Summer’s fading, there’s still a pandemic out there, and if you’re like most, you’re probably wondering what you’re going to do with yourself when it’s less warm and sunny and […]
Most of my life I remember going to the local taco place, and in their dining room in a back corner, there was a Virtua Racer cabinet—or a game […]
More than half a century ago, on August 27, 1967, local residents, poets, painters, photographers and gang members gathered to dedicate the “Wall of Respect”—a mural painted on the side […]
Stop me if you’re heard this one before: Once upon a time there was a former Major League Baseball pitcher named Curt Schilling who wanted to make video games. Curt […]
I don’t want to be the one to start it, but I have a feeling that Star Renegades is going to be drawing some comparisons to Subset Games’ Into the […]
I’ve been lucky enough, since the early 1990s, to have seen every one of John Leguizamo’s one-man shows either in New York or in Chicago (where he often previews his […]
Side-scrolling co-op beat ‘em up games have been around for decades, and it’s hard to inject something new into the genre. That’s exactly what Shing! attempted though, with a control […]
He Had It Coming Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather Midway: An Agate Imprint A crime only gains sex appeal after it’s been committed, and it’s usually an ingredient added by […]
Simulators as a genre are an odd bunch. Flipping houses, fixing cars, flying, driving a bus, etc; you name it, there’s probably a game that simulates it. I’ve never been […]
The more invested in an idea you are, the harder it can be when the idea doesn’t really pan out the way you thought it would. Such is the tale […]
We’re living in a strange period of horror shows in politics, health and racial injustice. You never know what type of abomination you’ll find when you turn on your phone, […]
Video games are always innovating—that’s one of the things that make playing a variety of games fun. Sometimes you’ll have those games that are variations on a popular theme, but […]
