Review
Beeswing explores what it means to go home again, with mixed results
A game as lovely as it is cloying.
RPG
Article
I fell in love with a sex ninja at the end of the world
How Apocalypse World sets players free by taking away control.
Review
Lisa makes a monster out of you
Fulfilling the primal need for violence and glistening bodies.
Article
Here Be Monsters
How Dungeons and Dragons lets you map the fantastic places in the corners of your mind.
News
Chaos Reborn, from the maker of X-COM, is playable now
Chaos Reborn, the latest entry into the tactical turn-based strategy genre from Julian Gollop, creator of the X-COM series, is now available for early access Steam. The current lineup of features in this boardgame-meets-Magic: The Gathering title is austere, as only online multiplayer is available.
Article
Can pinball tell a story?
Two new Walking Dead machines provide a case in point.
News
Fall in Love with the adorable outer-space pets of Cube and Me
“Fine, if I can’t have a puppy, then can I at least get an outer space cube-alien for Christmas?” Cube and Me is the pet sim/dungeon crawler that looks like companion cube had a bunch of badass babies.
Article
Here’s what it’s like to spend a weekend at a castle in Poland doing a Harry Potter larp
Wizarding school is alive and well.
News
Super Chibi Knight: Coded by daddy, designed by 8-year-old daughter
I mean: adorable.
Review
Dragon Age: Inquisition is all business
Saving the world involves a surprising amount of paperwork.
Article
John Darnielle tackles pen-and-paper RPGs and suicide in his debut novel
Wolf in White Van is a meditation on not knowing.
Review
Who, exactly, is Persona 4 Arena Ultimax for?
A beginner-friendly orgy of fan service is a strange thing to be.