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Remaster or no,
SaGa Frontier
remains busted in all the weirdest ways
By William Hughes
April 16, 2021 | 5:00am
Join
The
A.V. Club
on
Twitch every Wednesday at 2 p.m. CST
By The A.V. Club
April 14, 2021 | 7:00pm
The
A.V. Club
Twitch is getting nostalgic with
SaGa Frontier Remastered
By William Hughes
April 14, 2021 | 3:00pm
Fortnite
maker Epic is now valued at nearly $30 billion, so it's a good thing bubbles never burst
By Sam Barsanti
April 13, 2021 | 10:13pm
Roblox
politics role-player fakes journalist credentials to sneak into White House press corps
By Reid McCarter
April 13, 2021 | 3:19pm
Gird yourself for battle by revisiting 2000's "Pokémon Combat Rap"
By Reid McCarter
April 12, 2021 | 4:29pm
Sony reportedly remaking obscure niche video game
The Last Of Us
By William Hughes
April 9, 2021 | 11:03pm
Pac-Man 99
misses the points
By William Hughes
April 9, 2021 | 5:00am
Outriders
hates everybody—including the people playing it
By William Hughes
April 8, 2021 | 3:00pm
The cast and crew behind
Host
made a terrifying "real-time, live-action" video game
By Tatiana Tenreyro
April 7, 2021 | 9:51pm
Mad video game scientist creates enormous Nintendo Switch
By Reid McCarter
April 7, 2021 | 7:08pm
The A.V. Club
Twitch
is playing
The Binding Of Isaac: Repentance
By William Hughes
April 7, 2021 | 3:00pm
This year's E3 is going to be completely online, but at least it'll be free for everyone
By Sam Barsanti
April 6, 2021 | 8:24pm
Monster Hunter Rise
is wonderfully, perfectly tedious
By William Hughes
April 2, 2021 | 5:00am
We feel absolutely no serenity now that we've had another look at
Sinfeld
, the
Seinfeld
-themed horror game
By Reid McCarter
April 1, 2021 | 6:10pm
Valheim
is intimidatingly immersive—so I’m playing
Minecraft
instead
By William Hughes
March 26, 2021 | 5:00am
PSA: Remember to mute yourself if you're going to play
Call Of Duty
during Zoom classes
By Reid McCarter
March 26, 2021 | 1:23am
The
A.V. Club
Twitch is diving into the monochromatic horror of
Mundaun
By William Hughes
March 24, 2021 | 3:00pm
The Game.com cometh: The rise and fall of the Game Boy’s weirdest rivals
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti
March 22, 2021 | 5:00am
Happy anniversary to
Kirby Super Star
, the best game ever made
By Sam Barsanti
March 19, 2021 | 5:00am
In the original
Resident Evil
, nothing was scarier than the humble ink ribbon
By Alexander Chatziioannou
March 18, 2021 | 11:00am
Why is a good job (system) so hard to find?
By William Hughes
March 12, 2021 | 6:00am
The A.V. Club
is exploring the
Outriders
demo on Twitch
By William Hughes
March 10, 2021 | 7:00pm
We can’t get
Loop Hero
out of our heads
By William Hughes
March 5, 2021 | 6:00am
The A.V. Club
is teaming up to play co-op adventure hit
We Were Here
on Twitch
By William Hughes
March 3, 2021 | 7:00pm
It sounds like the live version of E3 has been canceled again
By Sam Barsanti
February 28, 2021 | 7:26pm
Pokémon
announces Switch remakes, open-world "pre-makes," all the e-makes you could want
By William Hughes
February 27, 2021 | 12:45am
Great games steal, and should
By William Hughes
February 26, 2021 | 6:00am
Square-Enix announces shiny new PS5 "
Intergrade
" for
Final Fantasy VII Remake
By William Hughes
February 26, 2021 | 1:15am
The
A.V. Club
Twitch channel is weathering the
Curse Of The Dead Gods
By William Hughes
February 24, 2021 | 7:00pm
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
is finally heading to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5
By Tatiana Tenreyro
February 23, 2021 | 5:56pm
Deadpool
writers developing
Twisted Metal
TV series
By Sam Barsanti
February 23, 2021 | 12:49am
Bowser’s Fury
isn’t quite
Mario: Breath Of The Wild
, but it’s close
By William Hughes
February 19, 2021 | 6:00am
Just say no: Video game romantic rejection is far too rare
By William Hughes
February 12, 2021 | 6:00am
Dear
Mass Effect
remaster: Please consider replacing the godawful Mako tank with this nice Honda Accord
By William Hughes
February 5, 2021 | 6:00am
Capcom has important news about
Resident Evil
's Lady Dimitrescu, the internet's very tall girlfriend
By Sam Barsanti
February 2, 2021 | 3:17am
Help, I can’t stop KABONK-ing people in
Hitman 3
VR
By William Hughes
January 29, 2021 | 6:00am
Jeopardy!
Playshow is an okay video game, but a great way to watch
Jeopardy!
By Sam Barsanti
January 22, 2021 | 6:00am
Here’s hoping that new
Indiana Jones
game remembers to make Indy a big ol’ doofus
By William Hughes
January 15, 2021 | 6:00am
Bethesda and Lucasfilm Games are teaming up for the
Indiana Jones
video game
By Shannon Miller
January 12, 2021 | 6:51pm
Hey, did
Cyberpunk 2077
get kind of fun while we weren't looking?
By William Hughes
January 8, 2021 | 6:00am
Hey, Keyboard Geniuses: Here are the games
you
liked in 2020
By William Hughes
December 22, 2020 | 6:00am
The A.V. Club
’s favorite games of 2020
By William Hughes, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Sam Barsanti, Shannon Miller, Alexander Chatziioannou, Angelica Cataldo, A.A. Dowd, Samantha Nelson
December 18, 2020 | 6:00am
The dwarf mining mayhem of
Deep Rock Galactic
is one of 2020’s best co-op experiences
By William Hughes
December 18, 2020 | 6:00am
Imaginary Keanu or no,
Cyberpunk 2077
is a failure of character
By William Hughes
December 15, 2020 | 2:00pm
Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
’s best moments come from other, better games
By Sam Barsanti
December 11, 2020 | 6:00am
25 years ago,
Catan
became an American hit by beating
Monopoly
at its own cruel game
By Samantha Nelson
December 4, 2020 | 6:00am
Bugsnax
’s resident mean girl
doesn’t deserve her bad rap
By Shannon Miller
November 27, 2020 | 6:00am
Tomb Raider: Chronicles
pays tribute to the original Lara Croft, gaming’s abandoned superhero
By Angelica Cataldo
November 25, 2020 | 12:00pm
We reviewed (nearly) every game out now for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti
November 24, 2020 | 12:00pm
I would like to play a full-length
Yakuza
business simulator, please
By William Hughes
November 20, 2020 | 6:00am
Demon
’
s Souls
on the PS5 is an unlikely love letter to brilliant, broken things
By William Hughes
November 19, 2020 | 2:00pm
6 video game worlds we actually want to live in
By The A.V. Club, Erik Adams, William Hughes, Alex McLevy, Sam Barsanti, Patrick Gomez
November 14, 2020 | 6:00am
FUSER
should be called
Ruin A Song With Smash Mouth
’
s
“
All Star
”
Simulator 2020
By William Hughes
November 13, 2020 | 6:00am
The Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 are a triumph for brands, not games
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti
November 11, 2020 | 11:00am
An ode to load screens—just in time for the Xbox Series X and PS5 to render them obsolete
By Sam Barsanti
November 10, 2020 | 3:23pm
The PlayStation 5 is bigger, better, beautiful—and a little boring
By William Hughes
November 6, 2020 | 1:00pm
What’s your anxiety game?
By William Hughes
November 6, 2020 | 6:00am
The Xbox Series X is the ultimate Xbox, but that might not be enough right now
By Sam Barsanti
November 5, 2020 | 2:00pm
Can
The A.V. Club
’s writers beat the Blair Witch—or at least their own loneliness—at its own game?
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti, Shannon Miller, Alex McLevy, A.A. Dowd
November 1, 2020 | 5:00am
These clever mobile horror games seek to emulate the real world's nastiness—misogyny and all
By Shannon Miller
October 30, 2020 | 5:00am
Little Hope
is a crappy horror movie, but a strangely satisfying game
By William Hughes, Alex McLevy
October 29, 2020 | 3:00pm
Unexpected nightmares: The scariest enemies in un-scary games
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti
October 29, 2020 | 5:00am
Phasmophobia
taught me (and my friends) that I’m a rat-bastard coward who would leave them all to die
By William Hughes
October 23, 2020 | 5:00am
Boundary-breaking in video games is unholy and wrong
By Sam Barsanti
October 16, 2020 | 5:00am
The ocean is a wet hell that only wants us dead
By William Hughes
October 9, 2020 | 5:00am
The
Blair Witch
game is as fun as getting lost in the woods
By A.A. Dowd
October 2, 2020 | 5:00am
Farewell
FarmVille
for Facebook, we hardly grew ye
By Shannon Miller
September 28, 2020 | 5:01pm
Hades
makes dying fun as Hell
By William Hughes
September 25, 2020 | 5:00am
Spelunky 2
has the courage not to mess with perfection
By William Hughes
September 18, 2020 | 5:00am
Marvel’s Avengers
Pt. 2: Earth’s mightiest heroes battle Earth’s crappiest matchmaking
By William Hughes
September 17, 2020 | 3:00pm
Give Link a break: Celebrating the legends of people
other
than
Zelda
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti
September 14, 2020 | 5:00am
Sid Meier’s
Memoir!
debunks the myth of “Nuclear Gandhi”—but not the assumptions that created him
By William Hughes
September 11, 2020 | 5:00am
The impossibly perfect landing of
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
By Sam Barsanti
September 10, 2020 | 11:00am
Marvel’s Avengers
has a story so good, it’s almost worth playing
Marvel’s Avengers
to see it
By William Hughes
September 4, 2020 | 11:00am
Control
’s
AWE
expansion isn’t
Alan Wake 2
, but it is a cool setup for it
By Sam Barsanti
September 4, 2020 | 5:00am
Why Hulk feel so puny in the
Marvel’s Avengers
beta?
By William Hughes
August 28, 2020 | 5:00am
Why don’t more games let you call the Wormfish?
By William Hughes
August 21, 2020 | 5:00am
The original
Crazy Taxi
is a lost time capsule of the year 2000
By Sam Barsanti
August 14, 2020 | 5:00am
In Y2K,
Deus Ex
taught gaming the true meaning of Liberty
By William Hughes
August 13, 2020 | 6:52pm
Fall Guys
is the first battle royale game absolutely anyone can kick butt at
By William Hughes
August 12, 2020 | 2:10pm
The PlayStation 2 launched with an all-time awful list of losers
By William Hughes, Sam Barsanti
August 11, 2020 | 5:00am
Despite the name,
Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Maxiboost On
is disappointingly simple
By Sam Barsanti
August 7, 2020 | 5:00am
In
Carrion
, it’s good to be
The Thing
By William Hughes
July 31, 2020 | 5:00am
The comforts of a truly stupid mystery solved
By William Hughes
July 24, 2020 | 5:00am
All aboard the
Monster Train
, toot toot
By William Hughes
July 17, 2020 | 5:00am
The best games of 2020 so far
By William Hughes, Shannon Miller, Joey Clift, A.A. Dowd, Alexander Chatziioannou, Randall Colburn, Sam Barsanti, Samantha Nelson
July 10, 2020 | 11:00am
This probably goes without saying, but it’s incredibly fun to be Iron Man
By Alex McLevy
July 10, 2020 | 5:00am
In
The Last Of Us Part II
, as in life, your best bet is always running away
By Alex McLevy, William Hughes
July 8, 2020 | 1:00pm
Floor Is Lava
is a live-action video game, and that’s awesome
By William Hughes
July 3, 2020 | 5:00am
What happens when you panic during a firefight in
The Last Of Us Part II
?
By Alex McLevy, William Hughes
July 1, 2020 | 3:00pm
The
Foundation
expansion is a nice reminder of what made
Control
so great
By Sam Barsanti
June 26, 2020 | 5:00am
The Last Of Us Part II
doesn’t make target practice easy
By Alex McLevy, William Hughes
June 24, 2020 | 3:00pm
The Room
games are a love letter to beautiful, haunted things
By William Hughes
June 19, 2020 | 5:00am
Can someone who couldn’t get past the first
Last Of Us
learn to beat the second?
By Alex McLevy, William Hughes
June 17, 2020 | 11:00am
A lone survivor recounts what it’s like to be the last person to play
The Last Of Us
By William Hughes
June 12, 2020 | 5:00am
The
Katamari
games helped me roll with my clinical anxiety
By Shannon Miller
June 10, 2020 | 2:21pm
Why stop at RoboCop? 6 more characters who should join the
Mortal Kombat
By Sam Barsanti
June 5, 2020 | 5:00am
Hello, I am a shark
By William Hughes
May 29, 2020 | 5:00am
It’s surprisingly easy to turn
House Flipper
into a horror game
By William Hughes
May 22, 2020 | 5:00am
Games over: The best endings in gaming
By William Hughes, A.A. Dowd, Alex McLevy, Sam Barsanti
May 20, 2020 | 11:00am
The
Tony Hawk
revival has us asking: Where have all the great skating games gone?
By William Hughes
May 15, 2020 | 5:00am
What’s your ideal comfort game?
By William Hughes
May 8, 2020 | 5:00am
A quick and dirty guide to playing games—any games—online with your friends
By William Hughes
May 1, 2020 | 5:00am
Let your inner bad guy out of the box with our guide to Disney’s
Villainous
board game
By Samantha Nelson
April 24, 2020 | 5:00am
How a
Harry Potter
mobile game teaches us to cope with death
By Patrick Gomez
April 23, 2020 | 11:00am
We need to talk about the ending of the
Final Fantasy VII Remake
By William Hughes
April 22, 2020 | 11:00am
Ghost Recon Breakpoint
has become an excellent no-stakes distraction game
By Sam Barsanti
April 17, 2020 | 5:00am
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