When games make me cry, it feels like proof to the haters that this is a serious storytelling medium. Here are 9 times I teared up in 2023.
Browsing: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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Cozy games empower and engage players in a safe, gentle space. Here are some of the best cozy video games and mechanics in a blooming genre.
Don’t love horror games? Scary moments can still find you. From Zoo Tycoon to The Sims, here are the scariest moments in non-horror games.
All great games start somewhere. In the wake of Starfield’s “start gate” controversy, here are eight of the best video game start screens.
Mini-games are often seen as distractions to a video game’s main story. But these six mini-games… are genuinely fantastic.
In this edition of Punished Chat, we discuss our 15 favorite games of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One console generation.
It’s been a minute since my last collection of notes, and boy do I have a ton of random thoughts on all the games I’ve been playing! For the first PN of 2020, I’ll do…
Welcome back to Punished Notes, where I (occasionally) release all of my blandest and most anodyne takes on the world of video games. This week, we’ll be looking at some of my favorite user-created stages in Super Mario Maker 2, why I can’t get into a recent game everyone adores, and how I got emotional over a movie trailer after three seconds.
I love The Witcher 3, but don’t like Dragon Age: Inquisition. I can’t get into most JRPGs, but I kind of like Paper Mario: Sticker Star. I’m a huge Legend of Zelda fan, but I’ve never loved the original. The Super Nintendo is my favorite console ever, yet I don’t think I’ll ever finish Super Mario RPG or Super Metroid. … Why am I like this?
Weekend at Dave’s – Episode 4: David talks the risks of open-world design, a Google Stadia-driven future, and why he’s so darn excited for PAX East 2019.