The End

June 22nd, 2015 | by Andrew Vestal

Axiom Verge: Empty Space

March 30th, 2015 | by Andrew Vestal

What could any Other know of the Up-and-Out? What Other could look at the biting acid beauty of the stars

All Due Respect: Press F for Farce

November 3rd, 2014 | by Andrew Vestal

Recently, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare became roundly mocked when images showed a funeral event where the player is asked

Theater, Rhythm: A History of Final Fantasy

October 27th, 2014 | by Andrew Vestal

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call is a living museum of Final Fantasy, an interactive musical memory palace. It lives at

Transistor: Unreal City

May 20th, 2014 | by Andrew Vestal

Transistor is an Art Nouveau bohemian fever dream; a mishmash of art, technology, and romance

A(s)century: This is Water

March 17th, 2014 | by Andrew Vestal

Cyberpunk's more than leather and mirrorshades. Cyberpunk's a state of mind

Remember Me: This Was Supposed to Be the Future

February 18th, 2014 | by Andrew Vestal

"Unless you're over 60, you weren't promised flying cars. You were promised an oppressive cyberpunk dystopia. Here you go."

Octodad: Dadliest Catch: Eight Arms to Hold You

January 30th, 2014 | by Andrew Vestal

Loving Father. Caring Husband. Secret Octopus

Continue?9876543210: The Not Yet

January 8th, 2014 | by Andrew Vestal

What is life, without death

Gaming Intelligence Agency’s Game of the Year 2013 Awards

December 20th, 2013 | by Andrew Vestal

Because we have to. Or do we

Luxuria Superbia: Push My Buttons

November 5th, 2013 | by Andrew Vestal

The future of sex in games starts with a flower

The Stanley Parable: Design is the Law

October 17th, 2013 | by Andrew Vestal

Games are about feeling powerless and never getting your way

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons: Emotional Triggers

October 14th, 2013 | by Andrew Vestal

This article contains significant spoilers regarding the conclusion of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Howard Hawks famously described a

Love Week: Don’t Take it Personally

September 10th, 2013 | by Andrew Vestal

Christine Love announced Hate Plus with an amusing theme song: “It’s Not Ero!!” The warning wasn’t really necessary; after Analogue:

Steamworld Dig: You Know the Drill

September 6th, 2013 | by Andrew Vestal

Do games still distinguish between compulsion and fun? There’s a reason your memories of Assassin’s Creed, Tomb Raider, Bioshock: Infinite,

Saints Row IV: Everything is Permitted

August 28th, 2013 | by Andrew Vestal

A game that never says no and only says yes

Interview: Kaz Ayabe & Attack of the Friday Monsters!

August 20th, 2013 | by Andrew Vestal

Kaz Ayabe talks with us about Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale, 1971, Ultraman, Western and Eastern nostalgia,

Papers, Please: Games Without Frontiers

August 12th, 2013 | by Andrew Vestal

Brutalist architecture is a style of architecture most commonly associated with the failed socialist and communist states of Eastern Europe

You Don’t See Any SEX Here: Broken Adventures

August 6th, 2013 | by Andrew Vestal

Irony be damned-these games are terrible. Terrible on purpose, but that doesn’t make them any more fun or playable. Erotic,

Attack of the Friday Monsters: Magical, Realism

July 31st, 2013 | by Andrew Vestal

Everyone has a favorite Ghibli movie. (Well, they should.) Mine is different from most – it’s not even directed by