Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy review By Luke Winkie 25 October 2021 Space Anomaly Guardians of the Galaxy is charming, heartwarming, and beset by technical issues.
Grand Theft Auto's greatest controversies By Luke Winkie 20 October 2021 🚔🚔🚔 For good reasons and bad, the crime spree series has been making people mad since the '90s.
Why is Quake so damn fast? John Romero explains By Luke Winkie 15 October 2021 Speed shooter id Software's shooters were so fast because they "wanted to show people what games could be," says Romero.
Diablo 2: Resurrected review By Luke Winkie 28 September 2021 hell and back Diablo 2: Resurrected brings lots of love to an RPG considered a classic for a reason.
Put an 'undo' button in every strategy game By Luke Winkie 19 September 2021 Ctrl-Z Old World lets players backtrack whenever they make a bad move.
After all this time, MMO players are still thirsty for 'the next World of Warcraft' By Luke Winkie 15 September 2021 LFG The New World hype comes from a public starved for a big, basic MMO.
Free Guy is a better videogame movie than I expected By Luke Winkie 18 August 2021 Review In 2021, there isn't a celebrity cameo more prescient than Pokimane.
Death's Door review By Luke Winkie 20 July 2021 Afterlife A grand, Zelda-ish adventure in a small package.
It's become impossible to keep up with all these damn 'seasons' By Luke Winkie 09 July 2021 Opinion Can developers and players really maintain this pace?
An ode to the stake gun and the macabre glory of sticking dudes to walls By Luke Winkie 05 July 2021 Pinned Up From Painkiller to BioShock 2, game developers understand that sometimes, we want to be sickos.
Scarlet Nexus review By Luke Winkie 30 June 2021 PSYCHOBABBLE One of the most ambitious games of the year, if not the most successful one.
People who argue about the definition of roguelikes are annoying, but what if they're right? By Luke Winkie 07 June 2021 Rouge Inside the community of purists who will never stop caring.
10 years later, the Mass Effect 3 ending controversy still haunts gaming culture By Luke Winkie 02 June 2021 Fan Service For better or for worse, videogames in 2021 are collaborative projects.
Why people love Garrus so much By Luke Winkie 15 May 2021 💖💖💖 The lizard-like alien may not have been the obvious choice for romance, but he was always the correct one.
Blizzard pledges to do better after wave of criticism from female Hearthstone pros By Luke Winkie 23 April 2021 Report Women in the competitive scene told the company it had failed to tackle toxicity and representation issues.
Oddworld: Soulstorm review By Luke Winkie 14 April 2021 Abe Returns A beautiful presentation, but glitchy in a frustrating way.
I spent a surreal night with the Great Gatsby in an interactive Zoom play By Luke Winkie 02 April 2021 Bee's Knees Seize The Show, an interactive Zoom-based play, is like the weird pandemic equivalent of an FMV game.
The biggest videogame lawsuits of the 2020s so far By Luke Winkie 01 April 2021 ⚖ Who's been suing whom in the games industry this decade.
The greatest livestream ragequits of all time By Luke Winkie 10 March 2021 ALT+F4 Inspired by Snoop Dogg, here are seven others who decided they'd had exactly enough in the middle of a stream.
Maquette review By Luke Winkie 10 March 2021 Upscaled Maquette pairs a novel puzzle-solving apparatus with a plaintive romance saga.
Hearthstone's veterans are weirdly excited about getting smacked by Leeroy all over again By Luke Winkie 03 March 2021 Past Present The OG pros and streamers can't wait for the launch of Hearthstone Classic, but how long will the nostalgia last?
Dead by Daylight's graphical overhaul is halfway done, here's what's coming next By Luke Winkie 18 February 2021 Interview Next up in The Realm Beyond project: new facial expressions, technical fixes, and colorblind modes.
Tohu review By Luke Winkie 02 February 2021 EUREKA One-of-a-kind artwork earns Tohu a strong recommendation.
Super Meat Boy Forever review By Luke Winkie 22 January 2021 SPLAT Meat Boy's long-awaited sequel doesn't muster the same joy as its predecessor.
Dead by Daylight review By Luke Winkie 08 January 2021 RUTHLESS Five years later, Dead by Daylight features the most interesting cat-and-mouse multiplayer you can play.
