
I have a confession: I am a terrible PVP player in Destiny 2. I probably wouldn’t play the mode at all if it didn’t help you get gear you could use in the rest of the game. Within me lie...
In a 2020 Game Developers Conference Q&A, Funomena CEO Robin Hunicke advised, “We need to be okay with being less productive and more caring to one another. If we don’t do that, we’ll never get th...
Like clockwork, Final Fantasy XIV always has a new character for players to thirst over with the force of a thousand suns. See: Urianger taking his hood off and swanning into the room in his ne...
The Yakuza series has seen a massive surge in popularity in the West in recent years, going from an obscure gem to one of Sega’s most popular franchises. The series is known for its style and...
In Returnal, even the smallest enemy can pose a threat if you’re not careful. Housemarque’s roguelike is tough as nails, and it remains as is a year after its initial release. The Ascens...
It’s February 26, 2011. You are a middle schooler enjoying a calm day watching Saturday morning cartoons. As your favorite TV show ends, you pull out the family iPad and go to YouTube to see if your f...
Mushrooms, more than almost any other living thing on the planet, seem to inspire curiosity and trepidation in equal measure. Maybe this is, alongside cephalopods, mushrooms are about as alien from us...
A lot of video games today seem to assume that we have infinite time to play them. And when you’re young, it can feel that way sometimes. Sure, you might have to deal with work and other commitments,...
Between its three classes of Warlock, Titan, and Hunter and its four elemental options of Void, Arc, Solar, and Stasis, Destiny 2 now offers twelve distinct subclasses for players t...
What do you get when you cross a popular 1980s gamebook with what seemed like the cutting edge of video game graphics in the 1990s? You get Deathtrap Dungeon: The Interactive Video Adventure<...
I’m on record as thinking that Power is a blunt, outdated mechanic in Destiny 2. But for the time being, it appears it’s sticking around. That said, there are improvements that could be...
We’re living in the middle of a Golden Age of tabletop roleplaying games. Mainstream standbys like Dungeons & Dragons have never been more popular, and indie gems are widely acc...
I beat the Cuphead: Delicious Last Course demo at Summer Games Fest. I had time between appointments, so I sat down on the strangely-deep couches in front of the demo station an...
I know how awards shows work. I understand the dynamics behind the scenes of how certain things get nominated and win in their respective categories. With regards to The Game Awards, the games industr...
On January 31, 2022, Team17 announced its intention to license the Worms brand to a third party to produce a set of “environmentally friendly” NFTs, attracting the anger of the internet. Onli...