Matt Sayer

shoveling coal A visual history of PC gaming's most popular way to buy, play, and update games.

bug bag From sleazy kids to drunk dinosaurs, these aren't your regular bug fixes.

FAQ An advanced guide to the Steam refund policy: how the rules work and what you need to know about refunding games.

Bargain Hunting We dug through years of Steam sale data to determine how quickly most games hit 33%, 50%, and 75% off.

The .1% If you have one of these, you belong to an incredibly elite group: the 0.1%.

Over 9000 What drives these gamers to spend thousands of dollars on thousands of games? They all have their own stories.

Japan week How RPG Maker grew from a hobbyist tool into an engine powering hundreds of Steam games a year.

Zoom Zoom After a few catastrophic experiments, the Mazda 323 Moon Rover is born.

steam dream We asked game developers how the popular digital storefront can get better for creators and players alike.

night and day The architecture may not change much, but Sapienza isn't the same at night.

Jump man Hacker Kaze Emanuar has built an entirely new Mario inside Mario 64's 20-year-old shell.

Page turner A CD speedup tool investigated by the FTC, the story behind Fallout's S.P.E.C.I.A.L. RPG rules, and more.

Card games Badges? We're going to need *tons* of badges.

Booter looter Impressions of the stylish, strategic beat 'em up from the developers of Sleeping Dogs.

flight suits If a lawsuit followed the Advertising Standards Authority's investigation, could the ads be considered illegal?

scratched Rest in peace, old friend.

organ trail This stylish zombie roguelike hands out humor and pain in equal doses.

Tactical Hygiene The creator of Nuclear Throne has made cleaning hotel rooms just as frantic and challenging.

analysis We point out the holes in this lawsuit's argument against Valve.