'Animal Crossing' and 'Splatoon' Communities Are Embracing Digital Protest
The gestures are small, but the solidarity is huge.
News
The Video Game Industry Has No Clue How to Respond to Protests
The statements of solidarity with the black community have all come too little, too late.
'Animal Crossing' and 'Splatoon' Communities Are Embracing Digital Protest
The gestures are small, but the solidarity is huge.
Why 'Fortnite' and 'Apex Legends' Top Players Keep Colluding
Opponents caught two top tier players teaming-up to avoid losing rank, but sports history shows this problem is hard to solve.
Podcasts
Aaron Sorkin's 'To Kill A Mockingbird' and the Myth of "Rational Racism"
We consider the different actors that played Atticus Finch in Sorkin's adaptation, and how the fight against racism can't be won with "facts and logic."
The Value of Making Art in a Crisis
'Umurangi Generation' speaks to the importance of creating, even when the world seems to be crumbling around you.
'Umurangi Generation' Invokes the Real Life Experience of Taking Photos
The mechanics of 'Umurangi Generation' are grounded in real world photography, and it's stronger for it.
Reviews
'Wastelanders' Makes 'Fallout 76' the Best Fallout Bethesda Has Made
The ‘Wastelanders’ update elevates the gorgeous and moody RPG from complete trash to something worthy of the series' origins.
'Gears Tactics' Shows Why Gears Has Always Been Smarter Than It Looks
It's like a shooter campaign in all the right ways, but a few of the wrong ones.
'XCOM: Chimera Squad' Takes on Sci-Fi Police Work and Claustrophobic Combat
Beating swords into nightsticks.
Opinion
Final Fantasy VII Remake's Pre-Rendered Skyboxes Are Flawed, and Perfect
Midgar's cyberpunk-fantasy greebling is awesome to behold, but fuzzy and flawed. The tension reflects what this game is all about.
Animal Crossing’s Stalk Market, Much Like the Real Stock Market, Is Ruining Everything
The only things worth caring about are turnips. My neighbors are wondering where I am. A bucolic getaway has turned into something darker.
The Amazing Way 'Final Fantasy VII Remake' Solved Its Villain Problem
Sephiroth isn't supposed to show up until the second half of the story, which sets up the remake's most interesting departure from the original.
Features
How Board Gamers Embraced Tabletop Sims During Lockdown
When coronavirus ended normal get-togethers, tabletop gaming simulators—formerly a niche-within-a-niche hobby—became the only way to play.
How a Bizarre VR Festival Encapsulated NYU's Awful COVID-19 Response
NYU’s Grad Alley, a virtual reality graduation celebration, can’t cover up its response to coronavirus.
The Sims Is My 'Last Normal Photo'
Peeking into a save file of my real life coworkers in the Sims is a magic portal to a kind of life I may not see again.
Columns
The Mysterious, Magical End of 'Disco Elysium' Was One of the Year's Best
Time is running out, but for who, and on what scale?
Death Stranding’s Hero Is Just a Side Character
Bearing witness to those who can live on after the apocalypse.
It's Hard to Keep Returning to Video Game Apocalypses
The last regular Postscript column confronts its own ending.