3 Video Games You May Have Missed in January
January traditionally lacks major video game releases, allowing players to catch up on game-of-the-year contenders and giving smaller games a window to stand out. Dice rolls are put center stage…
Intergalactic Shantytowns Where Dice Dictate Your Future
The dice roll is the fundamental engine of numerous games. In a board game, it might determine what type of resources you receive or how far you can move. In…
A Journey Through Toxic Fumes That’s a Breath of Fresh Air
It wasn’t supposed to, but Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist made me snicker. This generally inventive, risk-taking game occurs below ground in the Land of the Fumes, which made…
Elon Musk, Video Game King? Well, Maybe Not.
On its face, the claim feels improbable: In addition to being the world’s richest man, the chief executive of multiple companies and a key adviser to President Trump, Elon Musk…
The Shortsighted Charm of Our Whip-Cracking, Web-Swinging Heroes
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the first game that my once top-of-the-line computer can’t run. Not on performance mode, not on the lowest settings, not at a stuttering…
‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ Stages Shakespeare in a Land of Shootouts
Tucked away in the hills of Los Santos, a wondrous and lawless land, is the Vinewood Bowl, a gigantic amphitheater that typically sits empty. Modeled after the real-life Hollywood Bowl…
A Video Game Writer’s Lament: ‘We Can Do Quite a Lot Better’
Jon Ingold finds most video game writing empty at best, turgid at worst. Ingold, an author of celebrated narrative-driven games including 80 Days and Heaven’s Vault, acknowledged that his writing…