Games Opinion
'Life Is Strange' Presents Broken Parents as Full People, Not Villains
Over and over, the melodramatic series has returned to a surprising theme about parents who have second thoughts about becoming parents at all.
The Addictive Allure of Gacha Games Comes for Everyone Eventually
For some, it was last year's 'Genshin Impact.' For me, it was the new pinball RPG 'World Flipper.'
Cheap Trick: 'The Magnificant Trufflepigs' and Unreliable Narrators
When the mental illness is just the predictable twist.
Why Do We Talk About Mass Effect's Asari as if They Are Women?
The uni-gender race serves to stand-in for alien women across the galaxy, but they also show how easily the series slips into fearful stereotype.
What I Learned From Near, an Emulation Legend and Real Person
Over several weeks of reporting, I came to know a person of immense talent who was also in constant, undeniable pain at the hands of the internet.
I Love Telling My Enemies They're Doing Great In 'Chivalry 2'
Amid the blood and chaos of Chivalry 2, "commending" other players with a button press is a blast of pure positivity. Except for archers.
'Apex Legends' Doesn't Hide the Rough Edges on Its Queer Asian Hero
Asian characters are often made for the consumption of others. Valkyrie is different.
Bring Back VR for 'Resident Evil Village' You Cowards
Exploring 'Resident Evil 7' locked inside a black box, slabs of glass mere inches from your eyeballs, was overwhelming and hostile.
The Scathing Portrait of the Pro Fascist in 'Disco Elysium: The Final Cut'
How self-pity and humiliation are weaponized first against critical thought, then society at large.
'Mass Effect 2: Overlord' Should Have Stayed in 2010
The unadulterated autism-phobia of the 'Overlord' was shocking then, and its inclusion in the Legendary Edition should have prompted some reflection.
Auto-Battle Is the Best Version of Combat in the New 'NieR Replicant'
Letting the AI take over put me in the director's seat of a high intensity post-fantasy anime, and I'm never going back.
'This Land Is My Land' Wants to Sell an Indigenous Revenge Fantasy, But Without Any Indigenous Input
A defensive, dismissive response reveals the rotten heart of a questionable project.