The game is winding down on turn 350, with your aquatic blockade sealing off the rest of the world from your carefully protected victory wonder, a ticking clock on your opponents.

Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale deposits players not in the boots of the budding adventurer, but the shabby shoes of the shopkeeper who keeps the heroes supplied with potions and swords on their noble quests.

Destiny has always felt a little dead to me, a little sterile. Don’t get me wrong: It’s a beautiful game, and the controls are smooth as butter. I never get frustrated with actually playing it. It’s just that I never want to play it, either. I get that the players are cast in the role […]

By Ben Reeves | Game Informer Magazine “The Talos Principle” Platform: PC Style: 1-Player Adventure Publisher: Devolver Digital Developer: Croteam Rating: NR While you could argue that all narratives strive to deliver some kind of moral, social, or psychological message, most games are more concerned with empowering the player or delivering an awe-inspiring spectacle than […]

When you’re behind on a TV show, all you need is time to binge your way through it. But it’s not that simple for video games. A few people offered me advice as to how to reduce the backlog faster …

“Destiny” might be one of the most polarizing games of the 21st century. The original product and its follow-up expansions (“The Dark Below” and “House of Wolves”) established a base of players who love the game, but naysayers were quick to point out the game’s many shortcomings.

What was I doing all this time? Well, The Witcher 3 took at least two months for a thorough playthrough. I derailed for a while with some Dragon Age: Inquisition DLC (Trespasser is worth it for everyone; The Descent is for diehard fans).

The “Mad Max” video game begins much like the films of the same name do: Max awakens after being beaten to within an inch of his life by a murderous band of angry Australians.

E3 may be where the big bombs drop, but Tokyo Game Show is generally the last big hurrah of Japanese developers before the holiday AAA-title maelstrom begins. Here are a few nuggets of note:

In the 17 years that “South Park” has been on the air, it’s never received a video game treatment that felt like more than a quick cash-in on the name. With “The Stick of Truth,” the residents of the sleepy mountain town have finally arrived on the gaming scene with the franchise’s humor intact.