The Story of Arc Symphony, a Game About a Game That Doesn’t Exist
Part game, part viral marketing, the brief interactive fiction examines how stories reshape the world around us. The post The…
Injustice 2: a Great Superhero Game That Beats Itself
For a videogame about superheroes beating each other up, the fighting title seems pretty conflicted about it. The post Injustice…
The Maligned Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Is Better—and More Important—Than You Know
David Lynch’s controversial film remains a heart-rending work that brings the dead girl at the center of ‘Twin Peaks’ back…
The New Serialized Samurai Jack Is the Best Revival on TV
Serialized storytelling and doubling down on its core premise makes this revival of a the legendary cartoon one of the…
For a Game About Identity, Prey’s Sure Short on Its Own
Arkane Studios’ latest is a sprawling title that doesn’t know what kind of game it wants to be. The post…
Tumbleseed Is an Ingenious Game—if You Can Manage Not to Die
Let’s get this out of the way up front: I am terrible at ‘Tumbleseed.’ The post Tumbleseed Is an Ingenious…
What Remains of Edith Finch Is a Great Game—if You See Yourself in It
Your experience with the sincere first-person exploration game will depend on how closely you can identify with its ideas. The…
Vignettes Invents a New Game Genre By Enchanting Your Phone
The iOS game, and others like it, transforms your phone into a window to a more joyful plane of reality.…
Once the Darling of YouTube, Machinima Still Lives On—For Some
‘Red vs. Blue,’ the phenomenon of the machinima era, is back for another season—nearly 15 years after it helped build…
Battlefront II Knows Good Star Wars Games—It Already Was One
The newest installment in EA’s series of multiplayer Star Wars shooters is getting its ideas from the right place: its…