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Gaming

The Steam Deck works so much better with this kickstand

And if you have a 3D printer, you don’t even have to buy it

By Nicole Carpenter

Reviews

Blade Runner TTRPG nails Ridley Scott’s vision, adds pitch-perfect investigative mechanics

Free League Publishing’s rain-soaked release is packed with gritty thrills

By Samantha Nelson

The Witcher 3 hits even harder in a post-Cyberpunk 2077 world

By Cameron Kunzelman December 12

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion is a vital reimagining in the revered saga

By Natalie Flores December 6

Need for Speed Unbound is the first great NFS game in years

By Owen S. Good December 5

Dwarf Fortress’ Steam version immediately punched me in the gut

By Grayson Morley December 5

The roguelite management sim that’s impossible to put down

By Nicole Clark December 1

Warhammer 40K: Darktide is off to a hell of a start

By Ewan Wilson November 30

Marvel’s Midnight Suns isn’t just XCOM with superheroes (and that’s a great thing)

By Charles Theel November 30

Somerville is a worthy spiritual sequel to Limbo and Inside

By Chris Plante November 14

Obsidian’s murder mystery Pentiment is full of tough, Fallout-style choices

By Jay Castello November 14

The best time loop game of 2022 is a teen sci-fi gem

By Nicole Clark November 4

The must-play puzzle game of 2022 is a pixelated murder mystery

By Nicole Carpenter November 1

Signalis is a near pitch-perfect ode to Resident Evil and Silent Hill

By Toussaint Egan October 25

Trophy Dark is the role-playing game that offers doom instead of glory

By Charles Theel October 24

Flamecraft, a board game about artisan dragons, is one of 2022’s best

By Charlie Hall October 21

A Plague Tale: Requiem is the sequel 2019’s cult hit deserves

By Kazuma Hashimoto October 17

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope is one of the greatest Mario spinoffs

By Mike Mahardy October 17

Bullet-hell FPS Hyper Demon is like staring point-blank into an eldritch stargate

By Toussaint Egan September 23

NBA 2K23 is the most inspired sports game in years

By Owen S. Good September 16

Four years later, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has emerged from Left 4 Dead’s shadow

By Ewan Wilson September 11

Thor: Love and Thunder barely cracked the best Thor villain of our age

By Susana Polo September 8

I played The Last of Us for the first time in 2022

By Nicole Carpenter August 31

F1 Manager 22 is the perfect game for all types of Formula 1 obsessives

By Pete Volk August 30

I can’t get Immortality’s slow, neurotic mystery out of my head

By Alexis Ong August 30

My favorite new Jane Austen adaptation is an elaborate game of Dungeons & Dragons

By Em Friedman August 24

Total War: Warhammer 3’s Immortal Empires redefines ‘sandbox’ video games

By Mike Mahardy August 23

Rollerdrome is a blast if you don’t think too hard about it

By Grayson Morley August 22

Saints Row reboots the series with a rage-fueled take on the gig economy

By Todd Harper August 22

Spelljammer is for losers

By Samantha Nelson August 17

Cult of the Lamb is that rare game: a fun critique of organized religion

By Kazuma Hashimoto August 10

Bear and Breakfast finds the magic in woodland resort management

By Nicole Carpenter July 28

Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s story blindsided me

By Autumn Wright July 26

Hear me out: Risk of Rain 2 is the Mario 64 of roguelikes

By Mike Mahardy July 24

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