By Ronald Gordon I used to enjoy running. I loved running fast and dashing around obstacles in my younger years, before the pandemic shut me and everyone else in their homes, making me adapt to an indoor lifestyle. Now that I’m free to roam around more, I want to improve myself physically, and I needed…
By Makeda Byfield You don’t know why and you don’t know how. But what you do know is that at the opening of Hitchhiker, Versus Evil’s new narrative mystery game, you’ve ended up in a stranger’s car. The driver, Vern, is a talkative raisin farmer. His stories are nice and all but … you just…
By Harold Goldberg It’s the 25th Anniversary (!) of Crash Bandicoot. The cheeky marsupial is often overlooked as an essential part of game history, so much so that I devoted a chapter to its creation in my narrative history of games, All Your Base Are Belong To Us (How 50 Years of Videogames Conquered Pop…
By Harry Rabinowitz This week, Nintendo has decided to raid our Roundup. Phantom Dust, Final Fantasy Type-0, and TouchTone are also along for the ride. Nintendo announced its foray into the world of mobile gaming last week. Chelsea Stark analyzes what that means for Nintendo and for consumers. For some history behind Nintendo’s decision, Ben Gilbert charts…
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