Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Amazon If you’ve played a board game at some point in your life, it was probably a competitive one — you played for yourself, against other people, and your goal was to win, possibly with a dash of humiliation involved depending on your opponents. That frame of reference often makes cooperative gaming,… Continue reading The 14 Best Cooperative Board Games
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The Most Anticipated New Video Games of 2024: Release Dates
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Nintendo, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Square Enix, SEGA Can 2024 live up to one of the all-time-great video-game years that preceded it? In all likelihood, probably not. After all, 2023 was stacked with incredible, genre-defining titles like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Alan Wake 2 partly… Continue reading The Most Anticipated New Video Games of 2024: Release Dates
The Best New Board Games and Tabletop Games of 2023 (So Far)
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: 25 Century, Capstone, Inside Up, Plaid Hat, WizKids Games The holiday-shopping season is upon us, and I apologize if that sent a shiver up your spine, but in the board-game world it means a whole slew of new and upcoming releases as publishers try to get their newest titles into the channel… Continue reading The Best New Board Games and Tabletop Games of 2023 (So Far)
The Best Video Games of 2023 (So Far) Across PC and Console
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Respective Developers and Publishers The first half of 2023 has been surprisingly flush with exciting video games. Yes, some megatons, such as Bethesda’s Starfield, are still off in the distance, but spring and early summer have contained offbeat indies, consecrated remasters, and long-gestating sequels to keep us plenty occupied. If you take… Continue reading The Best Video Games of 2023 (So Far) Across PC and Console