Like most mainstream media, the primary goal of interactive entertainment is escapism. When the collective weight of work, bills, and relationships congeals into a burdensome load, we have the ability to retreat into meticulously detailed, ...

Customary for the release of new hardware, it’s a time for excitement as well as depleted bank accounts. This week, Sony releases its PS VR system, which is available in a $399.99 core system, or ...

2000’s Valkyrie Profile is considered to be one of the PlayStation One’s best role-playing games. Exploration adopted light platforming mechanics, as players navigated two-dimension environments, using an ice shot to solve puzzles and shun any ...

If you’re an ardent role-playing aficionado, you’ve probably liberated dozens of lands and exterminated dozens of humanity-threatening enemies. Tales of epic heroism are ubiquitous in interactive entertainment. Developer Nippon Ichi Software understands this, and with ...

2011’s Hyperdimension Neptunia offered an allegorical battle between four anthropomorphized consoles, who fought to become the reigning goddess of a realm called Gamindustri. The franchise mushroomed in popularity, spurring a secession of sequels, remakes, and ...

From two twentieth anniversary titles (Tomb Raider and Duke Nukem), a pair of games that seem to be named after Ikea furniture (PSIBO and SKORB), and a $240 Collector’s Edition for Gears of War, this ...

While the visual novel’s stateside popularity is a relatively new phenomenon, the medium has been building momentum in the U.S. for quite some time. From games like Lost Odyssey– which used sections of text to ...

Let’s face it- the contemporary gaming industry has a number of repugnant habits. From putting out unpolished games, relying on post-release patches to smooth out any inherent problems, to an insatiable appetite for gouging gamers ...

What is the concept? Like any good puzzler, there’s more to Ninja Usagimaru – The Mysterious Karakuri Castle than a first impression might reveal. On the surface, the game seems downright simple, as a succession ...

From a pair of Flashback collections with anthologies as old as your author (ancient!), a sequel to 2015’s Yo-Kai Watch, and premium-priced Wii U shovelware, this week’s schedule of new game releases has a bit ...