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What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The Harry Potter Pokémon Go game is so ugly it's almost magic

In honor of Far From Home, let's make some Spider-Man-themed levels in Super Mario Maker 2

7/05/19 12:00AM

We wade through fidget spinners and porn to bring you the best games for less than $1 right now on Steam

6/28/19 12:00AM

Why is video game slo-mo so frequently a no-go?

6/21/19 12:00AM

These intentionally stupid remakes of beloved indie games are the perfect cure for post-E3 withdrawal

6/14/19 12:00AM

Outer Wilds makes an art form out of “Oh fuck, I’m going to die in space”

6/07/19 12:00AM

Blood & Truth is like shooting your way through an old Guy Ritchie movie—but with cooler museums

5/31/19 12:00AM

Virtual reality or no, a round of golf is still just a round of golf

5/24/19 12:00AM

Why bother playing games, when you can just read them instead?

5/17/19 12:00AM

To all the dungeons we’ve loved before

5/10/19 12:00AM

Katana Zero is a good game about swords, and a great game about being a rude, interrupting prick

5/03/19 12:00AM

Days Gone is the Red Dead Redemption 2 of biker zombie games, for better or worse

4/26/19 12:00AM

Do we still have an appetite for Tropico 6’s brand of dictator-flavored fun?

4/19/19 12:00AM

Good news, gumshoes: We're living through a golden age of great detective games

4/12/19 12:00AM

Risk Of Rain 2’s real monster is capitalism, not the ravenous alien horde

4/05/19 12:00AM

The Division 2 is a great—wait, no, I just started playing Sekiro again

3/29/19 12:00AM

Baba Is You breaks your brain in a million adorable ways

3/22/19 12:00AM

Ape Out raises questions about craft and the containment of large, very angry apes

3/08/19 12:00AM

Confessions of an idle gamer

3/01/19 12:00AM

Tetris 99 is a singular creation of evil, time-devouring genius

2/22/19 12:00AM

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