Video Games - Aftermath (Page 19)

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Skate was a video game first released back in 2007 that wasn't particularly interested in the waning days of "skate culture", in so much as it

By Luke Plunkett

/ 22 Sep 2025

I'm Not A Robot, But This Free Puzzle Game Unearthed My Human Limitations

Gaming, at its core, is just a series of puzzles: some meditative, some maddening. I'm Not A Robot splits the difference, turning the mundane act of proving your

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 22 Sep 2025

Why Major Events Like Charlie Kirk's Death End Up On Roblox

It took mere hours after Charlie Kirk’s death at Utah Valley University before recreations of the scene—in which suspect Tyler Robinson allegedly shot Kirk from a nearby rooftop—

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 22 Sep 2025

Recreation of Charlie Kirk event in Robox

What A Shock, The Government Is Scapegoating Video Games Again

Between RFK Jr speculating that video games are a root cause of mass shootings, the Secret Service probing the alleged Charlie Kirk killer’s Steam history, and the US Oversight

By Nathan Grayson

/ 19 Sep 2025

What A Shock, The Government Is Scapegoating Video Games Again

A Condition Took Away The Use Of My Hands. Silksong Helped Me Rehab Them

Last year I woke up with the hands of an alien. Every item I grasped fell to the floor like so many grains of sand; every doorknob became a lock

By Nicole Clark

/ 19 Sep 2025

A Condition Took Away The Use Of My Hands. Silksong Helped Me Rehab Them

Endless Legend 2 Is Another Reminder That 4X Games Are Leaving Me Behind, And It Sucks

If there's one genre of game I've spent more time playing in the past decade than any other--more than MLGAM tactics games, more than sports games,

By Luke Plunkett

/ 18 Sep 2025

Endless Legend 2 Is Another Reminder That 4X Games Are Leaving Me Behind, And It Sucks

Arma Can Be A Boys Club, But This Trans Women-Only Platoon Aims To Change That

I spawned on a moon base in Arma 3. My role was a rifleman, and I held some extra ammo for the rest of my squad. I put on my

By Ben Jodway

/ 18 Sep 2025

Arma Can Be A Boys Club, But This Trans Women-Only Platoon Aims To Change That

Months After Microsoft Layoffs, Zenimax Unions Never Stopped Fighting For Impacted Workers

Back in July, Microsoft laid off 9,100 employees across the company, in particular gutting numerous games teams and leading to a cascade of high-profile project cancellations that included Perfect

By Nathan Grayson

/ 17 Sep 2025

Months After Microsoft Layoffs, Zenimax Unions Never Stopped Fighting For Impacted Workers

US Oversight Committee Requests Discord, Steam, Twitch CEOs At Online Radicalization Hearing

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman James Comer is summoning the CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch and Reddit to Washington. A full committee hearing is scheduled for Oct. 8,

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 17 Sep 2025

US Oversight Committee Requests Discord, Steam, Twitch CEOs At Online Radicalization Hearing

Henry Halfhead Is What Would Happen If Prey's Mimics Were Cute

Remember the mimics from Prey, those creepy masses of tentacles that could disguise themselves as shoes and coffee cups so they could get the drop on you? Henry Halfhead is

By Riley MacLeod

/ 17 Sep 2025

Henry Halfhead, the top of a human head, in a play area surrounded by blocks, a xylophone, and a crib

'Kei' And 'Midi' Are Much More Interesting Video Game Definitions Than 'Indie' Or 'AA'

Humans are smart, so we know deep down that every attempt we make to classify the things we create is fraught with peril, because so much of what we create

By Luke Plunkett

/ 16 Sep 2025

'Kei' And 'Midi' Are Much More Interesting Video Game Definitions Than 'Indie' Or 'AA'

Following 'Recent Events,' Mods Lock Helldivers Subreddit, While Helldivers 2 Stays Open

Due to what they call “recent events,” the moderators of the r/Helldivers subreddit have temporarily closed the community. Meanwhile, the moderators of r/Helldivers2 have decided to keep theirs

By Gita Jackson

/ 12 Sep 2025

an image of a very big bomb from helldivers 2