Author: Kevin McClusky

Okay, if I grab the hammer from that stump I can use it to take out two of those mooks…

SuperMash looked like one of the standouts during Nintendo’s recent Indie World Showcase, a genre-defying retro throwback to early Nintendo…

Jackbox Party Packs have turned into something of a Halloween tradition since the first one came out in 2014. Every…

If you’re lucky enough to have visited a big-city arcade within the last few years, you may have seen a…

Don’t look at me like that. Game writers are legally required to use that picture when writing about this game.…

Blizzard’s Hearthstone has been the face of digital card games for several years now, reliably one of the highest earning mobile…

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (DQXI) was one of my favorite titles from last year, a gorgeous…

RAD provides an alternate history where at some point in the mid-eighties, the world was annihilated in nuclear hellfire. Eventally, survivors…

“So what’s California Extreme?” I hear you asking. Simply put, it’s a yearly convention where arcade cabinet and pinball collectors…

Stranger Things 3: The Game is a note-for-note retelling of Stranger Things season three, released day and date with the popular Netflix…

Competition has been good for Hearthstone. Even though Artifact never really found an audience, other digital Collectible Card Games (CCGs) like…

Several years ago I read an article which put forth the notion that zombie media tends to do better when…

Apex Legends has been a legitimate phenomenon since it stealth-launched two weeks ago. Unfortunately, it’s also brought to light a serious…

Blizzard’s collectible card game Hearthstone is one of the brightest spots on the company’s ledger sheet, having recently surpassed 100…

One of my favorite overlooked PlayStation 2 titles is a 2003 brawler called War of the Monsters. Inspired by B-movies…

You Don’t Know Jack has always been an innovative property. The very first YDKJ game in 1995 was one of the first…

Some games wear their influences on their sleeve; Timespinner has a full-body tattoo that reads “I ♥ Symphony of the Night”…

Point-and-click adventure games had a bit of a renaissance in the last decade, but have become harder to find ever…

Sometimes a game’s title tells you everything you know. Shovel Knight, Battletoads, and even Super Mario Odyssey all give you a pretty…

Let’s talk about Artifact. The card-based battler was shown off to the public for the first time last weekend at…

Nintendo has had its ups and downs with indie developers, but the Switch seems to be doing things right. The…

It’s safe to say every game developer working today has probably played and enjoyed a Legend of Zelda game at some…

PAX’s Indie Megabooth is always worth checking out, and it’s frequently one of the most crowded sections of the show…

Double Fine is always trying something new. The developer regularly invites employees to pitch their game ideas during its annual…

When you play an urban planning simulator like SimCity or Cities: Skylines, you probably don’t give much thought to the…

For some reason the games industry doesn’t seem to like sharing sales numbers with the public, so it’s always interesting…

Blizzard’s Hearthstone is one of the company’s more unusual creations. A digital representation of a physical card game, based on a…

Overwatch‘s professional competitive games are done for the season, but this weekend the Overwatch League (OWL) is hosting its first…

Killer Queen is one of the best times you can have at an arcade, but right now it’s pretty hard…

Killer Queen is one of the best times you can have at an arcade, but right now it’s pretty hard…