How COVID helped tabletop RPGs go mainstream
Tabletop role-playing games of all kinds, from Dungeons and Dragons to smaller, socially-focussed games, have reached vast new audiences in…
Umurangi Generation - Rise of the Anti-Fascist Video Game
Videogames from developers big and small are beginning to explore the encroaching influence of neo-fascism.
What you should know about Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack
The new service will launch in late October, and includes Nintendo 64 games.
Bringing Indigenous cultural expertise to game development with Broken Roads
Drop Bear Bytes recently hired Indiginerd's Cienan Muir as a narrative consultant. The team spoke to us about the role…
Relaxing games to help curb your doomscrolling habit
Here are some gentle, meditative mobile games to help you survive the newscycle.
What happened to ‘Girl Gamer’? Searching for Nintendo’s forgotten pre-teen girl magazine
The era when a 'girl gamer' was highly valued by Nintendo might’ve been forgotten to history, were it not for…
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a brutal survival RTS
For the masochists and persistent strategy enthusiasts, Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a punishingly tough strategy game from Melbourne's…
When the world went wrong, Two Point Hospital was the perfect escape
In Two Point Hospital, diseases are trivial and pandemics don't matter.
Representation in video games starts offscreen
The theme for GCAP Conference 2021 was 'Raising the Bar,' but what does that look like in terms of representation,…
The biggest video games still coming in 2021
If you thought the first half of 2021 was stacked with games, check out the rest.