Video Games
How to Turn Your Crib Into a Gaming Sanctuary
Tired: home office. Wired: THE GAME ZONE, complete with high-tech monitors, cushy seating, and proper mood lighting.
So Far, ‘Overwatch 2’ Only Makes the Biggest Problems With ‘Overwatch’ Worse
The 'Overwatch 2' PvP Beta has been a huge disappointment, from middling character re-works to a new, almost invisible, coat of paint.
Ukraine Calls on Sony and Xbox to Cut Off Russian Gamers
Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister has penned an open letter calling on the world's gaming companies to cut off Russia.
'Horizon: Forbidden West' Is a Great Way to Smooth Your Brain
The sequel to the surprise hit from 2017 is a bloated open world game in the Ubisoft mold that does just enough to keep the player engaged and, honestly, that’s fine.
I Can’t Stop Gaming, Even When I’m Not Having Fun. Am I Addicted?
Stayed up way past your bedtime again? You might be a completionist.
‘America’s Army’, the Pentagon’s Video Game, Shuts Down After 20 Years
For two decades, the U.S. Army used a video game to reach new recruits. It’s finally shutting it down.
How Video Games Brought Together the Victims of a Tragic Fire Accident
Video games proved a connective tissue in the hospital, and that persisted out of it, too.
Black Hair in Video Games Is Terrible. These 3D Artists Are Changing That.
The Open Source Afro Hair Library, slated to launch on Juneteenth 2023, will be the gaming world’s first free database of 3D-modeled Black hairstyles.
You Can Now Play Video Games Developed Behind the Iron Curtain
Experience the collapse of Soviet-style Communism by playing the video games designed by angry teenagers living under it.
My 2021 Game of the Year Is a Cowboy Shooter from 2018
I put 400 hours into 'Hunt: Showdown' with no plans of slowing down.
I Can't Enjoy the New 'Grand Theft Auto' Because I'm Old Now
Turns out the best game I ever played – a world I used to live inside for days – is just a load of grey triangles and some 69 jokes.
Netflix Is Sure 'Content' Doesn't Affect the World, Unless it Does
Of course video games don't cause violence. But this is an extraordinarily narrow definition of the word “harm.”