Recently I tried to count how many military games I’ve played over my lifetime. I gave up at around 25 or so. The ...

I bought Sleeping Dogs 72 hours after moving to Hong Kong, thinking I’d explore the city digitally at the same time as encountering ...

When reports surfaced last week that Disney was considering Chris Pratt as the new Indiana Jones, the internet reacted – well, the way ...

Dangerous conversations. Fateful decisions. Personal grievances that send armies marching down the Kingsroad. More than any other property, Game of Thrones deserves the ...

On a normal basis I don’t muck around in comment section arguments. Partially that’s because internet debates tend to be mental ulcers that ...

Critical Intel tries to tackle the current issues in gaming, but unfortunately it can’t cover everything. Some stories fall through the cracks because ...

Critical Intel’s mission is to explore the overlapping space between video games and real life in order to enrich the reader’s appreciation for ...

Happy New Year! The season of celebratory excess has come to a close and a new year lies ahead. But now that you’re ...

Last week we explored how Ubisoft crafted a strikingly authentic Himalayan landscape for Far Cry 4. But there’s a lot more to a ...

Ubisoft’s team was on a narrow cliff-side path when the attack came. It was a common setting for Nepal — a strip of ...

Last week I talked about why Assassin’s Creed Unity doesn’t make the grade as historical fiction. But with a game this sprawling and ...

Can a video game be historical fiction? It’s a question I’ve confronted playing every Assassin’s Creed, and a goal Ubisoft clearly strides toward. ...