Gaming
D&D: 5 “useless” magic items that are actually magnificent
BILLOW! Throughout an adventurer’s life, they will face many challenges, ranging from vicious battles with formidable monsters, to games of wit and guile in a political struggle, or, one of our favourites, simply trying not
Dungeons & Dragons “Dark Alliance” trailer released, date announced
A critical success! Dungeons & Dragons is hot right now — every other podcast is D&D-themed, everyone wants to join a game, and Roll20 is exploding in popularity (no thanks to the whole pandemic going
Super Smash Bros.’ competitive future might be crew battles and supportive communities
A better way forward. While 2020 was a year of tumult for many, the Super Smash Bros. community has experienced more shake-ups than most, ranging from fan division over new DLC characters to sexual assault
Opinion: Lessons learned from a three year D&D campaign
Roll tide. In 2017 I began running what would become a three year long Dungeons and Dragons campaign, one that promised to be weird, dangerous, and require great thought. My friends were up to the
Free Play: Have You Seen My…?
A fun idea marred by bugs. Everyone loses things – it’s human nature. But finding them again sometimes requires a little help. In Have You Seen My…, by Yasaman Far, your goal is to sort
30 years ago, Space Shuttle Project was a console vehicle sim that failed to launch
Better sims were available. This (lightly) updated article is adapted from the GoodGamesWriting archives. The original article was posted on May 2, 2011 reflecting 20 years since the game’s launch. We’re dusting off the overview–a
D&D: The importance of ‘Session Zero’
Starting off on the right foot. The idea of a formal ‘Session Zero’–an initial meeting where the ground rules are laid out for campaign based games like Dungeons & Dragons–hasn’t been around for that long.
Google lays off Stadia first-party developers
What’s happening over at Google? Bad news for Stadia, Google’s streaming-based video game console, as Google announced in a blog post today that they are shuttering their internal development team, without having produced a single
Bowser unleashes fiery fury in latest Super Mario 3D World trailer
Another Wii U port. The beleaguered Wii U continues to live on with Switch ports of its library, this time with a previously announced Super Mario 3D World port due out next month that packs
MTG Arena is coming to mobile this year with Android devices up first
Long overdue. Fans of Magic: The Gathering will soon have a new way to play, according to Wizards of the Coast, as MTG Arena is slated to arrive on mobile beginning later this month. Arena
