Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an unending battle
In MGSV, war may be hell, but it’s also boring.
Review
Searching for a hat in the White March
Pillars of Eternity’s White March expansion is cold and thin.
Let the plant-growing sim Viridi brighten up your desktop
The virtual pet gets slowed way, way down.
Submerged finds boredom at the end of the world
For those who wanted collectibles in their apocalypse: here you go.
Until Dawn is a smart riff on horror-movie tropes
Play as a bunch of asshole teens who reenact the past half-century of scary movies.
The Detail is a videogame for people who just like the shootouts in The Wire
The crime drama aims for gravitas, and misses.
The glorious ideas and terrible, terrible puzzles of Cradle
Cradle reminds us why videogames are obsessed with transhumanism
Galak-Z reminds us that nostalgia can be a force for good
A game built on 80s anime feels like a thoroughly 2015 game.
Absolute Drift seeks the breaking point for our cultural obsession with drifting
Would you rather drift in heaven or race in hell?
The new King’s Quest looks to the past
King’s Quest shows the virtues and the limits of nostalgia.
N++: Iteration, movement, and the screen
Not a throwback, but differently modern.
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is a triumph
Say hello to the new wave of walking simulators.
The alluring deathscapes of Feist
After the better part of a decade of development, Feist comes out to kill you.
Life is Strange Episode Four: It’s Almost Over, Baby Blue
A videogame series blooming into early adulthood.
Pneuma has things to say. Don’t listen to them.
I babble, therefore I am
Telltale’s Game of Thrones officially sucks now
Whether you like HBO’s Game of Thrones or not, you will find nothing redeemable in its videogame version.
The Magic Circle is a damning indictment of modern game design
The Magic Circle is a pain in the ass by design.
Playing with yourself in Guild of Dungeoneering
Guild of Dungeoneering cutely recreates tabletop roleplaying.
Road to Gehenna is the harrowing of an online hell
It’s the New Testament to The Talos Principle’s Old Testament.
Knee Deep aims for southern-fried surrealism
Knee Deep proves that surrealism isn’t easy.
Splendor exhibits all the challenges of going from tabletop to tablet
Does a great boardgame make a great videogame? Not necessarily.
Go beyond the realms of death with Sylvio
From out of the murky depths crawls a classically weird horror game.
The shiny, pricy world of Batman: Arkham Knight
So, the Kid A thing was a joke. Behold our (belated) Arkham Knight review.
Cats, the internet, and you
A recent influx of videogame cats begs the question: Why do we love these little assholes?
Listening to Her Story, looking for the right questions
The surprising rewards of a murder mystery in an obsolete search engine simulator.