David Roberts

Did you know that airplane tires are filled with nitrogen? Apparently, it’s so the tires don’t burn up when the plane lands. I didn’t know this until I played D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die. I actually learned a whole slew of airplane facts. Way more than

Hyrule Warriors is really, truly, fantastically stupid. And it’s some of the most ridiculous fun I’ve had with the Legend of Zelda series in years. Let me back up for a minute here, because I’m sure your eyeballs are spinning around in their sockets after reading that.

I recently got to sit down for a hands-on preview of Skylanders Trap Team, and walked away confident that the series will likely remain as kooky and fun as ever. But I wasn’t ready for what I saw next: Skylanders Trap Team, running on an iPad. Like, the whole

I wasn’t sold at first. Skylanders Trap Team looked like a gimmick—a neat looking game with a dumb reason to buy a whole bunch of extra figurines. I’d only ever seen it in videos or at loud press events, and it’s really hard to see what

The worst part about Infamous: First Light is that it doesn’t have anything important to say. It’s a prequel to Spring 2014’s Infamous: Second Son, a pretty decent game in its own right, though it compartmentalized its interesting side characters into each chapter. With First Light, Sucker

New consoles bring with them new experiences, but they also give us a chance to improve those games we really loved most. And as publishers tirelessly work ’round the clock to make those new experiences, they have to fill the gaps somehow—enter the HD “remaster.” Deep Silver and 4A

It’s hard to write about The Last of Us without sounding a bit like a crazy person. On its surface, it seems like just another apocalyptic zombie tale mixed with some over-the-shoulder shooting action. And in many ways, it is exactly that. But there’s a reason why The

Tomodachi Life is difficult to encapsulate without actually playing it. It’s not really a game. Like Nintendo’s other life sim Animal Crossing, Tomodachi Life is a game you pop into every now and then, interact with for a few minutes, then put down until tomorrow. But it’s