Correction: Last week I said that YouTube didn’t respond to the #WTFU protest. But it turns out I was wrong! Sort of. A ...

WTF, YouTube? YouTube is a major part of videogame culture. It’s where the trailers appear. It’s where we post our let’s play videos. ...

Some reader questions this week. First off, Undertale: Hey Shamus, […] Why in particular was Undertale so popular? What factors in 2015 caused ...

Last week I talked about how games benefit from having elements that are driven by random numbers, even when the game is supposedly ...

It’s time for me to take on another reader question by going off on a tangent and running out of space before I ...

I liked the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot. My only real complaint was with the story where you spent most of your time trying ...

Last week EA announced they were “on a journey” to regain the trust of PC gamers. Now, the popular thing to do here ...

This week someone sent me a really interesting question on AI in games: Hi Shamus, I’ve been reading and hearing a lot about ...

About three months ago I wrote about what made the original System Shock game a big deal. Then last month, it was announced ...

I’ve used this space to talk about VR a lot. Back in 2014, I had a column talking about why the Oculus was ...

Apparently Marvel Studios can do no wrong. They’ve made 12 movies so far, and none of them have been a serious misfire. Sure, ...

It’s the end of the year, and we’re all doing our end-of-year lists. What games were amazingly successful? What games were hilarious failures? ...