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This installment’s question comes from Gameological contributor Patrick Lee: What game do you love despite knowing…

One of the longest standing traditions in pro wrestling is the gimmick. The term itself is practically meaningless—a…

Perhaps it’s enough that Devil’s Third exists at all. A game best known for being mired in development hell almost…

Every December, instead of searching for a group consensus, Gameological looks back at the year in games through…

Before the game starts, before the title screen, even before the corporate logo splashes, Metal Gear Solid V: The…

Welcome to our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans, nagging questions, and whatever else we feel…

Perhaps A Knight To Remember couldn’t have been anything but a nostalgia piece. As the first of five chapters that…

Despite the best intentions of their handlers, popular superheroes are, to a certain extent, encased in amber. They…

This installment’s question comes from contributor Patrick Lee:

My review copy of Broken Age came with a letter from the game’s director, Tim Schafer. This in and of itself was not…

On Bastion’s official soundtrack, Rucks, the carburetor-throated narrator, muses that one of the worst things about…

Kirby: Canvas Curse, now nearly a decade old, used the unique features of the then-new Nintendo DS to rework…

As Anthony John Agnello wrote about previously, there are a few types of games that tend to show up during a…

Every December, instead of searching for a group consensus, Gameological looks back at the year in games through…

Early on in Never Alone, the little Iñupiaq girl Nuna is tasked with retrieving a drum from a mischievous group…

We all need something to live for. That goes double for those of us thrust into a zombie-filled post-apocalypse,…

One of Bayonetta 2’s many virtues is that it introduces itself accurately and succinctly. Pressing start on the…

This edition’s question was inspired by a suggestion from reader Rob W.:

Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…

When you can’t use the real thing, just fake it. Here are eight character ripoffs in ’80s Japanese games.