When I was a boy, my parents were always spoiling my summer vacation by making me go outside. Kids today have it easier…

In the late ‘90s, gamers normally far too uncoordinated or scared to try skating themselves were enraptured by “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater.”

Disc-based video games, the ones that cost $60 and come in a plastic box, may be heading the way of the VHS cassette and the eight-track tape. Many industry pundits believe that by 2020, if not sooner…

It’s been five years since Spider-Man’s previous appearance in movie theaters, but Marvel’s webslinger has been plenty busy on video-game consoles.

Military video games are generally so gung-ho about combat they might as well be recruiting posters for the armed forces. There isn’t much time for rumination when you’re racking up the kill streaks and body counts…

Sometimes I dream I can fly — but it isn’t the majestic soaring of an eagle, Superman or even R. Kelly. It’s awkward, like something I’ve forgotten how to do and have to learn all over again. I can barely control my altitude or velocity, so I never know when I’ll plummet to the ground or crash into a wall.

No single gaming genre is mired in a longer slump than the Japanese role-playing game, which (scattered exceptions aside, naturally) has been consistently reeling for years.

The epic fantasy genre has matured in the last decade, thanks to writers like “Game of Thrones” mastermind George R.R. Martin who are less interested in the eternal conflict between good and evil than in the gray areas in between. Video games have followed suit…

Here’s the problem with science fiction video games: At some point, you know you’re going to run into some alien race that wants to crush humanity. From “Halo” to “Gears of War” to “Mass Effect,” the scenario is so familiar it’s become ex- hausting. One can only save the universe so many times.

“Supremacy MMA Unrestricted” is, without a doubt, the best mixed martial arts game in the Playstation Vita’s library.