David Shimomura

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Can the beautiful, beleaguered isometric perspective make a comeback?

Inside Xenonauts, the combat sim that hopes to try.

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Katamari Damacy and the return of "play" in videogames

Miguel Sicart yearns for a bygone era.

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Is modding a dying art?

We talk to Black Mesa dev Robert Yang about the future of the form.

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Forget Madden, let’s simulate the Super Bowl using Smash Brothers

Someone had to. Well, maybe not. We did anyway.

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What is the Dice+? I’m still not sure

It’s a cube, definitely.

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How XCOM taught me that I don’t matter

In memory of the people on the ground.

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Is Mega Man the Betty White of videogames?

They’re both old and lovable and have lasers for hands, so.