Gaming
Featured
Kojima unhinged: A response to Death Stranding
Sam Brooks reviews the most anticipated game of 2019: Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding.
New
Sam Brooks reviews the most anticipated game of 2019: Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding.
A personal journey from reasonable trepidation to sweet love for the video game Minecraft.
Māori culture shouldn't be something that's half-heartedly appropriated for some cool video game visuals. So why do developers keep doing it?
Lucy Zee recounts the worst job she ever had: Working in a video game store.
A new challenger has entered the augmented reality ring. Wizarding wonder Harry Potter is coming for Pokémon GO’s title — but despite the shared basics, they’re very different games.
A few years ago, deep into middle age, Britta Stabenow found solace in the world of gaming. Now she's part of a passionate community: those who love, and collect, video games.
Sam Brooks reviews Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fuelled, an exercise in mining nostalgia for diminishing returns.
This month marks the 20th anniversary of Driver, a game whose innovations pioneered some of gaming's biggest present-day trends. Sam Brooks takes a look at the groundbreaking game's launch – and the series' unfortunate decline.
E3 is the biggest week of gaming news of the year – which means it's easy to lose track of everything that's been announced. Sam Brooks rounds up them all up in one convenient place for you.
Following the multi-billion dollar success of Pokémon Go, Nintendo is intent on turning a profit from the most mysterious human experience of all: sleep.
Marc Daalder goes inside Wellycon, New Zealand's largest board game convention to find out why the genre is having a renaissance.
Sam Brooks reviews Total War: Three Kingdoms and finally finds the definitive Romance of the Three Kingdoms game.
Mum was right: heavy exposure to pocket monsters fundamentally rewires your brain. But researchers from Stanford say it’s an exciting opportunity to study how we learn to see.
Tof Eklund reviews Lovestruck, a free-to-play treasure trove of romantic queer gaming content.
The new trailer for the much anticipated, oft delayed Final Fantasy 7 remake is here. Optimist and superfan Sam Brooks breaks it down for you.
Apple Arcade looks great on the surface, but what does it mean for the kinds of developers who don't make games based on playtime?
One year ago, God of War was unleashed on the world, selling millions of copies and winning countless awards. Sam Brooks finally catches up with the game.
