How '90s interior design software laid the foundation for today's life sims By Alexis Ong published 14 August 22 House & Home The unsung influence of 3D home design programs.
The world's first syndicated game journalist was an 11-year-old kid By Alexis Ong published 1 August 22 '80s star In the early '80s, Rawson Stovall started reviewing Atari games for the local paper. Before long he was the first syndicated game critic.
Shadowrun: Hong Kong is a perfect portrait of a cyberpunk city fighting for revolution By Alexis Ong published 24 June 22 Retrospective If cyberpunk lives on, Shadowrun: Hong Kong should be its guiding light.
Chinatown Detective Agency review By Alexis Ong published 6 April 22 Search result Get ready to Google your own clues.
Norco review By Alexis Ong published 30 March 22 swamp things A landmark moment for point-and-click adventures.
This stunning Deep South fable isn't the next Kentucky Route Zero—it’s the first Norco By Alexis Ong published 22 March 22 Swamp Things Breaking down the "bummer vibes" of Norco, a striking new adventure game.
In this hallucinatory MMO, everyone's a baby and nothing's what it seems By Alexis Ong published 14 March 22 Radio Ga Ga Lets Go! Baby! Friends World is a baffling browser-based MMO that harks back to social chatroom games.
Classic videogame designs meet modern art in Please, Touch the Artwork By Alexis Ong published 13 February 22 Snake art, not war Snake walked so this art gallery of puzzle games could fly.
In just 2 hours, If On a Winter's Night, Four Travelers tells one of the best adventure game stories I've ever played By Alexis Ong published 7 January 22 Clicked Don't miss one of 2021's best games—it's free on Steam and Itch.io.
Aliens, conspiracy theories, and a forged diary inspired one of the weirdest games of the '90s By Alexis Ong published 24 December 21 👽 The story behind Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages is even weirder than its premise.
Ghostlore is Diablo, but with Chinese hopping vampires and Indonesian boar demons By Alexis Ong published 6 December 21 👻 With monsters pulled from Southeast Asian folklore, Ghostlore is the first action-RPG I’ve played that feels personal.
The PMS Clan blazed a trail for women in competitive gaming By Alexis Ong published 14 November 21 ♀️ Twin sisters Amy Brady (Athena/Valkyrie) and Amber Dalton (Athena Twin) founded PMS Clan in 2002—now one of the oldest competitive gaming organizations in the world.
Before blockchain and NFTs, there was the real-cash MMO Entropia Universe By Alexis Ong published 6 November 21 ♠♥♣♦ For almost 20 years, Entropia players have been grinding, gambling, and selling virtual real estate to earn real dollars.
Kick ass for the Lord in retro shooter Forgive Me Father By Alexis Ong published 31 October 21 Pistol Priest The Lovecraft-inspired FPS with comic-book art makes a strong first impression.
6 games I took vacations in this summer By Alexis Ong published 30 August 21 Getaway When I couldn't travel for real, I decided to pick gaming worlds that offered unique escapism.
Mothmen and Shark Riders: the mind-melting fantasy of pixel-pulps By Alexis Ong published 2 August 21 Shark Freak The indie duo behind pixel-pulps are making visual novel throwbacks to the wild fantasy of Conan the Barbarian.
Purple carrots and horrifying toilets were key to making The Forgotten City's ancient Rome believable By Alexis Ong published 27 July 21 Food for thought How The Forgotten City used food as a springboard for the rest of its society.
Inside the groundbreaking 1997 all-women Quake tournament By Alexis Ong published 22 June 21 🏆 For Quake's 25th anniversary, we look back at a first-of-its-kind moment in FPS history.
Let's look back at the E3 show floor of the '90s and 2000s By Alexis Ong published 10 June 21 Time capsule Great and terrible E3 moments—and fashion choices—from the last 25 years.
14 games you should play from the indie bundle for Palestinian aid By Alexis Ong published 7 June 21 Play These A staggering selection of more than 1,000 games for a good cause. Here's where to start.
YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes is on a quest to play the worst MMOs ever made By Alexis Ong published 31 May 21 Worst Quest If you've ever wondered what kind of person has the fortitude and passion to play the world's worst MMORPGs, well, we found him.
This MMO that promised an 'infinite open world' has become a giant fiasco By Alexis Ong published 27 May 21 Infinite Mess A broken alpha, inexperienced developers, and sloppy asset rips are just the start of the DreamWorld drama.
Enough cyberpunk—it's solarpunk's time to shine By Alexis Ong published 28 April 21 🌞 Rather than imagining another dystopia, solarpunk envisions futures where tech and the environment can co-exist.
Meet the original streamer, who ran his own public access gaming show in 1993 By Alexis Ong published 13 April 21 Star Turn 12-year-old J.J. Styles' local TV show was the predecessor to modern gaming culture decades before Twitch.
The Hollywood-obsessed FMV games of the '90s were weird as hell By Alexis Ong published 24 December 20 Hollyweird Gaming's early attempts to to taken seriously by Hollywood produced some delightfully awkward gems.
