Review
The #Victorian frame of mind: A review of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
With Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Ubisoft’s machinelike series finally finds its era.
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SUPERHOT wants to get inside your brain and change how you think
Conduct an ensemble of bullets and glass in SUPERHOT
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Profiles of the Forgotten is "a videogame within a movie"
“Have you ever loved someone so much, that you could step out of time?” These are the words that introduce Profiles of the Forgotten, a project that lies somewhere between a traditional game and a film. The first project by Los Angeles developer Pablo Leon-Luna, Profiles of the Forgotten is describe
Article
Shut up, Her Story
Her Story might be a good videogame, but it’s the worst kind of crime fiction.
Review
Listening to Her Story, looking for the right questions
The surprising rewards of a murder mystery in an obsolete search engine simulator.
News
Creepy digital ghosts will keep you company in Fullbright’s Tacoma
Gone Home gets zero-gravity.
News
The astonishing riddle that started inside Trials Evolution ended up spanning the globe
The racing game Trials Evolution was released for Xbox 360 in the spring of 2012. It was well reviewed. It sold reasonably well. It was notable in the sense that all games are notable to someone. Then something strange happened. Actually, a lot of strange things happened. Wooden planks inscribed wit
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Whodunnit? In Her Story, you’ll always write the answer
Overanalysis for the information age.
News
An upcoming game about being a crime scene cleaner is both grim and fascinating
I have a friend who works in the ambulance service. He tells me stories. I ask him to. The expected tragedies aside (horrific traffic accidents, families in peril, octogenarians dying alone completely neglected), the most fascinating details of his job, at least to my eager ears, are sourced from hi
Article
A Dog Tale, or the death of mystery
On the strange power of unremarkable games.
News
Hitchhike across a small-town conspiracy in The Long Way
Last year, games such as Glitchhikers and Three Fourths Home addressed us from behind somber masks as we drove down their lonesome roads. The former took us on a spiritual journey to have us question the direction our lives were headed. While the latter acted as more of a reminder to continue to tre
Review
Gabriel Knight’s 20th anniversary edition is a shrine to its father
Jane Jensen’s classic, just like you remember it.