16 Video Games That Almost Got A Perfect 100 On Metacritic Metacritic aggregates scores from critics all around the world, along with some commentary – also completely subje [...]
Everything in a videogame is deliberately made. Each asset, animation, and line of dialouge was created in the hopes that someone, ANYONE would take notice and feel immersed in the [...]
It might seem like a bizarre notion, but video game difficulty used to be decided by real life economics. The term “Nintendo Hard” refers to the brutal difficulty of some of the cl [...]
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E3 is considered by many to be the most noteworthy video games expo of the year for its press conference and major news announcements, but it may not remain king of the mountain fo [...]
The mod, known as GoldenEye: Source, received its first update in more than three years this week. It’s free to download and it features 25 recreated maps, 10 different multiplayer [...]
No Man’s Sky is an almost impossibly huge game, an entire virtual universe filled with 18 quintillion planets, each one different from the next thanks to the powers of procedural g [...]
The other day, I was having a philosophical discussion with a friend about the horror genre, and he argued that it was an art form predicated on people who assert their dominance i [...]
In storytelling, the element of surprise is an effective one, often rendered as big and boldplot twists. In video games, these moments of hard reveals are made even more effective [...]
9 Video Games That Are Earnestly Funny When it comes to video games, several iconic sounds spring to mind. The “ba-ding!” of a coin from Mario. The “pchew” of a silenced pistol fro [...]
Plenty of video games have us playing the hero and saving the day, but every now and then, we enjoy taking off our goody two shoes. There are a few titles that let us tap into our [...]
There doesn’t seem to be any shortage of pants-wettingly terrifying games out there, so we're going to tell you about some more of them! This time, we’re talking about the originat [...]
We’ve been talking a lot about how weird video games are/have gotten, but there’s always plenty more weirdness to discuss! Video games are already rife with delicious weirdness, bu [...]
Marauding space aliens, corrupt government operatives, and laser-shooting skeletons aren’t the true dangers that lurk within your favorite video games. No, what you really need to [...]
Apparently, video games are not just a stress reliever, they also have plenty of other benefits. Of course, different games have different benefits. Tetris, for example, can increa [...]
Nothing's worse than spending $60 of your hard-earned cash on a new game, unwrapping the plastic, and throwing it in your console, only to be extremely disappointed with the produc [...]
THE 22 GREATEST N64 GAMES 2016 marks an age-defining milestone for gamers: the Nintendo 64 console is nearly 20 years old. Released in Japan in late 1996 -- and here in the States [...]
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The King of Kong documentary proves that video game scores, and mullets, are a very serious business. Everyone is out to set a new speedrun record or high score, so it's hard to ke [...]