On fighting wisely in Dragon Quest VIII
Ritual sacrifice.
Review
Lifeless Planet starts strong, but quickly runs out of oxygen
The year’s most accurate game title.
Wolfenstein Can’t Be Killed
“They put a Nazi on the moon? F*ck you, moon.”
Pushmo World offers great puzzling, but the Wii U deserves more
A legacy of missed potential?
Murdered: Soul Suspect is a digital page-turner
Dead on arrival, in its adorable way.
Glitchhikers is a weird ride to parts unknown
On the road with a new type of driving game.
Futility, thy name is Tomodachi Life
A game that plays the player, but for what?
The mysterious Monochroma takes place in gray areas
What happened to everyone? Who are you?
The Wolf Among Us staggers toward its climax in Episode 4
Contains the phrase “philanthropomorphy”
Always Sometimes Monsters combines Atlas Shrugged with Hotline Miami
The results, they are mixed.
DUCK GAME aims for Towerfall, ends up more like Mouse Trap
Goofiness, writ large.
Watch Dogs and Kanye West’s Chicago
Fast times in the unreal city.
The Lady is a troubling exploration of depression
But its troubles are many.
Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails is a cat-person masterpiece
Less “knocking things off ledges,” more “shooting things in outer space.”
Fearless Fantasy is extremely weird. Should we care?
The way, way out.
Kiwanuka is a puzzler like its cast: simple, charming, and short
It takes a village.
Go on an adventure you’ve been on before with Tesla Effect
In-jokes, wise-cracks, and slurs included.
Marrying Mr. Darcy turns your boardgame crew into cutthroat Victorian socialites
But seriously: everyone hates Mr. Wickham.
Super Time Force is obsessed with the past
Finding beauty in revisiting.
The supremely confident songs of Transistor
Supergiant builds an arc.
Kero Blaster is a world in search of a game
Spoiler alert: it is very cute.
Mario Kart 8: a review in four dimensions
Back and forth we go.
DreadOut is old-school torture
The scissors-lady snippeth.
Full Bore and the quiet joys of digging games
A game about finding gems. Or not.
Kentucky Route Zero’s third act is as amorphous as we’d expect
Cardboard Computer’s meandering opus gets … meander-y.