The Escapist

Paper Mario alongside his partners in Thousand-Year Door

Ranking Every Paper Mario Game, From Worst to Best

Three divers walking through a forest location

Arrowhead CEO Reveals He Knew About Sony’s Helldivers 2 PSN Requirement Six Months Before Launch

Honkai: Star Rail character smiling

The Honkai: Star Rail Pity System Might Be More Generous Than You Think

Combined stills of Master Mold, Wolverine, and Bolivar Trask from X-Men '97 Season 1

X-Men ’97 Is the First X-Adaptation to Spotlight Mutantkind’s Greatest Enemy: Evolution

Ryan Gosling smiling in The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy Cements Ryan Gosling as Hollywood’s Cool Uncle

News

Three divers walking through a forest location

Arrowhead CEO Reveals He Knew About Sony’s Helldivers 2 PSN Requirement Six Months Before Launch

Critical Role bells hells artwork

A Fan-Favorite Critical Role Player Just Rejoined the Campaign With an Emotional Reunion

Fallout 4, a person in grey mechanical armour.

MW3 May Be Crossing Over With Fallout, Gundam & More in Season 4

Features

Paper Mario alongside his partners in Thousand-Year Door

Ranking Every Paper Mario Game, From Worst to Best

Honkai: Star Rail character smiling

Honkai: Star Rail character smiling

The Honkai: Star Rail Pity System Might Be More Generous Than You Think

Combined stills of Master Mold, Wolverine, and Bolivar Trask from X-Men '97 Season 1

Combined stills of Master Mold, Wolverine, and Bolivar Trask from X-Men '97 Season 1

X-Men ’97 Is the First X-Adaptation to Spotlight Mutantkind’s Greatest Enemy: Evolution

Ryan Gosling smiling in The Fall Guy

Ryan Gosling smiling in The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy Cements Ryan Gosling as Hollywood’s Cool Uncle

A scene from Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, with a smiling Vault Boy cartoon head pasted over the Umbrella Corporation's co-owner.

A scene from Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, with a smiling Vault Boy cartoon head pasted over the Umbrella Corporation's co-owner.

Fallout Basically Turned Vault-Tec Into the Umbrella Corporation

MW3 Season 3 Promo Image Cropped

MW3 Season 3 Promo Image Cropped

All New Maps in MW3 Season 3 Ranked, Worst to Best

Poster artwork for the Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 25th anniversary theatrical re-release.

Poster artwork for the Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 25th anniversary theatrical re-release.

Why I’ll Never Stop Apologizing For the Star Wars Prequels (Even Though They’re Bad)

Podcasts

This week on the Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss video game violence has jumping the shark, and if any games have anything interesting to say about it.

Has Video Game Violence Jumped the Shark? – Slightly Something Else

This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss games Return of the Obra Dinn, Chants of Sennaar, and what it takes for a game to make us actually feel smart.

Give Us More Games That Make Us Feel Smart – Slightly Something Else

This week on the Slightly Something Else podcast, Yahtzee and Marty discuss what makes a good video game map.

A Good Map Is Hard to Find – Slightly Something Else

Video Series

Thirsty Suitors Review: A story-driven RPG by Outerloop Games that features one of the best stories in a game this year

Thirsty Suitors Review

Jusant Review: An excellent puzzle climbing game developed and published by Don't Nod, where you embark on a journey ascending a massive mountain shrouded in mystery.

Jusant Review: An excellent puzzle climbing game developed and published by Don't Nod, where you embark on a journey ascending a massive mountain shrouded in mystery.

This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee wonders where all stealth games have gone to.

This week on Extra Punctuation, Yahtzee wonders where all stealth games have gone to.

Where Did All the Stealth Games Go? – Extra Punctuation

In this episode of The Stuff of Legends, Frost tells the story of an Elite Dangerous author who was hunted by his own fans.

In this episode of The Stuff of Legends, Frost tells the story of an Elite Dangerous author who was hunted by his own fans.

The Author Hunted by His Own Fans in Elite Dangerous

This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee takes a look at 2023's Lords of the Fallen, not to be confused with 2014's Lords of the Fallen.

This week on Zero Punctuation, Yahtzee takes a look at 2023's Lords of the Fallen, not to be confused with 2014's Lords of the Fallen.

Lords of the Fallen (2023) – Zero Punctuation

In today's episode of Design Delve J & Ludo brave the terrors of the Sevastopol and unpack why Alien: Isolation remains such an effective horror experience.

In today's episode of Design Delve J & Ludo brave the terrors of the Sevastopol and unpack why Alien: Isolation remains such an effective horror experience.

The Scarily Good Design of Alien: Isolation

This week on Cold Take, Frost takes a look at the sad state of consumer protections.

This week on Cold Take, Frost takes a look at the sad state of consumer protections.

Consumer Rights Need to Catch Up