Reviews

Fifteen years ago, in Destroy All Humans!, the Earth was invaded. The chief invader was Cryptosporidium-137, better known as Crypto: a small grey alien…

Carrion opens on a glass tank. A blood-red lump lurks inside, twitching, and above it, on the wall, is the biohazard symbol, stamped in queasy…

The Terminal is a higgledy-piggledy, formerly-industrial coffee shop somewhere in Melbourne, Australia. The ground floor has space at the bar to chat, and there…

What makes a role-playing game? Purists would argue that a table is required, along with a sheaf of papers and a clutch of polyhedral…

Little Orpheus, available on Apple Arcade, is the latest release from The Chinese Room, a British studio whose games—often dubbed “walking simulators”—are both loved…

If I were transferred into a robot body, one of the things I would miss most would be salt and vinegar crisps. Specifically, I’m…

If you’ve been looking forward to The Last of Us Part II, I’m sorry to report that much of it will be drainingly familiar.…

In Skelattack, you play as a skeleton who wields a sword. Your best friend is a bat, and together you must save Aftervale—a cheerful…

Lovers of the water and haters of human beings have reason to rejoice this week, with the release of Maneater, a game in which…

When it comes to video game dystopias, there is a wide selection available. You have the underwater city, sealed against the pressures of the…