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Action games have a parrying problem
By William Hughes September 4, 2026 | 10:00am
Why do people get so weird about Grand Theft Auto ?
By William Hughes August 28, 2026 | 10:00am
Shut up and let one of 2026's best games control how you talk to your friends
By William Hughes August 21, 2026 | 10:00am
Wii Sports was Nintendo's most genius move since Tetris By William Hughes August 14, 2026 | 6:00am
There are big ideas lurking under a new game's cheap stream-bait exterior
By William Hughes August 7, 2026 | 10:00am
Why is it so much easier to explode a video game character's head than figure out what's going on inside it?
By William Hughes July 31, 2026 | 12:00pm
And now, a brief history of the fart in video gaming
By William Hughes July 17, 2026 | 8:00am
By the time Deltarune is finished, its best version will already be gone
By William Hughes July 10, 2026 | 9:00am
The Incident At Galley House brings the best mystery game of the last few years to new lightBy William Hughes July 3, 2026 | 10:00am
In 2026, the games are great—but the machine sucks
By William Hughes June 26, 2026 | 1:00pm
007 First Light ’s James Bond is too cool for his own goodBy William Hughes June 19, 2026 | 10:00am
Marathon is a neon light shining on the ugliest parts of human natureBy William Hughes June 12, 2026 | 10:00am
Enough with the trailers—just let us play the damn games
By William Hughes June 5, 2026 | 10:00am
Mina The Hollower is a triumph of giving a damnBy William Hughes May 29, 2026 | 12:00pm
Which is worse: An ugly game, or a boring one?
By William Hughes May 22, 2026 | 8:00am
Yoshi's turn: 12 oddball games where the sidekicks take the reins
By William Hughes May 22, 2026 | 6:00am
Dead As Disco asks how much nu-metal nonsense you'll sit through for a kickass rhythm gameBy William Hughes May 15, 2026 | 8:00am
Is Vampire Crawlers too easy for its own good?
By William Hughes May 8, 2026 | 12:00pm
Power and vulnerability are at play in Pragmata
By Grace Benfell May 7, 2026 | 1:00pm
Invincible Vs ’ story mode is the worst episode of Invincible imaginableBy William Hughes May 1, 2026 | 8:00am
Magic reclaims the spotlight in the latest Magic: The Gathering set
By Cameron Kunzelman April 30, 2026 | 1:00pm
Let's Go! board game designer Josh Wood wants you to tell your own travel storyBy Keith Law April 29, 2026 | 9:00am
May games preview: A new Bond and the unlikely return of Bubsy kickstart the summer
By Garrett Martin, Elijah Gonzalez April 29, 2026 | 6:00am
Criminologists baffled by Arc Raiders players’ behavior: They’re being nice
By Elijah Gonzalez April 27, 2026 | 10:00am
Brain drain is killing video games
By Elijah Gonzalez April 25, 2026 | 10:00am
Sol Cesto turns the purity of math into an almost perfect dungeon crawlerBy Garrett Martin, Elijah Gonzalez, Willa Rowe April 25, 2026 | 7:00am
Pokémon might be the last vestige of the monoculture, and it shows no signs of collapse
By Farouk Kannout April 23, 2026 | 7:00am
20 years later, Nintendo's weird RPG Mother 3 remains the greatest game never sold
By Elijah Gonzalez April 20, 2026 | 1:00pm
Pragmata works because it isn't a "sad dad" gameBy Garrett Martin April 18, 2026 | 11:00am
We love the '80s homage of 8-bit platformer Lovish
By Garrett Martin, Elijah Gonzalez, Moises Taveras April 18, 2026 | 8:00am
Super Meat Boy 3D is the best possible execution of a fundamentally bad ideaBy William Hughes April 17, 2026 | 1:00pm
Pokémon Champions makes it easy to get freakishly obsessed with competitive Pokémon By Elijah Gonzalez April 17, 2026 | 6:00am
WWE's monopoly on wrestling games never ended
By Madeline Blondeau April 15, 2026 | 2:00pm
In a surprise move, Capcom now lets you buy the original Resident Evil games
By Elijah Gonzalez April 12, 2026 | 11:00am
Maybe it's best if Quantic Dream's Star Wars: Eclipse never comes out
By Garrett Martin April 11, 2026 | 1:00pm
Super Battle Golf turns the favorite sport of old rich guys into absolute chaosBy Garrett Martin, Elijah Gonzalez April 11, 2026 | 7:00am
The Sonic Paradox: Do we, in fact, gotta go fast?
By William Hughes April 10, 2026 | 1:00pm
Can AI dream of electric sheep? The team behind the award-winning 1000XResist on their next game
By Elijah Gonzalez April 9, 2026 | 3:00pm
Rhythm games hit a new high note thanks to independent developers
By Diego Nicolás Argüello April 8, 2026 | 4:00pm
Life Is Strange: Reunion gives fans everything they want, and is worse off for itBy Willa Rowe April 7, 2026 | 9:00am
The Playfield: What The A.V. Club 's been playing this week
By Garrett Martin, Elijah Gonzalez, Dia Lacina April 4, 2026 | 10:00am
Pokopia takes Pokémon 's apocalyptic tendencies to their natural endpointBy William Hughes April 3, 2026 | 1:00pm
Illumination's Mario movies aren't just bad, they're antithetical to Nintendo
By Garrett Martin April 3, 2026 | 6:00am
Whatever happened to college basketball video games?
By Marc Normandin April 2, 2026 | 2:00pm
The video game industry is broken, and the horror genre may be able to fix it
By Elijah Gonzalez April 2, 2026 | 6:00am
April games preview: Saros leads a packed month for sci-fi action
By Garrett Martin, Elijah Gonzalez April 1, 2026 | 9:00am
Fortnite chased the metaverse, and now workers are paying the priceBy Mikhail Klimentov March 30, 2026 | 10:00am
Sinker Sound makes fishing feel like piloting a GundamBy Willa Rowe March 27, 2026 | 1:00pm
Crimson Desert 's pseudo-viking protagonist is the God Of BoreBy William Hughes March 27, 2026 | 7:00am
Online games force players to embrace impermanence during uncertain times
By Madeline Blondeau March 26, 2026 | 7:00am
Mystical cats and Tetris shapes make for family fun in the board game Wispwood
By Keith Law March 21, 2026 | 11:00am
Perform mad science with creature-building RPG We Shall Be Monsters
By Cameron Kunzelman March 20, 2026 | 2:00pm
Would an "Undo" button ruin Slay The Spire 2 ?
By William Hughes March 20, 2026 | 10:00am
You are not in control: How games use player agency to explore addiction
By Bee Wertheimer March 19, 2026 | 6:00am
Saying "nope" to Nvidia's "yassify" tech
By Jenn Frank March 17, 2026 | 3:00pm
It's tough to survive in Marathon and the video game industry
By Moises Taveras March 17, 2026 | 2:00pm
Slay The Spire 2 lets you share your digital card game obsession with friendsBy Elijah Gonzalez March 16, 2026 | 4:00pm
Crosstalk: Can Marathon survive where so many other live-service games failed?
By Garrett Martin, Elijah Gonzalez March 13, 2026 | 3:00pm
Esoteric Ebb finds brilliance by imitating an all-time masterpieceBy William Hughes March 13, 2026 | 12:00pm
This cozy game should make Pokémon more popular than ever
By Garrett Martin March 12, 2026 | 12:00pm
How many more Highguard s will it take for the game industry to change?
By Elijah Gonzalez March 7, 2026 | 12:00pm
Arcades spawned the Resident Evil virus
By Marc Normandin March 7, 2026 | 8:00am
Horripilant is creepy, cool, and the wrong way to build a better idle gameBy William Hughes March 6, 2026 | 8:00am
By treating the past with reverence, Resident Evil Requiem loses its profane bite
By Grace Benfell March 5, 2026 | 6:00am
Konami needs to remember that there’s way more to Hudson than Bomberman
By Garrett Martin March 4, 2026 | 12:00pm
The Legend Of Zelda didn’t create a genre, but it did help define itBy Marc Normandin February 28, 2026 | 1:00pm
It's time for Nintendo to free the RPG geniuses at Camelot from Mario sports games
By Dia Lacina February 27, 2026 | 4:00pm
Ditching Justin Roiland is the best thing that could have happened to High On Life 2
By William Hughes February 27, 2026 | 7:00am
It’s-a not you, it's-a me, Mario: Why Nintendo’s heroes and princesses aren’t going steady
By Catherine Masters February 26, 2026 | 2:00pm
March games preview: Getting in shape for Marathon
By Garrett Martin, Elijah Gonzalez February 25, 2026 | 4:00pm
A Shakespearean roguelike and bad times on submarines headline the latest Steam Next Fest
By Elijah Gonzalez February 23, 2026 | 3:00pm
Move over, Warhammer : 1490 Doom makes miniature gaming accessible
By Cameron Kunzelman February 21, 2026 | 12:00pm
Re;Match brings fighting game energy to the tabletopBy Elijah Gonzalez February 21, 2026 | 8:00am
Transport Fever 3 seeks the cure to our transit woesBy Garrett Martin February 20, 2026 | 1:00pm
Forestrike demonstrates how practice can make perfect failureBy William Hughes February 20, 2026 | 8:00am
Disco Elysium 's untimely death looms over spiritual sequel Zero Parades: For Dead Spies By Elijah Gonzalez February 19, 2026 | 9:00am
10 years later, Firewatch ’s critique of masculinity is just a different shade of toxicity
By Bee Wertheimer February 17, 2026 | 10:00am
Scarlet Hollow and Slay The Princess make branching narrative look easyBy Grace Benfell February 16, 2026 | 1:00pm
Strange love: 9 of the oddest people, things, and concepts you can date in video games
By William Hughes February 14, 2026 | 7:00am
In Misericorde , queer love and attraction are weighed down by the cross
By Elijah Gonzalez February 13, 2026 | 2:00pm
Mewgenics is, at long last, a worthy successor to The Binding Of Isaac By William Hughes February 13, 2026 | 10:00am
Australia Did It cleverly combines strategy and post-apocalyptic chaosBy Elijah Gonzalez February 10, 2026 | 12:00pm
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined feels kind of like dying—except not as funBy William Hughes February 6, 2026 | 11:00am
Dosa Divas cooks up tasty turn-based battles with a side of corporate critiqueBy Elijah Gonzalez February 5, 2026 | 12:00pm
Fascist violence reaped domestic tragedy in The Medium
By Madeline Blondeau January 31, 2026 | 1:00pm
February games preview: Resident Evil's latest frights cap off a busy month
By Garrett Martin January 31, 2026 | 7:00am
Lorwyn Eclipsed struggles to stand out amid Magic 's flood of releasesBy Cameron Kunzelman January 30, 2026 | 3:00pm
There's pleasure, and merit, in returning to a game you've panned
By William Hughes January 30, 2026 | 9:00am
Why do video game skeletons put themselves back together?
By Bee Wertheimer January 27, 2026 | 4:00pm
Horror's in the blood in Blumhouse Games' Crisol: Theater Of Idols
By Moises Taveras January 27, 2026 | 11:00am
Highguard raids the crowded world of online shootersBy Garrett Martin January 26, 2026 | 1:00pm
TR-49 is a strong—if irritating—addition to mystery gaming’s best new genreBy William Hughes January 23, 2026 | 12:00pm
The Killing Stone combines deckbuilding and period-accurate prose in a devilish bargainBy Elijah Gonzalez January 21, 2026 | 10:00am
A Land Once Magic wants you to create your own tabletop fantasyBy Cameron Kunzelman January 20, 2026 | 1:00pm
Hollow Knight: Silksong 's brutal final stretch conveys the difficulty of creating lasting changeBy Elijah Gonzalez January 20, 2026 | 7:00am
How Bandcamp became the "headquarters" for video game soundtracks
By Wallace Truesdale January 17, 2026 | 10:00am
The Fallout games are at their smartest when nothing's blowing up
By William Hughes January 16, 2026 | 11:00am
Pathologic 3 weaves gameplay and narrative as tightly as blood and boneBy Grace Benfell January 15, 2026 | 10:00am
The familiar My Hero Academia: All’s Justice doesn't seem to go beyond its predecessors
By Elijah Gonzalez January 12, 2026 | 10:00am
Terminator 2D: No Fate presents an alternate future for the movie tie-in gameBy Garrett Martin January 10, 2026 | 10:00am
Sektori 's gnarliest enemy is the player's own brainBy William Hughes January 9, 2026 | 1:00pm
The A.V. Club 's most anticipated games of 2026By Garrett Martin, Elijah Gonzalez January 8, 2026 | 11:00am
Despelote takes a bold step forward for documentary storytellingBy Elijah Gonzalez January 6, 2026 | 2:00pm
Make new friends and immediately kill them in Code Vein II
By Garrett Martin January 5, 2026 | 9:00am
Octopath Traveler 0 shows the sweeter side of having a doomed hometownBy William Hughes January 2, 2026 | 8:00am
25 years ago Sega finally figured out the internet with Phantasy Star Online
By Marc Normandin December 31, 2025 | 3:00pm
The best of The A.V. Club : Our favorite pieces from 2025
By Danette Chavez December 31, 2025 | 2:43pm
Crosstalk: We argue it out over one of 2025’s biggest puzzles, the game Blue Prince
By William Hughes, Jacob Oller December 30, 2025 | 2:00pm
