Desktop Dungeons brings the metagame full circle
Do we always need progress?
turn-based strategy
Civilization V designer wants to give Attila the Hun his due
The history of the West is a violent, teeth-gnashing, and unholy succession through the centuries. And while empire-builder games let us toy with the past — to stroke our chins and speculate what if Rome had been defeated, say, in the War against Nabis in 195 BC — they’re typically a war of attritio
XCOM the shooter is quickly approaching Duke Nukem Forever territory
Remember XCOM? Of course you do. It was the surprisingly great reboot of the classic strategy game that had the gaming press in thrall last fall. Yannick wrote our stellar review of it, arguing, “whatever Firaxis managed to salvage from the wreckage of XCOM’s legacy, they turned into a surpassingly