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Bigger Isn't Always Better in the Brutally Bad Battlefield 2042 By Moises Taveras November 19, 2021 | 1:50pm
Shin Megami Tensei V Is a Meditative Trip Through Hell By Austin Jones November 11, 2021 | 11:45am
Age of Empires IV Is a Classic Dad Game for a New Dad Generation By Dia Lacina November 9, 2021 | 3:00pm
Mario Party Superstars Is a Joyful Rebirth that Misses the Mark in a Few Crucial Ways By Grace Benfell November 8, 2021 | 1:20pm
Forza Horizon 5 Is a Love Letter to Mexico and Its Culture By November 5, 2021 | 1:00pm
We Like the Strategy RPG Roguelike Evertried, At Least When It Doesn't Crash By Veerender Jubbal October 29, 2021 | 9:30am
The Cosmic Competence of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy By Garrett Martin October 25, 2021 | 9:00am
Back 4 Blood Updates Left 4 Dead for Today By Holly Green October 13, 2021 | 1:30pm
Faint Beauty Glimmers Due Eastward: New Game Has Good Ideas, Mediocre Execution By Austin Jones September 30, 2021 | 5:00pm
The Generic Kena: Bridge of Spirits Can't Restore Life to Well-Worn Videogame Clichés By Grace Benfell September 29, 2021 | 1:00pm
Sable Carries the Melancholic and Joyful Weight of Living By Grace Benfell September 22, 2021 | 6:00pm
The Surprisingly Great Lost in Random Shouldn’t Play as Well as It Does By Joseph Stanichar September 17, 2021 | 11:00am
A Tired Mechanic from Yakuza's Past Holds Lost Judgment Back By Dia Lacina September 16, 2021 | 9:00am
Gimme the Loop: Deathloop Is an Exciting New Take on the Immersive Sim By Moises Taveras September 15, 2021 | 11:30am
Sonic Colors: Ultimate Rescues a Major Recent Sonic Game from Obscurity By Katherine Long September 9, 2021 | 5:45pm
Life Is Strange: True Colors Might Be Too Comfortable and Familiar By Moises Taveras September 8, 2021 | 12:00pm
Audiogame The Vale: Shadow of The Crown Will Have You Update Your Headphones, Not Your Video Card By Dia Lacina August 23, 2021 | 2:30pm
Psychonauts 2 Knows That Hurtin' Hearts Need Some Healin' By Garrett Martin August 23, 2021 | 9:00am
Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut Is More of the Same, But Better-Looking By Joseph Stanichar August 20, 2021 | 2:00pm
Black Book Is a Dark Deckbuilder Built on Slavic Myth By Grace Benfell August 18, 2021 | 1:30pm
Death's Door Urges Us to Accept Death with Dignity By Garrett Martin August 2, 2021 | 3:00pm
F1 2021's New Story Mode Needs a Pit Stop By Katherine Long July 23, 2021 | 3:45pm
Last Stop's Fragmented Narrative Is Its Downfall By Nicolas Perez July 21, 2021 | 12:00pm
Mario Golf: Super Rush Is a Bad Shot at a New Direction By Waverly July 13, 2021 | 1:00pm
The Wild at Heart Is a Celebration of Childhood, Imagination and Exploration By Katherine Long July 9, 2021 | 2:45pm
Part RPG and Part Visual Novel, Scarlet Nexus Is Flashy, Well-Written, and a Little Too Bloated By Andrew King July 1, 2021 | 4:30pm
Chicory: A Colorful Tale Embraces the Bitter and the Sweet By Austin Jones June 29, 2021 | 2:45pm
Friendship Is a Beautiful Thing in Operation: Tango By Katherine Long June 17, 2021 | 1:45pm
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade: Episode Intermission Is a Fun but Inessential Return to Midgar By Joseph Stanichar June 16, 2021 | 1:00pm
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Is PlayStation 5's First Spectacle Worth Seeing By Dia Lacina June 8, 2021 | 10:00am
Nintendo's Famicom Detective Club Remasters Show the Value of a Good Story By Katherine Long June 2, 2021 | 2:40pm
Resident Evil Village Falls Just Short of Camp Masterpiece By Austin Jones May 5, 2021 | 11:00am
Returnal Sticks to the Middle and Ends Up Nowhere Because of It By Dia Lacina April 29, 2021 | 8:00am
Outriders Can't Outride Its Lack of Ambition By Nicolas Perez April 12, 2021 | 5:00pm
It Takes Two Is a Fun, If Disjointed, Examination of What It Means to Be a Partner By Moises Taveras March 31, 2021 | 2:50pm
Bravely Default 2: Welcome to Default World By Austin Jones March 25, 2021 | 1:00pm
Monster Hunter Rise: Polish in Precarity By Waverly March 23, 2021 | 11:00am
There's No Debate: Gnosia Is a Unique and Fascinating Social Deduction Game By Nicolas Perez March 16, 2021 | 2:00pm
Ingenious Mashup Loop Hero Is One of Our Favorite Games of the Year By Moises Taveras March 15, 2021 | 1:45pm
Maquette Has More Brains than Heart By Garrett Martin March 1, 2021 | 2:50pm
Hitman 3 Is a Charming, Spontaneous Sandbox of Murder By February 10, 2021 | 2:20pm
Little Nightmares II Is a Disturbing, Gripping and Clever Expansion on the Original By Joseph Stanichar February 9, 2021 | 12:30pm
Olija Uses Its Retro Aesthetic to Create a Sense of Desolation By Garrett Martin February 4, 2021 | 2:35pm
The Medium Is Tepid at Best By Holly Green January 27, 2021 | 8:00am
Orwell's Animal Farm Is a Safe, Stale Videogame Adaptation of the Literary Classic By Grace Benfell December 17, 2020 | 9:30am
Twin Mirror Lacks the Usual Dontnod Charm By Holly Green December 16, 2020 | 11:40am
Shadowrun for the Sega Genesis Captures the Cyberpunk Spirit of the Tabletop Game By Dia Lacina December 10, 2020 | 12:10pm
Immortals Fenyx Rising Is Unapologetically Fun—And Here's Why That's Great By Jessica Howard December 9, 2020 | 3:20pm
Ikenfell Embraces Sincerity in All Its Awkwardness By Jessica Howard November 27, 2020 | 11:35am
Minecraft's Star Wars DLC Features Impressive Builds, But Is Weird to See on the Marketplace By Nicolas Perez November 25, 2020 | 8:30am
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Gets a Lot Right But Doesn't Always Have the Best Aim By Garrett Martin November 20, 2020 | 4:45pm
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory Is Out of Rhythm with the Series and Itself By Grace Benfell November 18, 2020 | 1:30pm
Bugsnax Is Cute, But Its Lack of Commitment Isn't By Garrett Martin November 16, 2020 | 2:30pm
Going Under Knows that Swords Are Cool, Toxic Startup Culture Isn't By November 12, 2020 | 11:45am
Watch Dogs: Legion Is Completely Detached from Reality By Jackson Tyler November 10, 2020 | 12:50pm
The Middling Star Wars: Squadrons Is in Need of a Tune-up By Nicolas Perez October 19, 2020 | 3:00pm
If Only Necromunda: Underhive Wars Was as Cool as It Looks and Sounds By Dia Lacina September 24, 2020 | 4:35pm
Spelunky 2: Perfection Runs in the Family By Garrett Martin September 15, 2020 | 5:15pm
Crusader Kings III: It's About Time By Nicolas Perez September 14, 2020 | 4:15pm
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition Is an Enchanting Journey into Mystery By Waverly September 11, 2020 | 4:00pm
RPG Maker MZ Lets You Play the Role of Game Designer By Dia Lacina September 4, 2020 | 1:25pm
Kill It With Fire Is the Spider Slaughtering Game We Need Right Now By Holly Green August 28, 2020 | 5:15pm
The Excellent Wasteland 3 Says as Much about Today as It Does the Future By Nicolas Perez August 26, 2020 | 2:30pm
Factorio Is an Ambitious Game That Lives up to Its Intentions By Nicolas Perez August 24, 2020 | 1:20pm
Skater XL Is a Living History of Skating and a Love Letter to Skate Videos By Cole Henry August 4, 2020 | 3:30pm
Deadly Premonition 2 Fails Its Characters, and Thus Itself By Holly Green July 29, 2020 | 12:05pm
"Reverse Horror" Game Carrion Lets You Become the Newest Videogame Monster By Joseph Stanichar July 27, 2020 | 2:30pm
Paper Mario: The Origami King Is Unambitious, Problematic Fun By Waverly July 24, 2020 | 3:00pm
Despite Its Love of Samurai Movies, Ghost of Tsushima Just Wants to Be a Videogame By Garrett Martin July 14, 2020 | 10:00am
Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated Dredges Up a Deeply Flawed Cult Classic By Joseph Stanichar June 29, 2020 | 4:20pm
The Last of Us Part II Lets Love In By Natalie Flores June 12, 2020 | 3:01am
Saints Row: The Third Remastered’s New Coat of Paint Can’t Erase Its Tired Tropes By Joseph Stanichar June 5, 2020 | 12:10pm
The Grisly, Goofy Shark Game Maneater Is Kept Afloat by a Great Central Mechanic By Garrett Martin May 26, 2020 | 2:45pm
If Found Is a Sad, Sweet, Powerful Game about Life, Love and Black Holes By Garrett Martin May 19, 2020 | 2:30pm
Moving Out May Lack Depth, but Has Plenty of Style By Austin Jones May 11, 2020 | 1:00pm
Persona 5 Royal Has Its Heart in the Right Place By Austin Jones May 6, 2020 | 12:30pm
The TurboGrafx-16 Mini Beautifully Revives an Overlooked Classic By Garrett Martin April 15, 2020 | 6:35pm
Panzer Dragoon: Remake Shows How Not to Remake a Videogame By Garrett Martin April 14, 2020 | 5:00pm
Final Fantasy VII Remake Expands on a Classic—and Its Unapologetic Political Identity By Garrett Martin April 9, 2020 | 4:00pm
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition Still Can't Top Ultra Street Fighter IV By Garrett Martin April 8, 2020 | 3:45pm
Control's New DLC The Foundation Forgets What Made Control So Great By Holly Green March 26, 2020 | 12:45pm
Doom Eternal: Rip and Tear and Start Again By Garrett Martin March 17, 2020 | 10:00am
Think Outside The Cardboard Packing Box with The Pedestrian By Holly Green February 10, 2020 | 12:30pm
Kingdom Hearts III's DLC Re: Mind Leaves Nothing but Bad Memories By Natalie Flores January 31, 2020 | 3:00pm
Theros: Beyond Death Is a Good Introduction to Magic: The Gathering By Cameron Kunzelman January 29, 2020 | 3:00pm
Shenmue III Is a Masterpiece of the Mundane By Dia Lacina November 25, 2019 | 3:45pm
Take a Trip to Dungeons & Dragons Hell with the New Adventure Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus By Cameron Kunzelman October 7, 2019 | 11:45am
Borderlands 3 Runs and Guns in the Wrong Direction By Holly Green September 30, 2019 | 12:00pm
Final Fantasy VIII Is What the Series Needed Then and What It Needs Now By Natalie Flores September 4, 2019 | 4:30pm
Wolfenstein: Youngblood Feels Out of Touch in a World where Right-Wing Extremism Is on the Rise By Holly Green August 14, 2019 | 11:30am
Dragon Quest Builders 2 Crafts Up a Good Time That Drags On Way Too Long By Cole Henry August 1, 2019 | 2:00pm
The Detective Game Draugen Shines Up a Lackluster Story with Nordic Beauty By Cole Henry July 16, 2019 | 3:00pm
Sea of Solitude Stopped Me Dead In My Tracks and Called Me A Piece Of Sh*t By Dia Lacina July 9, 2019 | 3:00pm
Judgment Knows the Heart of a City Is Its People By Dia Lacina June 26, 2019 | 4:00pm
The Fine Detective Game The Sinking City Tackles Lovecraft's History of Racism By Dante Douglas June 25, 2019 | 12:45pm
Rage 2 Is a Game and It Exists and You Can Certainly Play It, If You Want To By Cole Henry June 4, 2019 | 6:00pm
Uncertainty Is the Normal State in Pathologic 2 By Dia Lacina May 23, 2019 | 11:30am
Magic: The Gathering Returns to Novels with the Epic Conclusion to War of the Spark By Cameron Kunzelman May 15, 2019 | 3:30pm
Magic's The War of the Spark Is an All-Star Planeswalker Jam By Cameron Kunzelman May 3, 2019 | 11:30am
Boss Fight Books' Knights of the Old Republic Studies a Studio on the Verge of a Golden Age By Cameron Kunzelman April 24, 2019 | 1:30pm
The World Next Door Is an Inspired Anime Riff on Classic Puzzle Games By Holly Green April 1, 2019 | 4:30pm
The Excellent Devil May Cry 5 Falls Just Short of S-Rank By Dia Lacina March 12, 2019 | 2:30pm
The Disappointing Anthem Tries to Do Too Much By Dante Douglas February 25, 2019 | 1:30pm
Metro Exodus: Messy, Familiar, and Beautifully Weird By Cameron Kunzelman February 19, 2019 | 9:30am
Ravnica Allegiance Is Magic At Its Best By Cameron Kunzelman January 25, 2019 | 2:30pm
YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG Is Too Quirky For Its Own Good By Dante Douglas January 16, 2019 | 10:00am
Design Your Post-War Suburban Paradise in the Board Game Welcome To... By Keith Law November 29, 2018 | 9:00am
Battlefield V Sure Is Some More Battlefield By Cameron Kunzelman November 20, 2018 | 9:00am

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