The StoryBundle is a collection of outstanding zines, magazines, guides, and even poems about videogames. And we’re not just saying that because we’re among them. (Issues number 1 and 7 are included.) We’re seriously honored to be featured alongside great writing about games such as Rise of the Vide
I’m generally pretty good with maps. Yet here’s a situation that happens to me frequently. I’ll be playing a little Shin Megami Tensei IV, doing some urban excavation in ruined Tokyo, when the screen cuts to a showdown with imps. Afterward, I’ll check the map and then take off in the wrong direction
Table tennis—with its lightweight white ball bouncing rhythmically across the net—makes the transition into a rhythm game surprisingly well. All that it takes is an interactive table rigged with sensors that produces geometric patterns and plays music when the ball hits. This was proven by the young
Soon you will have even less motivation to venture outside the cosy confines of Steam’s grey and black home-screen, as the digital game platform is adding user-reviews to their software suite. (Metacritic scores are already integrated.) “Steam Reviews,” as you might expect, let Steam users review th
There are two conflicting accounts of the Mario Brothers myth. One is of a “It’s-a-me-ing” doughboy and his good-natured sibling from a wonderland where toadstools dress in cat suits. The other, perpetuated by the Dustin Hoffman movie and the Saturday morning cartoon, is of two tough-guy plumbers fr