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video games
Aug. 24, 2023
Meet Nicki Minaj’s New Body She can off ya top with her new Call of Duty operator bundle.
By Jennifer Zhan
fall preview 2023
Aug. 23, 2023
10 Video Games We Can’t Wait to Play This Fall There’s some extra life in the video-game industry, which continues to surprise us.
By Luke Winkie
leveling up
Aug. 21, 2023
It’s-a Not Him, Mario, Anymore Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, will not be voicing for Nintendo any longer.
By Jason P. Frank
The 5 Very Best Gaming Chairs The key to a good gaming chair is lots of support.
vulture recommends
July 17, 2023
By Alejandra Gularte
In Video Games, There’s a Fine Line Between Difficulty and Disrespect FromSoftware’s miserable, massively popular titles complicate what it means to “enjoy” a game.
By Jordan Minor
tribeca 2023
June 27, 2023
Hideo Kojima Is a Genius. What Else Is New? A new documentary about the acclaimed video-game auteur reveals very little.
By Shannon Liao
a little porn at work
June 7, 2023
Cracking the Secrets of ITYSL ’s Nude Egg Alec Robbins, who designed the sketch show’s video game, goes deep on butthole and bush design.
By Hershal Pandya
my soundtrack song is dropping
June 5, 2023
By Zoe Guy
The Dead Cells Toxic Sewers Level Is Hard (But It Doesn’t, Er, Stink) What makes the game’s most daunting area so difficult and how new efforts around accessibility have changed the experience.
By Aidan Moher
Finding the Fun in Failure Bennett Foddy’s video games are maddening, tedious, unfair, and borderline impossible — that’s just how he wants them.
By Clayton Purdom
So You Want to Beat Tears of the Kingdom in 75 Minutes … The speedrunner Gymnast86 shares the techniques and mind-set that helped him set the game’s first fastest-time record. (Now broken.) (Many times.)
By Eric Vilas-Boas
How Much Should a Video Game Tell You? In titles such as Elden Ring , Outer Wilds , and Tears of the Kingdom , a lack of information is part of the … charm?
By Luke Winkie
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Taps the Ceiling of What Switch Can DoIt’s a god game with the patina of a ronin story that makes you wonder, This is good, but is this as good as it gets?
By Craig Jenkins
Into the Breach ’s Final Level Is Hard Without Breaking the Rules“A high level of difficulty,” explains developer Matthew Davis, “makes every decision interesting.”
By Aidan Moher
vulture lists
May 22, 2023
The 100 Hardest Video-Game Levels of All Time Dizzying shooters, agonizing puzzles, and water stages (ugh) that raise the question: Continue?
vulture lists
May 22, 2023
The 100 Hardest Video-Game Bosses, Ranked From gods and zombies to a shark and a tree, the one trait they share is an ability to end your game swiftly.
first impressions
May 19, 2023
One Week in Tears of the Kingdom Welcome to our awestruck reactions and DM convos shared upon playing the latest Zelda game.
By Vulture Staff
let’s go gamers
May 17, 2023
By James Grebey
extremely online
May 14, 2023
By Alejandra Gularte
review roundup
May 12, 2023
Critics Are Giving The Legend of Zelda Her 10’s The raves are pouring in for Tears of the Kingdom.
By Jason P. Frank
Wii Sports Finally Made It to the World Video Game Hall of FameAlong with The Last of Us, Barbie Fashion Designer , and Computer Space .
By Jennifer Zhan
trailer mix
Apr. 14, 2023
By Eric Vilas-Boas
Toad Is Asian Isn’t it obvious?
By Nicholas Quah
up over and gone too soon
Mar. 31, 2023
By Alejandra Gularte
video games
Mar. 22, 2023
The Never-ending Storyteller Daniel Benmergui knew his innovative indie-game concept could work. He didn’t know it’d take him 15 years of development hell to put it out.
By Clayton Purdom
adaptations
Mar. 12, 2023
The Last of Us ’s Most Interesting Game Departures ExplainedCo-creator Neil Druckmann unpacks the rationale behind the TV show’s deviations from the original video game.
As told to Scott Meslow
lingering questions
Mar. 12, 2023
Where Does The Last of Us Go From Here? Let the speculation for season two (and beyond?) commence.
By Brian Tallerico
It’s a-Here, Mario! Chris Pratt, look how you massacred our boy.
By Rebecca Alter
The Last of Us ’s Troy Baker on Watching Pedro Pascal Play the Role He Originated“Every episode, there’s some moment where I go, I didn’t think about that. I didn’t see that . It catches me off guard.”
By Ben Rosenstock
video games
Feb. 23, 2023
Hogwarts Legacy Is J.K. Rowling’s Legacy, Summed Up in a Dud of a GameThe feverishly anticipated Harry Potter video game can’t muster the fantasy escapism it so desperately wants.
By Lewis Gordon
resource management
Feb. 19, 2023
Give It Up for the Last of Us Menstrual Cup Ellie’s item upgrade is a perfect combination of video-game mechanics and character-based detail.
By Kathryn VanArendonk
backstories
Feb. 10, 2023
How The Last of Us Raised Death From Below Months of preparation, weeks of night shoots, and dozens of extras went into unearthing Kansas City’s infected infestation.
By Roxana Hadadi
stop playing
Feb. 9, 2023
Melanie Lynskey Shuts Down a Complaining Last of Us Fan Who said the actor’s body type didn’t fit her character.
By Zoe Guy
The Last of Us Is Not a Video-Game AdaptationHBO turned the story into unmissable television. So why does it feel like something’s missing?
By Andrea Long Chu
Jeffrey Pierce on His New Last of Us Role and Old Last of Us Themes “I think it’s interesting and powerful to force the audience to ask, ‘Okay, who’s the villain here and who’s the good guy?’”
By Ben Rosenstock
Keke Palmer Is Streaming the Sims on Twitch Now Content warning, she has installed Wicked Whims.
By Bethy Squires
Which Old Video-Game Score Would Have Won a Grammy? Predicting past winners for the Recording Academy’s new music-in-gaming category.
By Brady Gerber
Most of Us Watched The Last of Us The video-game adaptation pulled the second-largest audience for an HBO premiere, behind only the dragon show.
By Zoe Guy
adaptations
Jan. 12, 2023
What Non-Gamers Should Know About The Last of Us Should you binge-play the landmark 2013 video game before diving into HBO’s adaptation? It depends on how you feel about spoilers.
By Scott Meslow
living in a simulation
Dec. 26, 2022
Thank God for Our Virtual Jobs Video games like Power Wash Simulator are a balm for corporate malaise.
By Luke Winkie
best of 2022
Dec. 8, 2022
The Best Video Games of 2022 In a year devoid of many major blockbusters, eccentric titles had their time to shine.
By Luke Winkie
The Callisto Protocol Ups the IckThe spiritual successor to the survival-horror classic Dead Space doesn’t let the dread build.
By Lewis Gordon
vulture recommends
Nov. 29, 2022
Pentiment Is a MiracleA medieval murder mystery is one of the best video games of the year.
By Nicholas Quah
justice for booster gold
Nov. 27, 2022
By Bethy Squires
perseverance
Nov. 11, 2022
25-Year-Old Pallet Town Boy Wins Pokémon World Series Ash Ketchum just had the greatest day of his life. He has become the very best.
By Rebecca Alter
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