On The Level

Gaming has always had a tricky time with labels. Take the ways critics have Frankensteined together various genre…

In the year 199X—or 1993, if you want to get all nit-picky about it—Capcom’s celebrated Mega Man series was becoming…

Let’s be honest: Fallout: New Vegas is the Fallout snob’s Fallout game. Created by Obsidian Entertainment—one of two…

One of the Yakuza series’ greatest strengths is its obsession with a single small chunk of Tokyo. There have been…

As pop culture’s booming nostalgia-industrial complex goes to show, the comfort and delight we find in the familiar i…

Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)—Camp Belica

This article discusses specific plot details from Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead: Season Two.

Metroid speaks in a variety of languages. Its predatory environment murmurs about its hidden dangers through violent…

Bishop was a few measly pounds of black-and-white squalling desperation when I found her. She was stuck in the…

Final Fantasy IV (1991)—Sealed Cave

Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine (2013)—Identity

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Paranoia is a perfidious foe. The truth is, it sticks because it’s rooted in our terrible knowledge that danger…

Splinter Cell: Conviction stars a Sam Fisher on his last ropes. The stealth soldier extraordinaire has left Third…

It was only a few months ago that the total student debt in the United States topped the $1 trillion mark. It’s both…

Something is amiss in the original Assassin’s Creed trailer from 2006. First revealed at that year’s E3 trade show,…

On The Level examines one small part of a larger video game.

On The Level examines one small part of a larger video game.

On The Level examines one small part of a larger video game.