Games

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  The Gameological Society Fez is like an M.C. Escher game with Vangelis on keyboards

  The most amazing thing about <i>Fez</i> is that it works at all. 

  April 17, 2012 | 2:30pm -

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  The Gameological Society For this videogame professor, the VHS era never ended 

  How to plug your PlayStation 3 into the other thing there.

  April 17, 2012 | 9:30am -

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  The Gameological Society Xenoblade Chronicles tries to be bold but can’t escape its Japanese RPG past 

  Sometimes even a giant leap forward is not enough.

  April 16, 2012 | 9:30am -

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  The Gameological Society Paul Scheer, star of The League and NTSF:SD:SUV::, tells us what he’s playing this weekend

  He has a history of betting on the wrong game-system horse.

  April 13, 2012 | 9:30am -

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  The Gameological Society Exploring the mind of a conspiracy theorist in 2005’s Psychonauts 

  Understanding a twisted mind by exploring a twisted space. 

  April 12, 2012 | 9:30am -

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  The Gameological Society 100 people, eight months, and the most stubborn hand of computer solitaire ever

  Dave Ring is a hard man to find. Given that he launched one of the earliest crowdsourced internet projects—if not the first—one would expect Ring to be something of an online superstar.

  April 11, 2012 | 9:30am -

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  My World Of Flops Landfill-Ready Case File #13: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600) 

  Want to get in the skin of E.T.? Be prepared to fall in some holes. 

  April 11, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  The Gameological Society It’s hard to stay mad at a witty murder-bot

  All they want to do is laugh. And murder. 

  April 10, 2012 | 9:30am -

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  Newswire Facebook just bought Instagram for $1 billion

  It's cool.

  April 9, 2012 | 1:18pm -

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  The Gameological Society The pork-obsessed voice acting of Last Alert

  “You can’t hire my feelings,” but can you hire decent actors? Apparently not. 

  April 9, 2012 | 9:30am -

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  The Gameological Society Comedian Kumail Nanjiani runs down his weekend gaming playlist

  The Franklin & Bash star tells us about his weekend gaming plans. Share yours in the comments. 

  April 6, 2012 | 10:30am -

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  The Gameological Society Pro gaming’s top play-by-play man talks about finding the human story in a deathmatch

  Weaving a human story from the threads of an online deathmatch.

  April 5, 2012 | 9:30am -

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  The Gameological Society The fun, kinetic Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 starts to bury Tiger before he’s dead

  Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 prepares for the twilight era of its star's career. Meanwhile, the game itself hits a high point. 

  April 5, 2012 | 1:43am -

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  The Gameological Society Journey gets a lot of mileage out of a one-word premise

  An elemental game that transforms its experience with every player and every playthrough. 

  April 4, 2012 | 2:30pm -

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  The Gameological Society The TV show that combined sci-fi with Duck Hunt was as strange as it sounds

  Mattel's ill-fated quest to create a TV show/game that nobody could love

  April 4, 2012 | 9:30am -

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  The Gameological Society The SSX snowboarding series tries to regain its PlayStation 2-era glory

  SSX players find a kindred spirit in Charles Foster Kane.

  April 3, 2012 | 2:30pm -

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  The Gameological Society First-person shooters: 21 games that cast players as photographers 

  The framing of gaming.

  April 3, 2012 | 9:30am -

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  Newswire Introducing The Gameological Society, an A.V. Club partner site dedicated to games

  If you like games, and smart conversation about games, you’re going to want to visit The Gameological Society.

  April 2, 2012 | 11:30am -

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  The Gameological Society The career of game maker Tim Schafer, from Monkey Island to Brütal Legend and onward

  A few brütal setbacks have failed to deter this comedy auteur. 

  April 2, 2012 | 11:15am -

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  The Gameological Society Two critics argue over the soul of the Mass Effect series

  Where does the heart of BioWare’s sci-fi series lie—conversation or annihilation?

  April 2, 2012 | 11:15am -

• Great Job, Internet! Videogames have been making you fat all these years

  March 27, 2012 | 12:15pm -

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  Game Review Ninja Gaiden 3 

  A once-imaginative series succumbs to fatigue. 

  March 26, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  Game Review Ridge Racer 

  The damage isn’t limited to the onscreen action in this troubled racing game.

  March 26, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Nerd Curious #1: Dungeons & Dragons 

  A new column launches, as a writer long denied the nerdier things in life explores the experiences that create hard-core fanatics.

  March 20, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Game Review Journey 

  A beautiful game doubles as a spiritual pilgrimage. 

  March 19, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  Game Review Silent Hill: Downpour

  A return trip to Silent Hill finds the town hasn’t kept up with the times.

  March 19, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Newswire SXSW debuts exciting new future for homeless people as wi-fi hotspots

  Brick-and-mortar models of homeless people increasingly obsolete.

  March 12, 2012 | 4:49pm -

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  Game Review Mass Effect 3

  To the stars: The second Mass Effect sequel puts would-be blockbuster movies to shame.

  March 12, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Game Review SSX

  A classic snowboarding game gets a worthy, if not always better, update.

  March 5, 2012 | 12:02am -

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  Game Review Binary Domain

  See robot? Kill robot.

  March 5, 2012 | 12:01am -