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  • Hollow Knight: Silksong wants to squash you like a bug Movies Hollow Knight: Silksong wants to squash you like a bug By William Hughes September 12, 2025 | 9:00am
  • It's 2025, and your RPGs need to go faster Movies It's 2025, and your RPGs need to go faster By William Hughes August 29, 2025 | 12:00pm
  • The Rogue Prince Of Persia slams into the limits of a good first impression Movies The Rogue Prince Of Persia slams into the limits of a good first impression By William Hughes August 22, 2025 | 10:00am

Games Features

  • Is Is "climbing" video gaming's best verb?By William HughesSeptember 5, 2025 | 8:00am
  • 2005 kicked off the long, strange, and now-lost decade of the plastic instrument 2005 kicked off the long, strange, and now-lost decade of the plastic instrumentBy William HughesAugust 15, 2025 | 11:00am
  • In 2005, games started rewiring our brains In 2005, games started rewiring our brainsBy William HughesAugust 11, 2025 | 7:00am
  • An ode to An ode to "Oh, Banana," the best video game noise of 2025By William HughesAugust 8, 2025 | 7:00am
  • Ragebound performs a vital bullshit-ectomy on the Ninja Gaiden series Ragebound performs a vital bullshit-ectomy on the Ninja Gaiden seriesBy William HughesAugust 1, 2025 | 12:00pm
  • 2025 is still somehow The Year Of Balatro 2025 is still somehow The Year Of BalatroBy William HughesJuly 25, 2025 | 9:00am
  • Hey, should Donkey Kong be eating all these giant metal bananas? Hey, should Donkey Kong be eating all these giant metal bananas?By William HughesJuly 18, 2025 | 7:00am
  • Type Help is a perfect example of why mystery games are so damn good right now Type Help is a perfect example of why mystery games are so damn good right nowBy William HughesJuly 11, 2025 | 7:00am
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Games Lists
  • Riddick Rises: 2004 was the year movie tie-in video games stopped sucking Riddick Rises: 2004 was the year movie tie-in video games stopped suckingBy William HughesAugust 14, 2024 | 9:00am
  • The best video games of 2024 (so far) The best video games of 2024 (so far)By William HughesJune 4, 2024 | 12:00pm
  • The best games of 2023 The best games of 2023By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti, Jen LennonDecember 20, 2023 | 1:00pm
  • The 12 best video games of 2023 (so far) The 12 best video games of 2023 (so far)By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti, Jen LennonJune 15, 2023 | 3:00pm
  • The 15 best games of 2022 The 15 best games of 2022By Alexander Chatziioannou, Sam Barsanti, Grace Benfell, Jen Lennon, Reid McCarter, William HughesDecember 19, 2022 | 1:00pm
  • The six best (and one worst) trailers from The Game Awards The six best (and one worst) trailers from The Game AwardsBy William HughesDecember 9, 2022 | 5:53am
  • Ranking Resident Evil: The lows and highs of gaming's greatest horror franchise Ranking Resident Evil: The lows and highs of gaming's greatest horror franchiseBy William Hughes, Sam Barsanti, Grace Benfell, Reid McCarter, Alexander Chatziioannou, Mike RougeauOctober 28, 2022 | 2:00pm
  • The 10 best games of 2022 (so far) The 10 best games of 2022 (so far)By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti, Alexander Chatziioannou, Mike Rougeau, Grace BenfellJune 29, 2022 | 8:00am
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Games News
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel is going to space The Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel is going to spaceBy Emma KeatesSeptember 12, 2025 | 11:59am
  • Classic iPod enthusiasts rescue all 54 lost clickwheel games from obscurity Classic iPod enthusiasts rescue all 54 lost clickwheel games from obscurityBy Matt SchimkowitzSeptember 8, 2025 | 6:33pm
  • Baby Dexter to play Baby Bond in upcoming James Bond game 007: First Light Baby Dexter to play Baby Bond in upcoming James Bond game 007: First LightBy William HughesSeptember 3, 2025 | 8:38pm
  • Roblox is getting sued, has its own Chris Hansen-backed predator investigators Roblox is getting sued, has its own Chris Hansen-backed predator investigatorsBy William HughesAugust 16, 2025 | 4:42pm
  • British Academy of Film and Television Arts announces new American awards British Academy of Film and Television Arts announces new American awardsBy Emma KeatesAugust 11, 2025 | 4:06pm
  • Dropout's Brennan Lee Mulligan abandons American Girl dreams for Critical Role Dropout's Brennan Lee Mulligan abandons American Girl dreams for Critical RoleBy Matt SchimkowitzAugust 3, 2025 | 1:32pm
  • GOG.com gives away free horny games to protest credit card company censorship GOG.com gives away free horny games to protest credit card company censorshipBy William HughesAugust 2, 2025 | 3:49pm
  • Andrew Cuomo vies for re-election, communes with dark spirits in new interactive game Andrew Cuomo vies for re-election, communes with dark spirits in new interactive gameBy Matt SchimkowitzJuly 28, 2025 | 8:20pm
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Games Reviews
  • Elden Ring Nightreign hollows out a masterpiece, then asks you to find the fun Elden Ring Nightreign hollows out a masterpiece, then asks you to find the fun
  • Doom: The Dark Ages nails the meditative, metal art of murder Doom: The Dark Ages nails the meditative, metal art of murder
  • Adventure game Old Skies is a must-play for time travel fans Adventure game Old Skies is a must-play for time travel fans
  • Split Fiction is a great co-op game—when it remembers to show, not tell Split Fiction is a great co-op game—when it remembers to show, not tell
  • Monster Hunter: Wilds is savage, swift—and hollow Monster Hunter: Wilds is savage, swift—and hollow
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio is a worthy, epic successor to the Persona legacy Metaphor: ReFantazio is a worthy, epic successor to the Persona legacy
  • Shadow Of The Erdtree review: 50 more hours of one of the decade's biggest, best, and weirdest games Shadow Of The Erdtree review: 50 more hours of one of the decade's biggest, best, and weirdest games
  • Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance review: A slick, smart way to grind away the hours of your life Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance review: A slick, smart way to grind away the hours of your life
  • Lorelei And The Laser Eyes review: One of the best new puzzle games in years Lorelei And The Laser Eyes review: One of the best new puzzle games in years
  • Dragon's Dogma 2 review: One of the strangest Dark Souls imitators of all time Dragon's Dogma 2 review: One of the strangest Dark Souls imitators of all time
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  • Editors' Picks
    • The best games of 2025 (so far) The best games of 2025 (so far) By A.V. Club Staff June 27, 2025 | 12:00pm
    • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has Charlie Cox and it knows how to use him Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has Charlie Cox and it knows how to use him By William Hughes May 16, 2025 | 11:00am
    • 12 fourth video games that blew up the franchise rules 12 fourth video games that blew up the franchise rules By William Hughes May 2, 2025 | 2:00pm

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