‘Half-Life: Alyx’: Opening the Valve to Disappointment
Valve is finally giving gamers a Half-Life sequel in Half-Life Alyx and it's only being marketed to a microcosm of the population....
Valve Embraces Anarchy, Throws the Floodgates Open
Content curation is a really tricky art, one that no platform has seemed to get correct yet. Youtube is floundering with notification systems that don’t...
Game Boys, Ep. 95: All Aboard the Hype-warts Express
by Tim Maison
This episode is dedicated to the hype train, that locomotive comprised of all of our unrealized hopes, dreams, and unrealistic expectations. But what fuels the...
Games That Changed Our Lives: ‘Team Fortress 2’ Made Gaming a Communal Experience
Nintendo has always had this air of mythology around it. Like Walt Disney or Hayao Miyazaki, Shigeru Miyamoto enjoys a healthy amount of reverence amongst...
‘Chromagun’ Just Doesn’t Color My World
by Maxwell N
"ChromaGun" review for the Nintendo Switch....
The Game that Never Was: ‘Half Life 3’ Story Revealed
Today we finally lay to rest one of the longest running jokes/rumours in gaming. Today, for the first time in well over a decade, thanks...
Could Tencent’s “WeGame” Competition Cause Steam to Change?
by Katrina Lind
In a recent article, I questioned whether Steam needs quality control. Unsurprisingly, it was a resounding yes with a few ideas on how to change...
Talking Point: Does Steam Need Quality Control?
by Katrina Lind
Talking Point is a weekly series that posits a question concerning the gaming industry. We encourage readers, as well as our writers, to offer their...
15 Scary Moments in Non-Horror Games
It’s that time of the year again where many people watch horror movies and play horror video games to get into the Halloween spirit. But...
Game Boys, Ep. 36: Left Up 4 Debate
The Game Boys’ month long celebration of Halloween continues! In this week’s Game Boys episode, Tim and Ryan resurrect Valve’s Left 4 Dead. Also, the Game...
Is it Time to Give Up on ‘Half-Life 3’?
The Half-Life fanbase is likely the saddest fan-base in all of gaming, and in more ways than one. Few other fan groups have put up with...
‘Free to Play’ Explores the Alienation of Hardcore Gaming
by Mike Worby
As a hobby, gaming can create some interesting and disquieting juxtapositions for our existence. On the one hand, it’s an activity which stimulates the brain,...
‘Team Fortress’, ‘Dota 2’, and Telletubbie Zombies: Why Valve’s Embrace of Mods Should Be Standard
There are few things that better define PC gaming then mods. Nearly as long as people have been playing games on personal computers, people have...
Ravenholm: The Perfect Level in Gaming
Half-Life 2 is often seen as one of the greatest games ever released, even by Valve standards. The perfect mix of old-school sci-fi, shooting, and...
‘Portal’ and the Dark Reality of Endless Possibilities
by Mike Worby
The Portal series is home to Valve’s most deliberately uneven and deliriously uncomfortable of narratives. The seemingly innocent fun of cutting holes between dimensions and using them...
From Crowbars to Portal Guns: A Look at Valve’s Impact on the FPS Genre
By the end of the 1990s the video game industry had overcome commercial and critical adversity and established itself as a dominant form of entertainment...