It has not been a great couple of weeks for Steam, Itch.io, adult games, or our right to freedom of expression. First payment processors came for Steam, forcing Valve
One of my favorite things to do is explain niche gaming things to my befuddled husband. It’s the trade-off for listening to him talk about the Dodgers—while I
For better and, often, worse, traditional video games have calcified. If you check Steam’s top ten most-played games on any given day, you’ll likely find a lineup of
After a brief reprieve, clearly-senile mostly-king Trump is once again frothing at the mouth with tariff madness, which means that goods we take for granted are on the verge of
Out and About wears its “wholesome” inspirations on its sleeve, right down to the word appearing on its logo. Its Steam Next Fest demo has all the bright colors and
Steam Next Fest is in full swing, and the hopefully-washed masses are once again partaking of more demos than any one person can reasonably get through. This time around, though,
Avowed is a vast game with some weirdly complicated progression elements about which the jury’s still out, but I want to praise a moment of pure, perfect simplicity. Near
Over the weekend, PlayStation Network – the backbone of PS5 and PS4’s online services – went down for roughly 24 hours. If we’re talking video game service outages in recent
After spending almost two hours with the Death Howl demo, I realized that the most important aspect of any so-called “soulslike” video game is the vibes.
I have long loathed
