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TRON: Catalyst Reminded Me How Frustrating It Is Being a TRON Fan By Dia Lacina June 17, 2025 | 10:00am
Zenith, a Tense Two-Player Board Game, Is a Real Battle of the Planets By Keith Law June 4, 2025 | 2:02pm
Keita Takahashi's To a T Never Quite Comes to a Point By Moises Taveras May 28, 2025 | 9:00am
Monster Train 2 May Not Lay New Tracks, But It Still Delivers An Excellent Ride By Elijah Gonzalez May 21, 2025 | 10:00am
The Midnight Walk Is A Mesmerizing Horror Game Brought To Life From Clay By Elijah Gonzalez May 8, 2025 | 10:00am
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Honors Classic RPGs While Confidently Blazing Its Own Path By Elijah Gonzalez April 23, 2025 | 5:00am
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Is A Great Fighting Game With Even Greater Baggage By Elijah Gonzalez April 21, 2025 | 3:00am
Atomfall Is Less a Fallout Clone and More an Engaging Open World Detective Game By Elijah Gonzalez March 21, 2025 | 10:00am
Wanderstop Brews Up Thoughful Ruminations On Cozy Games And Burnout By Elijah Gonzalez March 10, 2025 | 9:00am
Avowed Is Full of Obsidian's Typical Charm—Eventually By Garrett Martin February 13, 2025 | 9:00am
Under Defeat Can't Be Beat: The 2005 Shmup Returns Again By Garrett Martin February 3, 2025 | 4:44pm
With Civilization VII, Firaxis Wants Everybody To Rule The World By Dia Lacina February 3, 2025 | 9:00am
Citizen Sleeper 2 Shows Us How To Keep Going In A Shattered World By Elijah Gonzalez January 30, 2025 | 1:00pm
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist Is A Beautiful And Brutal Adventure By Elijah Gonzalez January 21, 2025 | 10:00am
Alien: Rogue Incursion Delivers VR Thrills Before Petering Out By Elijah Gonzalez December 18, 2024 | 9:00am
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: Indy's New Game Whips By Garrett Martin December 5, 2024 | 7:00pm
Prime Video's Anthology Series Secret Level Could Have Used a Few Extra Lives By Elijah Gonzalez December 5, 2024 | 10:00am
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Is a Beautiful, Thoroughly Miserable, and Entirely Worthy Successor By Dia Lacina November 20, 2024 | 3:55pm
Tetris Forever Tells the Convoluted History of Tetris—Again By Garrett Martin November 11, 2024 | 9:00am
Slitterhead's Killer Hook Mostly Makes Up for Looping Repetition By Elijah Gonzalez November 4, 2024 | 6:01am
An All-Time Cast Makes Dragon Age: The Veilguard Stand Out By George Yang October 28, 2024 | 11:00am
Like A Dragon: Yakuza Is a Criminally Lackluster Adaptation By Elijah Gonzalez October 24, 2024 | 11:00am
Metaphor: ReFantazio Is a Wake Up Call Inside a Great RPG By Diego Nicolás Argüello October 18, 2024 | 3:20pm
MechWarrior 5: Clans Carves a Strangely Satisfying Home from '90s Space War Wreckage By Dia Lacina October 16, 2024 | 10:01am
Mouthwashing Is A Suffocating Lo-Fi Horror Game About Slowly Dying in Space By Elijah Gonzalez September 24, 2024 | 9:00am
The Plucky Squire’s Storybook Adventures Are Charming But Paper-Thin By Elijah Gonzalez September 17, 2024 | 12:00pm
Astro Bot Is Adorable—And Knows It By Garrett Martin September 5, 2024 | 8:00am
Even Real-Time Strategy First-Timers Will Enjoy Age of Mythology: Retold By Perry Gottschalk August 27, 2024 | 10:00am
Star Wars Outlaws Is Another Middling Outing in The Galaxy Far, Far Away By Elijah Gonzalez August 26, 2024 | 8:00am
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Is a Baffling Failure By Garrett Martin July 30, 2024 | 10:26am
Cataclismo’s Early Access Release Offers a Strong Foundation to Build On By Elijah Gonzalez July 19, 2024 | 10:00am
Dungeons of Hinterberg Is a Scenic Trek With a Few Bumps In The Road By Emily Price July 18, 2024 | 4:00am
Dance the Blight Away in Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess By Garrett Martin July 15, 2024 | 11:00am
SCHiM is a Charming Platformer That’s a Bit Too Shallow By Elijah Gonzalez July 15, 2024 | 4:00am
Zenless Zone Zero Is a Rare Misstep for miHoYo By Jason Rodriguez July 3, 2024 | 10:00pm
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Bears the Weight of Its Predecessor with Grace By Elijah Gonzalez June 18, 2024 | 10:00am
Alan Wake II: Night Springs Is An Exciting and Appropriately Meta Follow-Up By Perry Gottschalk June 10, 2024 | 2:30pm
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes Is a Postmodern Maze Worth Getting Lost In By Elijah Gonzalez May 15, 2024 | 12:00pm
Little Kitty, Big City Lands on All Fours By Garrett Martin May 14, 2024 | 12:30pm
Insist on 1000xRESIST—One of 2024's Best New Games By Natalie Flores May 9, 2024 | 12:00pm
Animal Well Is an Atmospheric Puzzle Platformer that Delights in Discovery By Elijah Gonzalez May 9, 2024 | 9:00am
Stellar Blade Is an Earthbound Bore By Garrett Martin April 24, 2024 | 10:00am
You’re Better Off Staying Inside From South Park: Snow Day By Matthew Reyes March 27, 2024 | 2:17pm
Rise of the Ronin Is the Best Open World Game of 2013 By Jackson Tyler March 21, 2024 | 1:28pm
Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Digs Into the Underground Past (and Future) of Games By Garrett Martin March 12, 2024 | 11:01pm
Unicorn Overlord Is Playing 4D Chess with a Hundred Pieces By Emily Price March 7, 2024 | 10:00am
Penny's Big Breakaway Is an Old-Fashioned Delight By Charlie Wacholz February 29, 2024 | 2:50pm
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Soars Despite Its Excesses By Moises Taveras February 22, 2024 | 9:00am
Do Your Part and Fight For Super Earth in Helldivers 2 By Matthew Reyes February 19, 2024 | 2:27pm
Ultros Is a Psychedelic Voyage to the Outer Limits of Gaming By Garrett Martin February 16, 2024 | 3:31pm
School Is Still Hell in Persona 3 Reload By Matthew Reyes February 2, 2024 | 3:07pm
Granblue Fantasy Relink Trades Its Signature Storytelling for Big Boss Battles By Dia Lacina January 31, 2024 | 3:57pm
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth Stumbles Through Paradise By Moises Taveras January 24, 2024 | 3:00pm
Tekken 8 Packs a Punch with Maximalist Storytelling and Frenetic Fights By Elijah Gonzalez January 23, 2024 | 9:00am
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Fixes Its Predecessors’ Biggest Flaw By Elijah Gonzalez December 21, 2023 | 1:52pm
Thirsty Suitors Captures the Messiness of Young Adulthood By Maddie Agne November 8, 2023 | 1:21pm
Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name Is A Worthy, But Safe, Spinoff By Moises Taveras November 6, 2023 | 10:00am
Fae Farm Is Enchantingly Breezy And A Little Too Simple By Maddie Agne October 20, 2023 | 11:30am
Saltsea Chronicles Beautifully Finds A Way Forward By Emily Price October 19, 2023 | 2:00pm
Phantom Liberty Finally Allows Cyberpunk 2077 To Shine By Moises Taveras October 12, 2023 | 3:00pm
El Paso, Elsewhere's Love Is Stronger Than Its Fear of Death By Garrett Martin September 29, 2023 | 9:00am
I Have Big Beautiful Messy Feelings About Armored Core VI By Dia Lacina September 15, 2023 | 12:23pm
The Overstuffed and Unfocused Gunbrella Fizzles Out By Moises Taveras September 14, 2023 | 12:51pm
Starfield Fails to Launch By Garrett Martin August 31, 2023 | 12:00pm
Arcadian Atlas's Strategy Is a Little Too Familiar By Moises Taveras August 3, 2023 | 10:15am
Mickey Mouse Goes Metroid in Disney Illusion Island By Garrett Martin July 27, 2023 | 8:00am
Unholy Serves Up Short, Sweet, and Simple Stealth, but not Much More By Hope Pisoni July 20, 2023 | 9:00am
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals Is A Leaner Sequel That Hums At A Great Frequency By Moises Taveras July 12, 2023 | 3:00am
AEW Fight Forever Nails the Fundamentals but Comes Up Short of Five Stars By Garrett Martin June 28, 2023 | 9:00am
Diablo IV Loses Itself in a Gargantuan Live Service Hellscape By Dia Lacina June 22, 2023 | 1:00pm
Final Fantasy 16 Is An RPG Fitting Of This Era By Moises Taveras June 21, 2023 | 10:00am
Street Fighter 6 Will Knock Out Veterans and Newbies Alike By Garrett Martin May 30, 2023 | 3:01am
Earth Board Game Review: The Best New Game of 2023 By Keith Law May 2, 2023 | 2:06pm
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Can Play The Hits And Little Else By Moises Taveras April 26, 2023 | 11:00am
Wild Hearts Remixes The Monster Hunting Formula For A New Generation By Moises Taveras February 17, 2023 | 12:15pm
The Dead Space Remake Strategically Dismembers the Original By Grace Benfell February 6, 2023 | 2:30pm
Need for Speed Unbound's Here and the Time Is Right for Racing in the Street By Kevin Fox Jr. December 15, 2022 | 9:15am
Sonic Frontiers Gets Lost Before It Ever Finds Its Way By Charlie Wacholz November 22, 2022 | 11:35am
In Pentiment, People Are Like Books, and Books Are Like People By Emily Price November 14, 2022 | 8:00am
Lego Bricktales Translates The Creativity of Legos to Videogames By Charlie Wacholz October 27, 2022 | 3:00pm
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Delivers Ultraviolence with a (Cybernetic) Heart By Elijah Gonzalez October 4, 2022 | 3:23pm
The Engrossing and Endearing Disney Dreamlight Valley Is More Than Just Nostalgia By Veerender Jubbal September 30, 2022 | 2:45pm
Go Underground with the Great Board Game Next Station: London By Keith Law September 8, 2022 | 2:00pm
The New Saints Row Doesn't Show Enough Growth By Moises Taveras August 22, 2022 | 10:00am
Lead the Cutest Cult Ever in the Excellent Cult of the Lamb By Moises Taveras August 11, 2022 | 11:45am
It's No Mystery What Does In the Crime-Solving Board Game Suspects: It's the Mediocre Writing By Keith Law July 22, 2022 | 10:15am
Endling: Extinction is Forever Makes You Play Through the End of the World By Emily Price July 20, 2022 | 11:48am
Nintendo's Soccer Jam Mario Strikers: Battle League Is Too Fun to Flop By Charlie Wacholz July 8, 2022 | 1:00pm
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Reawakened Our Love of Beat 'Em Ups By Moises Taveras June 23, 2022 | 1:45pm
Fantastic Factories Is a Fun, Complex Engine-Builder in the Mold of Gizmos By Keith Law June 15, 2022 | 1:45pm
Trek to Yomi Is Another Stab at a Kurosawa-Aping Samurai Game By Kevin Fox Jr. May 20, 2022 | 2:20pm
Nintendo Switch Sports Hits Different Than on the Wii, But There's Just Not Enough There By Charlie Wacholz May 6, 2022 | 10:30am
Bugsnax: The Isle of Bigsnax Sadly Only Makes Small Changes By Mik Deitz May 5, 2022 | 10:55am
The Board Game Vivid Memories Can't Overcome Its Awkward, Obtuse Rule Set By Keith Law May 5, 2022 | 10:30am
Story Mode Is a Smart, Essential Study of the Relationship Between Games and Their Audience By Kevin Fox Jr. May 4, 2022 | 10:30am
Accessible but Challenging, Cascadia Is One of Our Favorite Recent Board Games By Keith Law April 13, 2022 | 11:15am
Into the Puzzling Unknown with Tunic By Mik Deitz March 24, 2022 | 10:00am
The Adventures of Robin Hood Is a Great Legacy Board Game That's Easily Replayable By Keith Law March 11, 2022 | 2:15pm
Elden Ring Isn't the Souls Game I Asked For, But It's the King's Field Successor I Needed By Dia Lacina February 23, 2022 | 1:00pm
Hitting the Deck with OlliOlli World By Mik Deitz February 11, 2022 | 2:35pm
The Great Board Game Nidavellir Lets You Build a Workforce of Dwarves By Keith Law February 8, 2022 | 12:15pm
I Think Chorus Broke Me By Joseph Stanichar December 29, 2021 | 2:30pm
Train Game Iberian Gauge Suffers from a Flawed Economy By Keith Law December 27, 2021 | 2:30pm
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon: A Great Puzzle Game with a Shovel Knight Twist By Charlie Wacholz December 22, 2021 | 12:00pm
Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator Is Exactly What It Says It Is. It's Also Great. By Moises Taveras December 15, 2021 | 10:35am
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi Is a Great Introduction to the Complicated World of the Dungeon Crawler By Dia Lacina November 30, 2021 | 1:00pm
Classic JRPG Homage Voice of Cards Has Nothing to Say By Grace Benfell November 29, 2021 | 2:30pm
The Dull and Incoherent Strategy Game Punk Wars Doesn't Commit to Its Own Vision By Ruth Cassidy November 22, 2021 | 1:45pm

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