A few years ago, I wrote a review for The Pokémon Cookbook, an instructional book designed for kids that teaches you how to shape your food into Pokémon. It did not go well. I didn't make edible Pokémon so much as ...

I don't know what it is about Iron Man that drew me to him as a kid. His cool suit? His sassy demeanor? Eventually, Robert Downey Jr.? Maybe all of the above. But one thing is for certain: stepping into his shoes in VR isn't quite as c...

Boy, you'd think with a name like "Happy Volcano," the developers would try to create something with a little bit of joy in it.

We're nearing the home stretch for the Borderlands 3 season pass; which I don't believe for a second is the end of Borderlands 3's DLC run, so long as Gearbox has anything to say about it. We've raided a casino and united two lovers: n...

Like Brett, I was obsessed with the Goosebumps books as a kid. Growing up, that obsession pretty much never died. I've caught most of the TV shows (even Haunting Hour), the two recent Jack Black feature films and pretty much every...

Among Trees has some of the prettiest sunrises and sunsets I've ever seen in a video game. I'm not sure how in the mood everyone is for another Early Access survival game right now, especially one as unfinished as Among Trees, but it clicke...

I didn't expect to be playing Torchlight III so soon, and definitely not in Early Access, but here we are. Well, here some of us are. After a surprise release over the weekend, the dust has settled. It's playable. One glance at the Steam us...

It's an interesting choice for THQ Nordic to pick the remastered treatment for SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom rather than a full remake. A remake would give the developers the chance to smooth out the experience. ...

Pokemon Sword and Shield were a pair of polarizing games, weren't they? Despite my complaints with them, I ended up finishing both, netting a full living Pokedex. Yet, during those lengthy journeys I noticed some of this generatio...

West of Dead finds you playing as an unnamed specter, returned from the dead, and placed in Purgatory, Wyoming. No memory as to how you got there, and nothing to do but hunt down a preacher who might have the answers you seek. To find the p...

Despite playing every one of their recent award-winning games, I still can't believe Naughty Dog went from "the Crash Bandicoot company" to a cornerstone of the age-old "games are art" conversation. Every once in a while when looking a...

Summer in Mara captured my imagination right away with its promise of farming, crafting, and island hopping in a tropical archipelago setting. Talk about a fun idea for a game. Its alien-looking inhabitants caught my eye, as did its kid-her...

I've been counting the days until Beyond Blue's PC and console release since it showed up on Apple Arcade back in April. This soothing, somber, immersive oceanic adventure game just seemed like something I'd want to experience on a larger s...

Command & Conquer represents a watershed moment in the strategy genre. There had been titles of its kind before, but Westwood Studios' military base-builder was, undeniably, a key moment in opening the niche genre up to a more mainstrea...

You ever have a cherished old game right on the tip of your tongue? As a '90s PC kid I got a million of 'em. Thankfully, my memories are often so vivid, that I can remember where I was when I played them, as well as details like the box (us...

Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics is going to be a must-play title for a certain type of Switch owner. It's a successor to the quietly awesome DS collection with shades of Wii Sports and Wii Play. Coming in skeptical of Clubhouse Games...

Oh Shantae, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways... As I've noted before, rarely do video games make me literally smile while I'm playing, but WayForward's Shantae series has me grinning like a durn fool. I'm besotted with these advent...

Riot Games is one of the wildest developers in the business right now. Explosive League of Legends success, lawsuits, Tencent ownership; it feels like it's been on a series of ups and downs more than any other studio in recent memory. ...

Someone over at Nintendo is looking out for Xenoblade Chronicles. What was once an obscure JRPG only released in select regions is now a coveted Super Smash Bros. representative with multiple sequels to its name. To think it was once p...

Maneater is exactly the kind of bonkers idea we need right now: a people-eating shark sim. I know what you're thinking though. While there is plenty of dumb meme potential baked in, Tripwire actually managed to create a fun little arcade fo...

Sometimes a video game comes along and is touted as the "[genre game] for people who hate [genre]." I think Signs of the Sojourner wants to be that game for deckbuilders. As someone who has been lukewarm on the genre as a whole, the id...

If you include its alpha period, Minecraft turns 10 years old this year. I know! For some that's a long time; but for others, it feels like it's always been there. For years the folks at Mojang have been slowly building on the original conc...

Mafia II is a period piece, a brash spectacle of organized crime backdropped against a romantic vision of 1940s and 50s metropolis americana. It has old-timey slang, cars that drive like boats, and big band radio hits. There's also nar...

I approach roguelikes and their poseur brethren roguelites with a modicum of hesitation. It’s not that I don’t like the gameplay style, it’s just that I’m never sure if I’ll ever complete them. Often times, my ...

The whole "if you had to take one [x] to a desert island" question is pretty hack, but if the question was "what publisher's catalog would you take," Clover/Platinum's works would be in the running. Viewtiful Joe, Okami, Bayonetta, Metal Ge...