Control makes me feel powerful like no other game
Power trip Going from zero to hero in Remedy's supernatural shooter.
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Captain Jean-Luc Picard: A history in PC games
Make it so The best Star Trek captain is back on TV, so let's take a look back at his illustrious career in videogames.
Crusader Kings 3 is taking the grand strategy series deeper into RPG territory
family matters The sequel explores what it means to be a ruler.
In the harsh world of Frostpunk's The Last Autumn you can't have everything
Frostbite 11 bit studios show that life was brutal even before eternal winter.
Session is the most authentic skating game on PC
flipping great Even mastering a kickflip feels amazing.
Fantasy and hard-boiled detective fiction collide in cult adventure game Discworld Noir
Reinstall Solving a mystery on the mean streets of Ankh-Morpork.
Escape From Tarkov is a daunting and savage evolution of battle royale
Bloodsport Forget chicken dinners, Tarkov makes getting out alive a real achievement.
The wireless Oculus Quest made me love virtual reality again
Jacked in And you can easily turn it into a regular Oculus Rift.
The best Half-Life 2 singleplayer mods
Top mods Enjoy new adventures in Valve's classic FPS.
I ruined Santa's life and career by gifting him diseased raccoons in the Sims 4
xmas Stalking Attempting to befriend 'Father Winter' just winds up dragging him into an unsanitary lifestyle of multiple raccoon ownership.
How sex in The Witcher evolved from 'gotta catch 'em all' pinups to meaningful relationships
Temerian Trysts From pinups to paramours, Geralt's trysts have become a lot more human.
Turn-based tactics won the decade
Superior tactics It found its groove again and it won't be stopped.
The 9-year journey to explore each of EVE Online's 7,805 solar systems
To Boldly Go Katia Sae never wanted to be famous, but you don't go on a galactic tour without making some friends and enemies along the way.
Destiny 2 players spent weeks grinding to end the Dreaming City's curse, but may have made things worse
Power Fantasy How a lore book filled with lies tricked players into no-lifing their way to level 999 for no reward.
The race to save Japan's incredible '80s PC gaming history before it's gone
Origins Square, Enix, and Game Arts: 3 origin stories from Japan's PC boom, from inside the Game Preservation Society's archive.
See 50 glorious years of PC history at the new Computer Museum of America
Photos "That belongs in a museum!"
The parent's guide to PC gaming
Handbook How to raise your kids on PC games, and understand the content and communities they'll be exposed to.
The 5 biggest PC games in China that you'll probably never play
Big in China MMOs, Counter-Strike clones, and a Final Fantasy-esque RPG series—China's games industry is more diverse than you might think.
