Review
Citizens of Earth finds purpose in its satire
A JRPG constantly folding in on itself.
Stephen Hershey
Article
The Deer God makes you relate to hunter and hunted
Finding karma deep in nature.
Article
The Luigi Death Stare and why memes take root
Deciphering the language of play.
Review
Act One of Maker’s Eden fails to set up story, substance, or anything
Pointing and clicking in nowheresville.
Review
Ever go to a rave with a bunch of robots? You can, in Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
Lights, cameras, transforming robots, lots of action.
Hinduism
Higher Powers
We’ve been ready for virtual reality for a long time.
Article
Transistor: Supergiant’s accidental spiritual successor
One of the year’s most anticipated RPGs grew organically.
Article
Road to TWO5SIX: Steve Gaynor
The creator of last year’s watershed Gone Home discusses its wake.
Article
Revisiting Yoshi’s Island, Nintendo’s leftfield masterpiece
The ultimate escort mission gets its due.
Article
Is World of Warcraft a religion? One anthropologist thinks so
Creating a sacred space, virtual or otherwise.
Review
Broken Age teases at what’s to come, and looks great doing it
There will be pointing and clicking.
Review
Secrets of Raetikon is quietly and frequently astonishing
You smell that? That’s Alpine air.