Features Featured Blame yourself or Kazutoyo Maehiro — Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Spilling all the details on Square Enix's fabulous new remaster of the all-time classic in a AMA-style early review
Features So You Wanna Build A Mansion: Blue Prince Raw Fury and Dogubomb's brilliant Blue Prince is the best Metroidbrainia since Outer Wilds
Features Suikoden's Back Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars is an inconsistent remaster of two genuine classics
Features Bleed Purple: "Stream Big" by Nathan Grayson In this deeply insightful look at the streaming industry, veteran reporter tells of the rise and fall of Twitch through stories of nine of its most popular streamers
Features What makes a great console RPG story? Let's explore how Japanese RPGs and their descendants explore narrative through player agency and investment
Features Featured These creators want to change the way you think about remakes From Final Fantasy VII to Karateka, creators like Naoki Hamaguchi and Jordan Mechner are looking for new ways to tell old stories
Features This under-the-radar cozy RPG makes me happy With shades of Breath of Fire and Grandia, Terra Memoria brings low stakes adventure and fun to modern console RPGS
Features Shadow of the Erdtree is great, except when it's not Shadow of the Erdtree has a big problem: its bosses just aren't fun.
Features Grief, trauma, and Rebirth Does Aerith die at the end of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth? The answer to that's not easy—and that's the point. Grief is confusing.
Features Angry Robot and Angry Writers Angry Robot publisher Eleanor Teasdale speaks out about controversial use of AI tools
Features Akira Toriyama (1955 - 2024) Dragon Ball, Dragon Quest, and Chrono Trigger was an art legend who changed the world
Features Avatar: The Last Airbender is brilliant Avatar: The Last Airbender is a remarkably consistent piece of storytelling that retains its quality from the first episode to the last.
Features Yoshitaka Murayama (1969 - 2024) Suikoden and Eiyuden Chronicle creator Yoshitaka Murayama has passed away at age 54. He leaves behind a legacy of unforgettable games.
Features Here are a few of my favourite things in 2023 From new Makoto Shinkai to Chained Echoes, The Bear, Sea of Stars, and R.F. Kuang, 2023 was PACKED
Gift Guides 2023 Holiday Gift Guide for Geeks! A gift for every nerd on your list! Books! Video Games! D&D! A... basketball?
Features VGHW Excerpt: How Kazuko Shibuya's survived the "end times" and changed pixel art forever "Gamer Girls" author Mary Kenney explores the Shibuya's groundbreaking work, the end of the end times, and the creative freedom of technical limitations
Features VGHW Feature: And that's how you get “Shigeru Miyamoto once tried to make a Donkey Kong dating sim.” Monster Kids author Daniel Dockery digs into the realities of writing video game history
Features VGHW Feature: 13 Books for Japanese RPG fans From Final Fantasy to NieR, Suikoden to Xenosaga, there's a great book for every kind of RPG lover
Guest Post VGHW Feature: Retro eight-bit RPG storytelling, but make it super gay. How this award-winning SFF writer is turned to retro video games for his next story
Features Featured VGHW Excerpt: Japanese RPGs journey to the west started with a bang in Fight, Magic, Items. Literally. From chain smoking in a Denny's, to a volcanic explosion, and a massive Nintendo Power giveaway, this Fight, Magic, Items excerpt chronicles Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest's tumultuous journey west
Features VGHW Excerpt: Jordan Minor runs down gaming greats in "Video Game of the Year" "Billions of people may never have the chance to play the greatest games ever made ever again"
Features VGHW Feature: What My Kids Taught Me About Retro Video Games Raising 16-bit-compatible Zoomers changed how I love old games
Features VGHW Feature: Weaponized Nostalgia How Final Fantasy VII Remake’s opening hours use nostalgia and modern gaming ideologies to redefine how we think about remakes.
Features VGHW Feature: The best video game history books that inspired Fight, Magic, Items From significant zeroes to gamer girls, monster kids to video games of the year, gaming history is full of fascinating stories
Features Astrolabe Feature: 30 years on, DOOM remains supported like no other RetroXP's Marc Normandin explores how three decades of fan support have bolstered DOOM to legendary status
