Ian Stokes
A Belated Apology to the Kid I Stole 'Final Fantasy VII' From
I'm sorry, man. I'm sorry, and thank you.
If There’s to Be a Dino Crisis Comeback, Please Make it a Terrifying One
If Capcom does choose to revive its survival-horror series, it needs to emphasize the scary side of it over anything else.
The Story of ‘For Honor’ Is the Most Fantastic Nonsense
It makes zero sense, and its makers don’t even try to root it in realism. But that’s what’s wonderful about it.
Xbox Live Clubs Keep Smaller Gaming Communities Alive
Without the console’s Clubs and Looking for Group features, games like ‘Necropolis’ and ‘Armello’ would be wastelands.
Here’s How to Create a Convincing Constructed Language for Your Video Game
We speak to Paul Frommer, who created the Na’vi language for ‘Avatar’, about making fictional tongues feel authentic.
How Duke Nukem Can Be Saved for the 21st Century
A misogynistic piece of trash best left in the past? Not quite. Duke's got his problems, but he's a gaming icon who deserves a new start.
Congratulations Niantic, You’ve Broken ‘Pokémon Go’
The decision to shut down the monster-tracking Pokévision has left players aimless and angry.
Congratulations Niantic, You’ve Broken ‘Pokémon Go’
The decision to shut down the monster-tracking Pokévision has left players aimless and angry.
Don’t Throw Away Your Kinect Before You’ve Played ‘FRU’
Microsoft's peripheral that nobody asked for is as good as dead—just in time for its killer app to emerge.
Don’t Throw Away Your Kinect Before You’ve Played ‘FRU’
Microsoft's peripheral that nobody asked for is as good as dead—just in time for its killer app to emerge.
How Blizzard Weaponised Hype for the Launch of ‘Overwatch’
'Overwatch' is the most-hyped game of 2016 so far, with seven million playing right now, and its makers really did leave nothing to chance.
Why the Villain of ‘Quantum Break’ Is Its Real Hero
Paul Serene is "the bad guy" in Remedy's new shooter. But the way the story plays out, he's more in the right than the hero trying to stop him.