Video Game

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China

PS4, XB1, PC

PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2015

Much like blockbuster movies, triple-A games have gotten bigger in recent years. While this can still result in great pop-cultural products...

'Guitar Hero' Returns This Fall

PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2015

Once-dominating videogame series Guitar Hero hasn't had a new instalment since 2010, but that will soon change, as Activision Blizzard Inc....

Strange Days

The Evolutionary Needs Of Now-Gen Gaming

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2015

I'm playing an 18-year-old girl named Maxine Caulfield — Catcher in the Rye reference intended — having a vivid nightmare in ph...

Helldivers

PS4, PS3, Vita

PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2015

Top-down shooters are enjoying a renaissance as Helldivers joins the download-only ranks of Super Stardust Ultra, the '70s-set LA Cops and...

Nintendo 3DS XL

PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2015

The Wii U may be losing the now-gen console war (though seriously, you guys, it's a pretty good machine with really good games) but Nintend...

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

Wii U

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2015

It's easy to like the hot singles off an album, but hardcore fans live for the deep cuts. So consider Kirby a Nintendo deep cut, a characte...

Manic Pixel Dream Girls:

On The Importance of Playable Female Characters

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2015

It's 2015 and we're finally living in a post-GamerGate world, so let's address an issue the reactionary online protest raised. (Ha ha no, n...

Citizens of Earth

Multi-platform

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2015

You know that old chestnut that drama is easy, comedy is hard? Well, shooters are even easier and funny games are nigh impossible.   At lea...