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I remember when “full motion video” or FMV was a phrase that helped sell CD-Rom computer games decades ago. I also remember when FMV fell out of favor, and any […]

It’s hard to overstate how great it is to play a game with satisfying controls. Tight, fluid combat should be the standard, but so many games get it wrong across […]

I’m a sucker for side scrolling puzzle games, especially those with enigmatic storylines, physics-based puzzles, and a protagonist that is forced to run more often than fight. Games like Inside […]

    I’ve been GMing a Star Trek Adventures campaign for over a year now. While having an epic campaign is great, sometimes you want to break the pattern with […]

I love a good first person shooter—and I’ve played hundreds of them. I also love rhythm games, with Beat Saber still on my regular line-up and probably a thousand hours […]

There’s an argument that “soulslike” isn’t a genre, or even a subgenre. No matter where you stand on that debate, it’s impossible to deny that Dark Souls has a particular […]

I don’t know why I’m writing this. You know what Fall Guys is. So many people played it that the servers were down until well into the launch weekend. It’s […]

There was an era where adventure and platforming games didn’t take themselves too seriously. And then, somewhere in the middle, everything was modern shooters and space operas. It hasn’t been […]

One of my favorite genres growing up was adventure games, and over the decades, I’ve played a lot of them. Most adventure games are somewhat strange, and many employ surreal […]

Virtual reality is a platform that hasn’t exactly fulfilled its promise. There’s a few reasons for this, both technical and physical—something I won’t get into detail on right now. But […]

Turn-based tactics games have been turning up a lot lately. That’s not a problem, really, especially since each is making its own mark on the genre, whether through great mechanics, […]

World War 1 is not something that generally lends itself to video games, at least not those that thrust you right into the action. In fact, I can count on […]