In Japan, the expression seichi junrei (literally translated as ‘holy pilgrimage’), is becoming increasingly prevalent. Referring to the visitation of prominent locations across manga, anime, games, and visual novels, the term speaks just as much ...

With reissues of Darksiders and Star Wars Battlefront, it’s that time of year when publishers trot out previously released titles, hoping to pad the company coffers. Fortunately, the week before Black Friday still offers several ...

For decades, the interactive entertainment industry has entranced us with action games. From the phosphorescent glow of Phoenix’s belligerent birds and Dig Dug’s feisty Fygars to the thrill of a long-range, un-scoped head shot in ...

1986’s The Legend of Zelda established one of gaming’s essential formulas, where a succession of puzzle-filled dungeons steadily supplied the tools that players would need to advance. At its core, Zelda (and Metroid, which contextualized ...

Across the span of eighteen light novels, eight manga adaptations, and twenty-five episodes of anime, Sword Art Online has extended an enthralling exploration of game technology. Set in 2022, the work focuses on a device ...

With an Assassin’s Creed anthology and sequels in the Dishonored and Watch Dogs franchises, November is trotting out a number of heavy hitters. Customary for this time of the Holiday shopping season, the simultaneous release ...

While overlooked by scientists, the tenets of Darwinism have slowly crept into video games. In real life, numerous insects have developed a resistance toward pesticide, or as Cope’s Rule suggests- a collection of different species ...

Here’s a situation that happens all too regularly: group of friends are coming over for a game of Madden NFL, but you either lack an adequate number of controllers. Or the controllers you do have ...

Xanadu Next’s narrative economy is evidenced across the game’s prologue. Here, players find a trio of characters, making their way across a massive lake shrouded in thick fog. Exposition is mostly handled by a boatman ...

Following Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2, this week’s release of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare represents the concluding entry in this shopping season’s trinity of multi-player driven shooters. While some have speculated that EA’s cannibalized ...