I’ve played a lot of first person shooters in my life. When I was younger, it was my preferred genre—and I still prefer most games to be in first-person […]

“Portal-like” should be a genre, because I run into many puzzle games that are obviously inspired by, or even unwittingly share some DNA with Valve’s classic. There aren’t any real […]

  In recent years, many games have asked the player to consider the important question of the morality of their actions. Spec Ops: The Line, Hotline Miami, and The Last of […]

More and more games are focusing on the effect of mental health issues. I still hold up Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice as one of the best examples of a game highlighting […]

It’s been a few weeks since the Mortal Shell open beta ended. I had meant to get in an article about my hands-on impressions, but I never found the time. […]

    I love Star Trek Adventures. But our current (mega) campaign is on a hiatus, and we’ve been playing the amazing Alien Roleplaying Game lately. Even so, Star Trek […]

Survival horror games have had a bit of a renaissance over the last decade or so. Instead of arming players to the teeth and sending them against hordes of monsters, […]

I saw a tweet a few years ago that said something along the lines of “Mario Party Battle Royale.” At the time, battle royale games were the most popular thing. […]

Games where you play as the villain really hit a high note through the 00’s.  Ushered in by classics like Dungeon Keeper, it was soon normal to see games where […]

There aren’t enough games that you play as the villain. Incidentally, I had a chance to play two of them: one is a modern refresh of an older game—Destroy All […]

There is a certain irony to playing Deadly Days, standing against wave after wave of zombie hordes, only to mindlessly consume hours of your own day with the proverbial, “One […]

There are few games I feel like everyone should play. In general, I believe games are as personal a choice as ice cream flavors and fashion. What you enjoy and […]