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As the Wii comes to the end of its natural life, three disparate takes on the Japanese role-playing game genre turn out to be some of the most inventive and original titles of the entire console generation.

Crackdown 2 has drawn a considerable amount of criticism from the media for its similarities to the first game. One gamer makes an impassioned defense of the game's shallow, "bubblegum-pop" fun factor, and encourages others to give it a chance rather than dismiss it immediately.

A first-time conventioneer from the UK hops across the pond to attend PAX East.

Do you think Star Trek Online is just another MMORPG? Here are some reasons you should give it another look.

What if Pong didn't have any graphics? And let's face it, it barely does. But I think it might go a little something like this.

The immediacy of the modern world breeds a different kind of laziness among gamers: lack of patience.

What if SEGA's Bayonetta was actually a piece of interactive fiction?

An exploration of Dan Pinchbeck's storytelling experiment in the Source engine, Dear Esther.

Meet Pete Davison, Englishman, producer/editor of the Squadron of Shame SquadCast and generally quite nice guy.

A look at some of gaming's best companion characters over the last few years.

Revisiting Apogee's classic, if bizarre, FPS from 1995 - Rise of the Triad.