rpgs
The Radical Fairy Tale Politics of 'Ni No Kuni II'
‘Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom’ advocates simple rules, strong claims, and a demand for empathy and honest governance.
Please Stop Giving Video Games Such Terrible Names
‘Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden,’ I’m calling you out.
What Video Games Taught Me About Finance
Action-adventure and RPG games are packed with hidden lessons about real world wealth.
What Video Games Taught Me About Finance
Action-adventure and RPG games are packed with hidden lessons about real world wealth.
I Played A Favorite Game Long Enough to Start Hating It. This Sucks.
Once upon a time, I adored the Baldur's Gate series. After hundreds of hours of play and analysis, I can't stand it any more.
'Moby Dick' Makes for an Improbably Good, Very Strange Strategy RPG
Reviewing Picaresque's 'Nantucket'; Or, 'The Raid-Boss of the Oceans'
'Monstrous Races' Allows You to Play D&D as an Owlbear
Tyler Kamstra’s “Monstrous Races” offers guidelines for playing as species that are far from humanoids.
Nintendo’s ‘Ever Oasis’ Is Caught Between High Adventure and Headache
'Secret of Mana' director Koichi Ishii's new game never finds a sweet spot, however cute its looks and sublime its music.
Why The FBI Investigated ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Players in the 1990s
An FBI memo written during the Unabomber investigation describes roleplayers as 'armed and dangerous,' 'extremely intelligent individuals' and 'overweight and not neat in appearance.'
There's Going To Be a 'Pathfinder' CRPG
Owlcat Games has announced that they're bringing Pathfinder into the realm of the isometric world.
This Tiny, Free RPG Offers a Fresh Look at Death - and Life with Anxiety
‘Ghost Hospital’ is set in a world of cute monsters, but the real demons it represents are all too scary.
'Expeditions: Viking' Lets Me Be the Wimpy Viking I Knew I Could Be
Leading a warlike tribe is violent work, but this tactical RPG asks if maybe we could be nicer about it.