Patrick Klepek

Spider-Man gets the Arkham treatment, with a surprising dash of empathy, humanity, and very good swinging.

The developers behind ‘Life Is Strange’ manage to tell a gripping but upsetting story about a father and son in a toxic relationship.

Erotic fandom is usually based on games with intricate worlds, but ‘Fortnite’ doesn’t have any of that. Yet, life found a way.

Kratos has always been a sad, unlikable asshole, but in giving him something to live for—a son who questions his decisions, his violence—he’s finally given a real test.

These days, new records aren’t about seconds, but milliseconds. Eventually, it just might not be possible to beat the game any faster.

After the release of ‘Cuphead,’ designer Matt Thorson wondered if there was a way to make his challenging game more accessible.

I want to start checking in on games that disappeared from the world, so we might as well start with one I can’t forget.

When Trump proposes budget cuts to science, that’s going to impact what it’s like to play as Trump in the game, too.

The main characters mostly work, but everyone else? It’s a mess.

But it remains an open question whether the backers who left will ever return.

As it turns out, it helps to be first. And good.

The Internet may have desensitized us to such language, but that’s hardly an excuse, and we should demand better.

As the medium of a generation, there’s no other option.