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Mass Effect’s Choices Remain Its Greatest Success—And Greatest Failure

05.27.21

By Rowan Kaiser
Games

Even ‘Wholesome’ Games Can (And Should!) Make You Feel Terrible

06.30.20

By Ricardo Contreras
Games

The Cruel World of ‘Nowhere Prophet’ Has a Saving Grace: Hope

08.07.19

By Ricardo Contreras
Games

A Narrative Strategy Game That Confronts the Nature of Power

08.17.18

By Cameron Kunzelman
Games

The Small Town Story of ‘Night in the Woods’ Is Even Better on a Big Screen

12.18.17

By Danielle Riendeau
Games

This Game About Domestic Abuse Helped Me Understand My Own Trauma

10.03.17

By Kate Gray
Games

How Games Make Me Confront the Terror of Open Spaces

08.04.17

By Cameron Kunzelman
Games

Why The Makers of ‘Tacoma’ and ‘Edith Finch’ Love Loneliness

07.16.17

By Rosh Kelly
Games

What It Means When Algorithms Start Telling Stories for Us

06.20.17

By Gil Lawson
Games

Take a Moonlit Stroll in ‘Rain in the Month of January’

01.25.17

By Danielle Riendeau
Games

The Next Great Setting for Video Games? Pre-Broadband Internet.

12.06.16

By Zack Kotzer
Games

Make Snowmen and Ponder Mortality in ‘Lost Constellation’

12.05.16

By Janine Hawkins

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‘Look Outside’ Blends Survival Horror and Turn-Based RPG to Perfection — And Is the Best $10 You’ll Ever Spend (Review)

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Gaming

‘Frosthaven’ Is an Ambitious Upcoming Tactical Fantasy RPG Based on a Popular Board Game, and There’s a Playtest on the Way

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Gaming

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Music

Green Day Paid Tribute to ‘Boogie Nights’ at the iHeart Music Awards

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