Hardware Special: Namco neGcon VS Microsoft Wireless Speed Wheel
Something old, something new: Two unusual racing controllers go head-to-head!
A Love Letter to Liberty City’s Portland
If the true protagonist of an open-world game is its setting, then Portland is GTA III's crown jewel.
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Half-Genie Hero is a gorgeous throwback to the glory days of the Super Nintendo, but Super Metroid it ain't.
Is Every Indie Game Independent? Towards the Concept of Independent Game
Exploring the “indie” aesthetic, and what it means to be an independent developer.
The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land
Forgettable, mindless base-building and turn-based combat.
Enemy Zero
Forget Dark Souls and Resident Evil: Enemy Zero is the most terrifyingly difficult horror game you will ever play.
DIEGESIS OR BUST – The Joy of HUDless Gaming
Convenience VS. Diegesis: The battle for immersion, and how playing with the map off makes Assassin's Creed that much more …
Final Symphony II: Fantastical Philharmonies
A nostalgic walk down memory lane through some cherished adventures... and also Final Fantasy XIII. Event: Final Symphony II: Music from …
Stayed In Japan: Nintendo Puzzle Collection (ニンテンドーパズルコレクション)
Puzzle fiends, prepare to lose entire weeks of your life to swapping blocks, dropping pills, and cookies. #ProYoCo Developer: Nintendo & …
Inspecting Video Game Historiography Through Critical Lens: Etymology of the First-Person Shooter Genre
Charting the etymology of "3D virtual-reality rat's-eye-view adventures" - or First Person Shooters, as we call them now. #FPS Author: Carl …
SUPERHOT: Move like they do.
SUPERHOT is quality over quantity in every sense of the term. Developer / Publisher: SUPERHOT Team Release date: February 25th, 2016 Platform: PC, …
One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Party Sleuth
Easy to learn and quick to play, no two sessions of One Night Ultimate Werewolf are ever the same. Designers: Ted …
Devil Daggers: Unrelenting
Devil Daggers' brilliance is undeniable, but not everyone is going to "get" it. Devil Daggers is simple to explain, but maddening …
Cues and insinuations: Indicating affordances of non-player character using visual indicators
How can you tell if an NPC is a guard, a shopkeeper, or just cannon fodder based on how they …
DOOM – Dead Simple
The early 1990s were truly a great time for challenging, mentally stimulating games. The adventure gaming genre was hitting its …
Exploring Playful Experiences In Social Games
The key elements of Facebook games are Challenge, Completion and Competition #social #casual In spite of the popularity of social games …
Card Hunter: Roll For Initiative
If you miss playing tabletop roleplaying games with your friends and like fine-tuning your decks, then Card Hunter might just …
Revisiting GoldenEye: A retrospective
To this day, GoldenEye continues to be a contentious game in many respects: As one of the first major console-exclusive …
Tearaway Unfolded: Rip In Peace
Tearaway Unfolded is a game I really wanted to like, but sadly that is not the case. Tearaway is a simple …
No Mastery Without Mystery: Dark Souls and the Ludic Sublime
Dark Souls succeeds partly on imagination: Not because of what it tells the player, but by what it chooses not to. …
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