Review
Invisible, Inc. and the brutality of stealth
Klei’s spy game understands the improbability of success.
stealth
Article
The dark ways stealth games work on your mind
Thief, stealth, and the psychology of the forbidden.
Article
EXPOSURE: Just your typical bullet-hell stealth game inspired by moths
A chilled-out game of predator and prey.
Article
Alex Harvey’s genre-bending, game-destroying take on Burroughs
Sharing headspace with a maniac.
News
New stealth game from ex-Lionhead devs features a graphical interface for the ages
Guards in stealth games are idiots. We already know this. You can fire a couple bullets into the drones of Shadow Moses Island and they’ll respond with annoyance. You can unleash hell across the Hong Kong of Deus Ex and saunter into the police station a few minutes later. This is, of course, by desi
Review
Keeping the Cold War quiet in CounterSpy
Dapper on the outside.
Article
The clash between systems and narrative comes to a head in The Hit
On the difficulty of chairs.
Article
Dadaism comes to videogames in the dark, stealthy Tangiers
Summing up the parts.
News
Cloak is the antisocial app that helps you avoid people
Mobiles have been a boon for staying connected. Your phone can help you track down your friends, join a conversation with people you never met, and quickly find a stranger looking for a one-night stand. Or so I hear! But what if you want to avoid people at all costs, like an ex-husband, your money-b
Feature
The troubling professionalism of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Kojima decides to grow up.
Review
The bankrupt world of Thief
Stealing things, just because.
News
Squeak for joy! Classroom Aquatic was successfully funded
We were unsure if this day would come. Primarily because Classroom Aquatic is a virtual reality game about a class full of dolphins cheating off each other, and the Kickstarter project was asking for $30 thousand. Dolphin-game lovers like me surely recall the cruel fate of the ECCO the Dolphin comeb