People who argue about the definition of roguelikes are annoying, but what if they’re right?
The top upvoted post in the history of r/roguelikes is—what else?—a taxonomy. “MECHANICS PURIST, MECHANICS NEUTRAL, MECHANICS RADICAL,” reads the…
Finnish studio Quicksave Interactive nets $1.3 million to create HTML-5 chat games
Helsinki-based game studio Quicksave Interactive has raised $1.3 million to create HTML-5 social games that can be played on messaging…
What if: Steam shut down tomorrow?
Steam will shut down. Whether that ends up being due to changing business realities or the eventual heat death of…
Crapshoot: Shadow President, a sim that lets you press the big red nuke button
From 2010 to 2014 Richard Cobbett wrote Crapshoot, a column about rolling the dice to bring random obscure games back…
Take a look back at the making of Star Wars Galaxies at GDC 2021
There was a time when a trip to a galaxy far far away didn’t mean a Disneyland pass—it meant logging…
Humankind won’t be perfectly balanced, because neither was Street Fighter 4
One of the most compelling ideas that upcoming 4X game Humankind is bringing to the table is that of the…
Totally Rated: Dying Light 2, Horizon Forbidden West, and Sonic is back, baby
Wow, it’s Friday again? Seems like that happens almost every week. As you prepare for a hopefully relaxing weekend before…
Steam now lets devs join forces and create their own bundles
Developers and publishers can now join forces and create their own multi-company bundles on Steam, giving game makers the much-requested…
This CS:GO map takes the fight to GTA’s Grove Street
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive fans have taken us to many different spots in Valve’s FPS game via the magic of custom…
10 years later, the Mass Effect 3 ending controversy still haunts gaming culture
I first heard about player choice in the original BioShock. It was 2007, and I was sitting in front of…