Video Game

inFAMOUS: Second Son

PS4

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2014

Socio-politics has had an easier time infiltrating other forms of pop culture than gaming, from the terror era analogies of Battlestar Gala...

Titanfall

Xbox One / PC

PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2014

There has perhaps never been a more apropos name for a company than Respawn Entertainment. Yes, it's a hat-tip to the most emblematic gamep...

Bravely Default

3DS

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2014

Japanese role-playing games have long been considered a dying, if not dead, genre outside of where the sun rises. Even Final Fantasy, the i...

The Lego Movie Videogame

Multi-platform

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2014

This is a Lego videogame based on a Lego movie greenlit thanks to the popularity of previous Lego videogames, which are, of course, based o...

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

Xbox One

PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2013

Created by Copenhagen studio Press Play, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a spiritual sequel to Max & the Magic Marker, the indie WiiWare,...

NES Remix

Wii U

PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2013

Nintendo began in the '80s. No, not that one — the 1880s. But though it began as a 19th century playing card company, it's now of cou...

Batman: Arkham Origins

PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2013

Gaming sequels generally don't have the baggage of film sequels because so much of the initial game is focused on building worlds, developi...

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2013

Assassin's Creed III may have been a polarizing entry in the Canadian-crafted franchise, but pretty much everyone agreed that the ship-boun...