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2025 is still somehow The Year Of Balatro
By William Hughes July 25, 2025 | 9:00am
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Explore the Horror of Weird Alien Plants in the Tabletop Game Exclusion Zone Botanist
By Cameron Kunzelman July 24, 2025 | 3:00pm
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Hunter x Hunter: Nen Impact and the Problem with Adaptations
By Grace Benfell July 24, 2025 | 1:36pm
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How the Trump Tariffs Are Impacting Board Game Publishers
By Keith Law July 23, 2025 | 2:45pm
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How Donkey Kong Bananza Improves on Both Super Mario Odyssey and Donkey Kong 64
By Marc Normandin July 23, 2025 | 10:30am
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Italians Do It Better Artist JOON Discusses Wheel World and Making Music for Games
By Garrett Martin July 22, 2025 | 2:00pm
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With Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate, an Unsteady Bungie Is Trying Its Best
By Moises Taveras July 22, 2025 | 12:15pm
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The Best Parts of Death Stranding 2 Are When the Characters Acknowledge They're in a Game
By Maddy Myers July 22, 2025 | 10:14am
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It’s OK If We Never Get a Good Superman Game
By July 21, 2025 | 12:30pm
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Jump the Track Proves Visual Novels And Pachinko Can Make a Funny Combo
By July 18, 2025 | 4:20pm
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Nintendo's Next Step with Donkey Kong Bananza Is So Obvious
By Garrett Martin July 18, 2025 | 3:30pm
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The Pendulum Swings Back: On God of War and Sex and Violence in Games
By Diego Nicolás Argüello July 18, 2025 | 1:44pm
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Arcade Archives Brings Macross II To The West—Along With Its Baggage
By Madeline Blondeau July 18, 2025 | 11:30am
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Hey, should Donkey Kong be eating all these giant metal bananas?
By William Hughes July 18, 2025 | 7:00am
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Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Turns an Exploitative Sport into a Predatory Game with a Relentlessly Positive Facade
By Grace Benfell July 17, 2025 | 3:00pm
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Explore Dungeons & Dragons' Dragon Lore with the New Dragon Delves Adventure Book
By Cameron Kunzelman July 17, 2025 | 12:00pm
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With Chapters 3 & 4, Deltarune’s Lovable Little Guys Remain Its Greatest Strength
By Elijah Gonzalez July 17, 2025 | 11:00am
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From the Starward Belt to the Mushroom Kingdom, Body Possession Is Horrifying
By July 16, 2025 | 1:01pm
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Mario Kart World Is For The Speedrunning Freaks (And Everyone Else Too)
By Elijah Gonzalez July 16, 2025 | 9:00am
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Pulls the Same Trick as Wandavision—Except Here, It Works
By Maddy Myers July 15, 2025 | 10:30am
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Ridge Racer's Latest Port Marks A New Era For Arcade Archives
By Marc Normandin July 14, 2025 | 11:30am
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Uma Musume's Horse Girls Blow Past Persona 5: The Phantom X in the Gacha Game Race
By July 14, 2025 | 10:21am
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Postcards from Mario Kart: Roaming an Unsteady World with a Switch 2
By Diego Nicolás Argüello July 11, 2025 | 2:01pm
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Girlhood Is Deadly In Cave’s Classic Shooter Deathsmiles
By Madeline Blondeau July 11, 2025 | 12:08pm
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Type Help is a perfect example of why mystery games are so damn good right now
By William Hughes July 11, 2025 | 7:00am
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Date Everything Is Peak Millennial Cringe
By Grace Benfell July 10, 2025 | 2:00pm
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Not Every Co-Op Game is "Friendslop"
By July 10, 2025 | 1:00pm
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Mycopunk’s Chaotic Co-Op Is Already A Blast, But It Still Has Room To Grow
By Elijah Gonzalez July 10, 2025 | 12:00pm
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Crusade: Armageddon Is a Fascinating Dive into Warhammer 40k's Grimdark Future
By Cameron Kunzelman July 10, 2025 | 9:00am
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Donkey Kong's Identity Crisis
By Marc Normandin July 9, 2025 | 12:04pm
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Rhythm-Platformer Antro Wants to Beat the System with Beats
By Garrett Martin July 8, 2025 | 5:21pm
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Let the First Party Die: Is It that Bad if Game Consoles Really Are Dying?
By Moises Taveras July 8, 2025 | 2:17pm
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The Women of Death Stranding 2 Are Stuck in a Sad Cycle
By Maddy Myers July 8, 2025 | 9:00am
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Seven (Plus One) Classic Tennis Games for the Last Seven Days of Wimbledon
By Dia Lacina July 7, 2025 | 4:42pm
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No Phone Summer: It’s The Summer of the Retro Handheld
By July 7, 2025 | 11:00am
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Woodkid on the Death Stranding 2 Soundtrack and Why Games Could Be the New Music Videos
By Toussaint Egan July 7, 2025 | 9:00am
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When did video games become too lazy to actually teach you how to play them?
By William Hughes July 4, 2025 | 12:00pm
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"We're Allowed to Be Happy": The Impact of Abby Anderson in The Last of Us Part II, Five Years Later
By Madeline Blondeau July 4, 2025 | 12:00pm
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The Freelance Camaraderie of Death Stranding
By Diego Nicolás Argüello July 4, 2025 | 10:30am
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Final Fantasy VII Offers a Way of Living and Working through Catastrophe
By Grace Benfell July 3, 2025 | 1:00pm
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Legends of Runeterra and The Freedom of Playing A “Dead” Game
By Elijah Gonzalez July 3, 2025 | 9:00am
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The Outer Wilds, Nine Sols, And Embracing The End
By Elijah Gonzalez July 2, 2025 | 1:00pm
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Killer7's Influence Continues to Grow 20 Years Later
By Marc Normandin July 2, 2025 | 10:00am
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At Least I Get to Be the Cow
By Moises Taveras July 1, 2025 | 1:00pm
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How One Tiny Gaming Controller Became an Essential Studying Tool
By Nicole Carpenter July 1, 2025 | 10:00am
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We Have Now Entered the Age of Covid-19 Inspired Games
By Maddy Myers July 1, 2025 | 8:00am
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Endless Mode: It's the New Thing
By Garrett Martin July 1, 2025 | 6:00am
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The best games of 2025 (so far)
By A.V. Club Staff June 27, 2025 | 12:00pm
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Death Stranding 2 is the latest front in Hideo Kojima's war on subtlety
By William Hughes June 27, 2025 | 10:00am
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Ambrosia Sky Is a Really Deep Cleaning Game
By Moises Taveras June 24, 2025 | 11:39am
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Nioh 3's demo is a junk food addict's take on Elden Ring
By William Hughes June 20, 2025 | 10:00am
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10 Games We Loved Playing at the Summer Game Fest's Play Days
By Garrett Martin June 19, 2025 | 9:30am
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An Exclusive Preview of the New Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Book Dragon Delves
By Cameron Kunzelman June 18, 2025 | 12:53pm
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F-Zero GX Proves the Switch 2 Can Bring GameCube Rarities Back to Life
By Marc Normandin June 16, 2025 | 12:45pm
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Warwick, Everyone’s Favorite Werewolf Dad, Announced For Riftbound's Inaugural Card Set
By Elijah Gonzalez June 13, 2025 | 11:25am
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Lies Of P: Overture is the right kind of video game fanservice
By William Hughes June 13, 2025 | 11:00am
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Resident Evil Requiem's Demo Recedes Into the Wallpaper
By Garrett Martin June 12, 2025 | 4:09pm
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Shredding the Dunes in Sword of the Sea
By Garrett Martin June 12, 2025 | 12:26pm
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Mixtape Dials In to Universal Nostalgia
By Garrett Martin June 11, 2025 | 3:45pm
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4's Pinball Stage Is Cool as Hell
By Garrett Martin June 10, 2025 | 2:25pm
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Riftbound's Free-For-Alls Combine Chaos and Strategy In A Promising TCG Package
By Elijah Gonzalez June 9, 2025 | 4:30pm
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Starlight Re:Volver Aims To Fill A RuneScape-Sized Hole In Our Hearts
By Elijah Gonzalez June 8, 2025 | 12:00pm
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For Better And Worse, The Nintendo Switch 2 Is a Safe Bet
By Elijah Gonzalez June 6, 2025 | 5:56pm
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Mario Kart World Opens Up to the Internet Age
By Garrett Martin June 6, 2025 | 4:30pm
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We've finally got the Switch 2—now what?
By William Hughes June 6, 2025 | 8:00am
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Switch 2: Transferring Data from the Switch Is Quick and Easy
By Garrett Martin June 5, 2025 | 3:37pm
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Horror Game Biophobia Grows A Garden From Grief – And Art
By Madeline Blondeau June 5, 2025 | 2:31pm
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Monster Train 2 is an addictive breaker of brains
By William Hughes May 30, 2025 | 11:00am
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No, the Saturn Didn't Fail Because Sega Didn't Anticipate the Rise of 3D Videogames
By Marc Normandin May 29, 2025 | 1:03pm
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The Drifter Is An Upcoming Carpenter-Inspired Adventure Game With Killer Pixel Art
By Elijah Gonzalez May 29, 2025 | 10:00am
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Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake Gives A Pair of Seminal RPGs A Fresh Coat of Paint
By Elijah Gonzalez May 27, 2025 | 10:35am
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Two hours previewing Lies Of P: Overture add new life to an unsung gem
By William Hughes May 21, 2025 | 11:00am
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NebulasRay and How Shmups Struggled to Stay Relevant in the Early Days of 3D Graphics and Fighting Games
By Garrett Martin May 20, 2025 | 10:30am
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has Charlie Cox and it knows how to use him
By William Hughes May 16, 2025 | 11:00am
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Riftbound: League of Legends TCG Is A Promising Challenger In A Contested Battlefield
By Elijah Gonzalez May 15, 2025 | 11:30am
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Inside Galaxian3, Namco's Almost Extinct Room-Sized Arcade Game
By Marc Normandin May 14, 2025 | 1:24pm
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Despelote Understands the Culture and Community of Sports
By Garrett Martin May 12, 2025 | 3:01pm
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The Hundred Line is shameless game design in the best way
By William Hughes May 9, 2025 | 1:00pm
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Could PlayStation's New Studio of Ex-Bungie Devs Be Working on the Frogs & Flies Revival We've Always Needed?
By Garrett Martin May 7, 2025 | 3:05pm
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12 fourth video games that blew up the franchise rules
By William Hughes May 2, 2025 | 2:00pm
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25 Years Ago the Most Melancholy Zelda Foreshadowed the Rise of Roguelikes
By Marc Normandin April 25, 2025 | 10:30am
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Promise Mascot Agency drives players to the far limits of charm
By William Hughes April 25, 2025 | 9:00am
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Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Is A Great Fighting Game With Even Greater Baggage
By Elijah Gonzalez April 21, 2025 | 3:00am
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Rematch Is A Compellingly Fussy Take on Football
By Elijah Gonzalez April 18, 2025 | 11:30am
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The Great Circle is a very faithful Indiana Jones game—and that's mostly a good thing
By William Hughes April 18, 2025 | 8:00am
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Retro Platformer Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Skillfully Combines Old And New
By Elijah Gonzalez April 16, 2025 | 11:00am
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No, You Don't Have to Play Blue Prince—Or Any Other Game
By Garrett Martin April 15, 2025 | 3:38pm
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Well, Videogames Cost $80 Now I Guess
By Elijah Gonzalez April 11, 2025 | 10:58am
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Blue Prince is the wrong kind of frustrating
By William Hughes April 11, 2025 | 8:00am
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Understands How Essential Scanning Is to These Games
By Garrett Martin April 10, 2025 | 4:20pm
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BDS Calls for a Boycott of Xbox Due to Microsoft's Partnership with Israel
By Grace Benfell April 9, 2025 | 1:06pm
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Gradius Origins Is a Good Start to Giving Gradius the Respect It Deserves—But It's Not Enough
By Marc Normandin April 7, 2025 | 1:48pm
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Upcoming Horror Game The Midnight Walk And Its Hand-Crafted Clay Figures Are A Sight To Behold
By Elijah Gonzalez April 3, 2025 | 12:00pm
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Metroids, Monkeys, and Mario Karts: Paste Goes Hands-On with the Nintendo Switch 2
By Garrett Martin April 3, 2025 | 9:00am
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We played with the Switch 2, and it's Nintendo's least-weird console ever
By William Hughes April 3, 2025 | 9:00am
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Psycho Patrol R Is A Delightfully Nasty Mech Sim From The Cruelty Squad Team
By Elijah Gonzalez April 2, 2025 | 10:30am
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Saturday Night Wii: An Excerpt from Mike Drucker's Good Game, No Rematch
By April 1, 2025 | 10:00am
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Happy 25th, Resident Evil—CODE: Veronica. Now Where's That Remake?
By Marc Normandin March 28, 2025 | 1:17pm
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10 years later, Xenoblade Chronicles X remains frustrating, breathtaking, and unique
By William Hughes March 28, 2025 | 10:00am
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How Dante’s Inferno Forced Christian America To Repent Its Sins
By Madeline Blondeau March 26, 2025 | 1:47pm
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10 Years Later, Bloodborne Still Transcends The Limits of Cosmic Horror
By Elijah Gonzalez March 24, 2025 | 1:20pm
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Monster Hunter: Wilds makes it far too satisfying to cut off the monsters' butts
By William Hughes March 21, 2025 | 8:00am
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A Guide to Every Place I Abandoned My Horse in Assassin's Creed Shadows
By Garrett Martin March 20, 2025 | 2:51pm
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GTA VI Doesn't Have to Be as Embarrassing as Other GTA Games
By Garrett Martin March 19, 2025 | 2:05pm
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"Reverse whodunnit" Expelled! makes being bad too much work
By William Hughes March 14, 2025 | 10:00am
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Monster Hunter Wilds' Long Sword Has Taken Over My Life
By Elijah Gonzalez March 13, 2025 | 2:40pm
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This quiet, sad detective game is an antidote for gaming excess
By William Hughes March 7, 2025 | 11:00am
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Atomfall: A Very British Nuclear Disaster
By Garrett Martin March 7, 2025 | 9:00am
