The universe of FTL: Faster Than Light is riven by conflict between the previously ascendant Federation and plucky rebels. The player is...

“One of the key tasks in designing any digital game is developing good, intuitive controls.” This statement, from Game Design Workshop: A...

Lovely Planet is a mix between a first-person shooter and a 3D platformer that takes mechanics from each genre to absurd extremes. It is...

In the 2008 blockbuster film Kung Fu Panda, right before his body transcends into cherry blossom petals as he leaves this world, master...

From one angle, The Beginner’s Guide is easy to dismiss as flat and obvious— but, like a prism, the more you look at it, the more you...

With the start of the 2018-19 National Basketball Association season upon us, both fans and gamers alike rejoice, as it’s time for...

The Full Motion Video game (FMV) carries a lot of unfortunate genre baggage. This is due in no small part to Sega's notorious 1992...

The Paragon-Renegade system is among the defining characteristics of developer Bioware’s Mass Effect trilogy (2007-2012). The system...

Minit is a 2D adventure video game published by Devolver Digital that was released earlier this year in April on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. I...

Universal Paperclips welcomes you with no instructions, just a clickable button with the text “make paperclip”. You can also set prices,...

(Content Warning: Discussion of mental illness, violence, and suicide.) Yume Nikki is an RPG Maker game released in 2004 and recently...

When most people think about Square Enix’s Final Fantasy series, we are treated to what some might term as ‘peak JRPG’. We think of...

Her Interactive’s 25th Nancy Drew video game, Alibi in Ashes (2011), is a first-person perspective point-and-click adventure and puzzle...

The first thing a new player will be overwhelmed by when they open Crusader Kings II is the sheer number of characters available. You...

Factorio is a successful game by many different standards. As an indie game made by a small studio, it has been widely received well and...

Osu! (2007) is a music video game for PC in which the player hits circles on the screen to the rhythm of a song. A successful “hit”...

The FIFA series, one of the notorious juggernauts of sport-simulation games, has been around since late 1993. Whilst not the first soccer...