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A Mysterious Cult Isn't Enough for the Repetitive 'Church in the Darkness'
A dynamic story leads to a frustratingly vague and meaningless game.
'A Short Hike' Takes a Nice Long Day to Reinvent the Walking Simulator
What happens when we focus on the joy of being rather than angst about meaning.
'Hotline Miami' Showed the Futility of Ultra-Violence as Critique
After a decade of games asking what kind of person commits video game violence, returning to Hotline shows that we need new questions.
Area 51 Nostalgia Yearns for a Time When Evil Had to Hide
Games, conspiracy culture, and what we glimpse beneath the veil of constructed realities.
‘Dragon Quest Builders 2’ Is a Giant To-Do List, and I Love It
It's better than the original in nearly every way.
'Project Winter' Is the Best Game About Betrayal This Year
All of the broken friendships of Mafia or Werewolf, with a dash of snowbound horror.
Video Game History Is More Than Just Software and Hardware
'ROMchip' is a new journal asking big questions about how we think about gaming's past.
Underwater Video Games Ignore the Perilous State of Our Collapsing Oceans
In games, the ocean is often beautiful, sometimes terrifying, but rarely threatened by environmental catastrophe as our own is.
'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Creator Reveals 'Mythic Quest,' a New Comedy About Game Development
Video game development is a good subject for a comedy, but so far we're not sold on 'Mythic Quest.'
The PC Gaming Show Is the Best E3 Press Conference
The PC Gaming show is less polished than the other press conferences, but it's also more human.
Upcoming 'Blair Witch' Horror Game Goes Back to the Found Footage Classic
Watch the trailer for the 'Blair Witch' video game.