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Rhythm games hit a new high note thanks to independent developers
By Diego Nicolás Argüello April 8, 2026 | 4:00pm
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Life Is Strange: Reunion gives fans everything they want, and is worse off for it
By Willa Rowe April 7, 2026 | 9:00am
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Fortnite chased the metaverse, and now workers are paying the price
By Mikhail Klimentov March 30, 2026 | 10:00am
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Ditching Justin Roiland is the best thing that could have happened to High On Life 2
By William Hughes February 27, 2026 | 7:00am
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Re;Match brings fighting game energy to the tabletop
By Elijah Gonzalez February 21, 2026 | 8:00am
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Disco Elysium's untimely death looms over spiritual sequel Zero Parades: For Dead Spies
By Elijah Gonzalez February 19, 2026 | 9:00am
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10 years later, Firewatch’s critique of masculinity is just a different shade of toxicity
By Bee Wertheimer February 17, 2026 | 10:00am
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Scarlet Hollow and Slay The Princess make branching narrative look easy
By Grace Benfell February 16, 2026 | 1:00pm
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Mewgenics is, at long last, a worthy successor to The Binding Of Isaac
By William Hughes February 13, 2026 | 10:00am
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Whether or not you speak Spanish, there's no misunderstanding what Bad Bunny meant
By Drew Gillis February 8, 2026 | 10:45pm
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Dragon Quest VII Reimagined feels kind of like dying—except not as fun
By William Hughes February 6, 2026 | 11:00am
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Dosa Divas cooks up tasty turn-based battles with a side of corporate critique
By Elijah Gonzalez February 5, 2026 | 12:00pm
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AVQ&A: What's your favorite Catherine O'Hara performance?
By A.V. Club Staff February 2, 2026 | 3:53pm
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Fascist violence reaped domestic tragedy in The Medium
By Madeline Blondeau January 31, 2026 | 1:00pm
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February games preview: Resident Evil's latest frights cap off a busy month
By Garrett Martin January 31, 2026 | 7:00am
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There’s pleasure, and merit, in returning to a game you’ve panned
By William Hughes January 30, 2026 | 9:00am
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Why do video game skeletons put themselves back together?
By Bee Wertheimer January 27, 2026 | 4:00pm
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Horror's in the blood in Blumhouse Games' Crisol: Theater of Idols
By Moises Taveras January 27, 2026 | 11:00am
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Highguard raids the crowded world of online shooters
By Garrett Martin January 26, 2026 | 1:00pm
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Hollow Knight: Silksong's brutal final stretch conveys the difficulty of creating lasting change
By Elijah Gonzalez January 20, 2026 | 7:00am
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The Fallout games are at their smartest when nothing's blowing up
By William Hughes January 16, 2026 | 11:00am
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Pathologic 3 weaves gameplay and narrative as tightly as blood and bone
By Grace Benfell January 15, 2026 | 10:00am
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The familiar My Hero Academia: All’s Justice doesn’t seem to go beyond its predecessors
By Elijah Gonzalez January 12, 2026 | 10:00am
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Sektori’s gnarliest enemy is the player’s own brain
By William Hughes January 9, 2026 | 1:00pm
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Despelote takes a bold step forward for documentary storytelling
By Elijah Gonzalez January 6, 2026 | 2:00pm
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Political symbols are everywhere now—on our streets and our screens
By Laura Zornosa December 16, 2025 | 2:00pm
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2025 was the year comedians defended comedy from itself
By Matt Schimkowitz December 8, 2025 | 6:00am
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Netflix Party Games marks the streamer's latest unconvincing push into gaming
By Elijah Gonzalez December 1, 2025 | 7:00am
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What Is Call of Duty Scared Of?
By Moises Taveras October 21, 2025 | 3:00pm
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The Strength of Super Metroid's Soundtrack Is in Its Silences
By Maddy Myers October 21, 2025 | 2:00pm
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Reunion Is A Great Post-Car Crash Game
By Wallace Truesdale October 20, 2025 | 12:00pm
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F-Zero GX Proves the Switch 2 Can Bring GameCube Rarities Back to Life
By Marc Normandin June 16, 2025 | 12:45pm
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Resident Evil Requiem's Demo Recedes Into the Wallpaper
By Garrett Martin June 12, 2025 | 4:09pm
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Shredding the Dunes in Sword of the Sea
By Garrett Martin June 12, 2025 | 12:26pm
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Mixtape Dials In to Universal Nostalgia
By Garrett Martin June 11, 2025 | 3:45pm
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Mario Kart World Opens Up to the Internet Age
By Garrett Martin June 6, 2025 | 4:30pm
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Horror Game Biophobia Grows A Garden From Grief – And Art
By Madeline Blondeau June 5, 2025 | 2:31pm
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Epic Universe: The Triumph of the Post-Theme Park
By Garrett Martin May 30, 2025 | 4:01pm
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No, the Saturn Didn't Fail Because Sega Didn't Anticipate the Rise of 3D Videogames
By Marc Normandin May 29, 2025 | 1:03pm
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The Drifter Is An Upcoming Carpenter-Inspired Adventure Game With Killer Pixel Art
By Elijah Gonzalez May 29, 2025 | 10:00am
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Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake Gives A Pair of Seminal RPGs A Fresh Coat of Paint
By Elijah Gonzalez May 27, 2025 | 10:35am
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Disneyland Celebrates Its 70th Anniversary with Fun Both Old and New
By Garrett Martin May 26, 2025 | 1:59pm
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NebulasRay and How Shmups Struggled to Stay Relevant in the Early Days of 3D Graphics and Fighting Games
By Garrett Martin May 20, 2025 | 10:30am
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Riftbound: League of Legends TCG Is A Promising Challenger In A Contested Battlefield
By Elijah Gonzalez May 15, 2025 | 11:30am
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Inside Galaxian3, Namco's Almost Extinct Room-Sized Arcade Game
By Marc Normandin May 14, 2025 | 1:24pm
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25 Years Ago the Most Melancholy Zelda Foreshadowed the Rise of Roguelikes
By Marc Normandin April 25, 2025 | 10:30am
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The New King Kong Pinball Machine Looks Cool, but It Could Look a Lot Cooler
By Garrett Martin April 24, 2025 | 1:30pm
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Rematch Is A Compellingly Fussy Take on Football
By Elijah Gonzalez April 18, 2025 | 11:30am
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Retro Platformer Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Skillfully Combines Old And New
By Elijah Gonzalez April 16, 2025 | 11:00am
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Super Nintendo World Reaches New Heights at Epic Universe
By Garrett Martin April 14, 2025 | 3:23pm
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Upcoming Horror Game The Midnight Walk And Its Hand-Crafted Clay Figures Are A Sight To Behold
By Elijah Gonzalez April 3, 2025 | 12:00pm
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Metroids, Monkeys, and Mario Karts: Paste Goes Hands-On with the Nintendo Switch 2
By Garrett Martin April 3, 2025 | 9:00am
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Psycho Patrol R Is A Delightfully Nasty Mech Sim From The Cruelty Squad Team
By Elijah Gonzalez April 2, 2025 | 10:30am
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Saturday Night Wii: An Excerpt from Mike Drucker's Good Game, No Rematch
By Mike Drucker April 1, 2025 | 10:00am
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10 Years Later, Bloodborne Still Transcends The Limits of Cosmic Horror
By Elijah Gonzalez March 24, 2025 | 1:20pm
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Atomfall: A Very British Nuclear Disaster
By Garrett Martin March 7, 2025 | 9:00am
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Absolum Is A Fresh Take On Beat ‘Em Ups From The Streets of Rage 4 Devs
By Elijah Gonzalez March 4, 2025 | 11:00am
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Keep On Truxton: The Soothing Stress of Shoot 'Em Ups
By Garrett Martin March 3, 2025 | 3:19pm
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Splitgate 2 Is Still A Fun Halo/Portal Mashup, But Faces A Brutal Shooter Market
By Elijah Gonzalez February 27, 2025 | 12:00pm
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30 Years Ago Phantasy Star IV Pulled Off Final Fantasy VII's Big Plot Twist First
By Marc Normandin February 26, 2025 | 1:30pm
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Galaga Wars+: Is a Shmup a Shmup If You Don't Actually Shmup?
By Garrett Martin February 25, 2025 | 1:30pm
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Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Is A Deep, Rewarding Fighting Game With Very Fixable Problems
By Elijah Gonzalez February 25, 2025 | 11:00am
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Monster Hunter Wilds Would Be Better If We Could Play as the Weird Cat Sidekicks
By Garrett Martin February 24, 2025 | 3:19pm
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Avowed's Best Build Makes Me a Lightning-Charged Man of God
By Garrett Martin February 20, 2025 | 10:30am
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Monster Train 2 Seems On Track For More Card-Based Thrills
By Elijah Gonzalez February 19, 2025 | 10:00am
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Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Is The Dumb Pirate Game We've Desperately Needed
By Elijah Gonzalez February 18, 2025 | 10:00am
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Elden Ring Nightreign Hands-on Preview: A New Trip Through The Lands Between
By Garrett Martin February 12, 2025 | 9:00am
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South of Midnight Is No Carpetbagger
By Garrett Martin February 11, 2025 | 11:00am
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Monster Hunter Wilds Gives Us a Welcome New World to Escape Into
By Moises Taveras February 11, 2025 | 10:00am
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Civilization VII: The Beginning of a New Age
By Garrett Martin January 31, 2025 | 11:00am
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Bodies and Long-Term Harm: Gareth Damian Martin Discusses Citizen Sleeper 2
By Cameron Kunzelman January 29, 2025 | 12:30pm
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We Could All Use a New Civilization Right Now
By Garrett Martin January 23, 2025 | 12:17pm
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Hyper Light Breaker’s Early Access Launch Has a Decent Foundation, But A Long Way To Go
By Elijah Gonzalez January 16, 2025 | 1:00pm
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Resident Evil 4 at 20: 2005's Best Game Still Doesn't Need a Remake
By Marc Normandin January 10, 2025 | 2:30pm
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Let’s Delay All the Games—But Only if Game Companies Do This Too
By Garrett Martin January 9, 2025 | 5:43pm
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The 20 Best Xbox Games of 2024
By Paste Staff December 23, 2024 | 1:31pm
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The Best Board Games of 2024
By Keith Law December 20, 2024 | 1:00pm
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The 20 Best Switch Games of 2024
By Paste Staff December 19, 2024 | 1:07pm
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Revenge of the Savage Planet Might Just Have The Right Stuff
By Elijah Gonzalez December 17, 2024 | 9:00am
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The 20 Best PlayStation 5 Games of 2024
By Paste Staff December 16, 2024 | 2:00pm
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30 Years Ago Hideo Kojima's Early Classic Snatcher Received Its Only Official American Release
By Marc Normandin December 16, 2024 | 12:31pm
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The 40 Best Games of 2024
By Paste Staff December 3, 2024 | 12:18pm
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Half-Life 2 at 20: Valve’s Iconic FPS Gave Players the Power to Shape Their World
By Jim Vorel November 29, 2024 | 10:00am
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Voice Actress Briana White On Bringing Aerith To Life, Award Nominations, and Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth’s Ending
By Elijah Gonzalez November 27, 2024 | 3:26pm
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The Nintendo DS Turns 20 Today. Will We Ever Play These Games Again?
By Marc Normandin November 21, 2024 | 12:28pm
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Metal Slug Tactics Is a Great Strategy Game Trapped in a So-So Roguelike
By Elijah Gonzalez November 5, 2024 | 9:00am
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Creative Director Talks Restoring the Lore
By Garrett Martin October 31, 2024 | 5:26pm
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UFO 50's Strategy Game Party House Deserves a Standalone Release
By Garrett Martin October 28, 2024 | 4:13pm
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Everything I Know about Dragon Ball Comes from Videogames
By Garrett Martin October 17, 2024 | 7:09pm
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Silent Hill 2 Remake Is Good, But It’s Missing What Made The Original Special: Camp
By Elijah Gonzalez October 10, 2024 | 1:00pm
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UFO 50 And the Joy of Discovery
By Elijah Gonzalez October 7, 2024 | 10:45am
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Why Do We Even Want to Be Space Marines?
By Dia Lacina September 27, 2024 | 1:30pm
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Shogun Showdown Will Be Your Next Roguelike Deckbuilder Obsession
By Elijah Gonzalez September 26, 2024 | 12:46pm
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Boss Rush: Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy’s Snake Obstacle Is Unforgiving and Unforgettable
By Elijah Gonzalez September 25, 2024 | 11:00am
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20 Years Ago Katamari Damacy Became an Unlikely Sensation
By Marc Normandin September 20, 2024 | 1:07pm
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is Shaping Up to Be an Overpowering Experience
By Kate Sánchez September 19, 2024 | 11:00am
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Boss Rush: Armored Core VI's Balteus Teaches a Tough But Essential Lesson
By Elijah Gonzalez September 11, 2024 | 12:00pm
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2005 Was the Year I Lost to World of Warcraft
By Jim Vorel September 5, 2024 | 1:30pm
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Thank Goodness You’re Here! Brilliantly Satirizes Videogame Tropes
By Elijah Gonzalez September 3, 2024 | 11:00am
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The Surprising Return of Nintendo's Famicom Detective Club
By Marc Normandin August 30, 2024 | 10:05am
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Nintensive Care: Why Sky Skipper Was Justifiably Forgotten for Almost 40 Years
By Garrett Martin August 21, 2024 | 1:00pm
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Treasures the Past, But Will It Chart Its Own Path?
By Elijah Gonzalez August 20, 2024 | 4:00pm
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How The Sega Genesis Made Weird Work
By Madeline Blondeau August 20, 2024 | 11:53am
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In Clickolding Nobody and Everybody Has the Power
By Garrett Martin August 12, 2024 | 2:46pm
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Trails End: Nihon Falcom Ending the Trails Series Is the Right Call
By Marc Normandin August 5, 2024 | 12:11pm
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Grief and Grace Along Route Zero
By Perry Gottschalk August 1, 2024 | 1:04pm
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Boss Rush: Tunic's "Golden Path" Is a Brain-Bending Final Challenge
By Elijah Gonzalez July 31, 2024 | 12:00pm
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Fighting Game Bad Guys Can't Seem To Stay Dead
By Elijah Gonzalez July 30, 2024 | 1:18pm
