Maneater is part of the lineage that includes Grand Theft Auto, Crackdown, and military shooters like Call of Duty and Battlefield. These are games that use mass murder as a gameplay foundation, and every method has its own potential ethical pitfalls. Rockstar made killing innocent people part and parcel of the sandbox experience, which is […]
Ever since cavepeople etched notches into bones, the concept and action of counting have defined the architecture of the human mind. There’s plenty of evidence that other animals count and use mathematics to survive, like Tunisian desert ants who use geometry instead of scents and landmarks to find the most direct paths back to their […]
Team Ninja returns with a new Nioh that’s just as good—but maybe not better—than the original.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps does everything that a good sequel is supposed to do. But in an era that’s rich with “emotional platformers,” it doesn’t do anything to make itself stand out.
Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield are among the best games the series has ever offered.
Code Vein ended up being a complete surprise for me, both in how decent the game turned out, and how engrossed I ended up becoming in it.