Jackbox games are probably amongst the silliest things you’ll ever play – in a good way.

Review bombs can serve as an impetus for positive change or as a malicious and disruptive force to undermine developers and their work. What can be done to sort the helpful ones from the hateful ones and help gamers and developers alike? 

The beauty of games lies in their interactive nature, so why should they limit themselves to settings far away from the real world? In the right hands, even a game focused on something as mundane as local politics can turn out in an interesting, if not compelling, experience.

I use video games not only as a form of escapism from the explicit regularness of life, but for their potential to show me something new. Evidently, this does not happen as often as it did when I was a kid –  not because I’m some kind of omniscient god that knows everything, but because video games have changed