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
Features 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 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
Video Game History Week 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
Features Astrolabe Feature: Sea of Stars is the game Chrono Trigger fans have been waiting for Early impressions of Sea of Stars reveal a game bursting with innovation and beauty while staying true to its classic inspirations
Features Final Fantasy XVI wants to be the "Game of Thrones" of video games, but is it too late? The long-running series wants to target new fans with its action-based combat, but is that being undermined by its newfound obsession with sex and gratuitous violence?
Features "This is How You Lose the Time War" is a Time Travel Romance with Teeth But you don't need Bigolas Dickolas to tell you that.
Features Featured Hayao Miyazaki’s Lost Magic of Parenthood How the legendary Studio Ghibli filmmaker explores the intersections of childhood, parenthood, and magic in his most famous films.
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