Video Games - Aftermath (Page 7)

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

OK, But Who Is Inverting Their Horizontal Controls?

When we talk about inverted controls for video games, we’re usually talking about the way the camera moves vertically, called the y-axis. We talk about how the screen should

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 11 Sep 2025

Lakitu on a cloud with a camera, looking straight into the camera

Welcoming A Reluctant 43-Year-Old Man To Civil War (And Other) Strategy Video Games

Back in July, Riley went public with some very important news: as a newly middle-aged man, he had developed a passion for historical armed conflicts, and was beginning to express

By Luke Plunkett

/ 10 Sep 2025

Welcoming A Reluctant 43-Year-Old Man To Civil War (And Other) Strategy Video Games

Beloved Loser Horse That Inspired A Generation (And An Umamusume Anime Girl) Dies

On Friday, I went to a rave celebrating a series about fleet-footed anime girls based on real-life race horses. Today, the most-beloved of those IRL inspirations, a dismally untalented horse

By Nathan Grayson

/ 9 Sep 2025

Beloved Loser Horse That Inspired A Generation (And An Umamusume Anime Girl) Dies

Running A Video Games Publisher AND Marketing Agency Sounds Absolutely Exhausting

Oh boy, it's time for another instalment of What I Do, our regular feature showcasing just what it is that individuals across the video game industry actually do

By Luke Plunkett

/ 9 Sep 2025

Running A Video Games Publisher AND Marketing Agency Sounds Absolutely Exhausting

All-Consuming Event Releases Like Silksong Are Growing Fewer And Further Between

It’s here. It’s real. It briefly broke Steam. If you even casually follow video game news, you already know I’m talking about Hollow Knight: Silksong. The bug-tastic

By Nathan Grayson

/ 5 Sep 2025

All-Consuming Event Releases Like Silksong Are Growing Fewer And Further Between