But it's not for the reasons you think.

Imagine the card game of Solitaire, except it's about Victorian courtship, and you can win fancy dresses and decorate your ballroom and also unlock clever and challenging new twists on… Read the rest of the article: This fresh, romantic take on Solitaire will have you hooked

Epanalepsis Announce TrailerWatch this video on YouTube My pal Cameron Kunzelman made this game called Epanalepsis, where three different characters 20 years apart walk around and talk about the things… Read the rest of the article: I don't really 'get' this game, but I like it

The author of This Book Is A Dungeon [This Dungeon Is A Book] describes his new project as "a multi-format creative experiment that merges the worlds of game design, interactive fiction, indie authorship, and self-publishing together in one crazy project."

Horror video games have definitely lost something in recent years thanks to commercial constraints and a culture shift toward direct action and away from mystery—which is why promising new ones get genre fans' enthusiasm way up.

What would it be like to have actor Vin Diesel gently and encouragingly DM a game of Dungeons & Dragons for you? Thanks to a new Twine game, you don't… Read the rest of the article: Having Vin Diesel as your dungeon master is really soothing

The Westport Independent casts you as the clip-happy editor of a newsrag under an oppressive regime, where you decide what goes to print. Can you manage the government threat and still subvert it?

Black Closet trailer – Feb 2015Watch this video on YouTube Take one part roleplaying game, one part dating sim, and one part mystery-solving, set it in a traditional elite girls'… Read the rest of the article: Being student council president at an elite girls school isn't easy

Arielle Grimes' What Now? uses constraint and glitch aesthetics to explore emotional overwhelm, care for oneself and others

Billed as a "modern horror experience", RadOS summons the simultaneously hilarious and nightmarish circumstance of cursing softly at a bright, gooey GUI as you struggle desperately against losing everything.

Infinideer is a weird little diversion made for the tenth annual Toronto game jam: You are a deer, you gallop into traffic, and you have to cause as much wreckage… Read the rest of the article: Why do deer run into traffic, anyway?

Over the past decade or so, gritty, apocalyptic worlds were the favored setting of popular video games, and machinelike cyber-dystopias were a reliable aesthetic before that. But No Man's Sky,… Read the rest of the article: Could this beautiful game signal the end of our dystopia fetish?

Why the classic game still commands so much love (and money)

If you have a fond memory for Pokemon games, you'll remember that Lavender Town tends to be where all the ghost stories can be found. Somewhat famously, Lavender Town is… Read the rest of the article: Pokemon ghosts are still fashionable, still spooky

For lots of commercial games, being able to spatter the walls with viscera or to leave a mess of smashed barrels and crates behind is part of the abandon. But… Read the rest of the article: The thrill of cleaning in video games

People often say they are enthusiastic about games because "they can tell stories", or because they enable narrative moments not possible in other media. But although there are numerous flashes… Read the rest of the article: Why are the stories in video games so bad?

Smartphones and tablets have been great for games, but are much-maligned for the antisocial act of screen-staring. Luckily, games like Glitchnap's Sentree can help all your friends play together, with… Read the rest of the article: Get ready to blindfold your friends in this neat local multiplayer game

If you like card games and board games even a little bit, chances are you know Cards Against Humanity—it's the most popular 'thing' of its kind, having earned like $12… Read the rest of the article: Can you please stop with Cards Against Humanity

Do you have young ones at home? Or do you simply live in a world where language and phonetics are touchable, colorful, dreamlike living things? Either way, be sure you… Read the rest of the article: Everyone loves this delightful alphabet for all ages

Dejobaan Games' Elegy for a Dead World is a beautiful game—as you navigate endless, lonesome interstellar landscapes, you fill in writing prompts. It's flexible and gentle, a good tool for… Read the rest of the article: This poor kid was forced to play an indie game in school