6 Games That Launched Broken and Clawed Their Way Back
A busted launch used to be the end of the story. These six shipped in a state that should have finished them off, then spent years digging out in public.
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The Mods That Outlived the Games They Came From
Half-Life is a museum piece and Counter-Strike still runs the building. The best thing anyone did with these games arrived after release, made by people nobody paid.
Outer Wilds Is the One Game You Can Only Play Once
Nothing you collect survives the twenty-two minute loop. The only thing that carries over is what you worked out, which is why you get exactly one run at this game.
The Card Games That Ate Their Own Video Games
A designer builds a small card game so a tavern has something in it besides dialogue. Every so often the thing gets loose and grows a tournament circuit.
Marathon: The Mac Classic That Died Twice
In 1994 the least likely gaming platform on earth had the most advanced shooter anyone had seen. Thirty years later Bungie revived the name, aimed it at the wrong target, and killed it in public.
Going Medieval: The Best Colony Builder Nobody Is Playing
Five years in Early Access, a full release this March, and a review count a fifth of the game that copied its homework. We have been playing since 2021 and we have complaints about your priorities.
RimWorld Is Still the Gold Standard, and It Is Not Close
Thirteen years, five expansions, 245,000 reviews at 98 percent, and 58,000 mods. The colony sim every other colony sim gets measured against, reviewed by people who have lost years to it.
9 Weirdest Indie Games You Can Actually Play Right Now
Nine games that a major publisher would never have greenlit, all of them purchasable tonight, several of them genuinely great.
8 Board Games Engineered to End Friendships
Eight games that manufacture betrayal on purpose, including one invented specifically to teach you that landlords are bad, which then made a fortune for a landlord.
7 Game Secrets That Took Years to Find
Seven secrets buried so deep that finding them required thousands of strangers, several years, and in one case dismantling the game file by file.
6 Speedruns That Physically Break the Game
Six runs where the players stopped playing the game and started editing it from the inside, including one that required a lecture on parallel universes.
7 Cozy Games for People Who Are Extremely Tired
Seven games with no fail state, no timers and nothing chasing you, recommended for the specific evening when you have nothing left to give.
Latest Zombie Games Round-Up for 2026
The undead genre refuses to die, which is honestly very on-brand. Here's what's shambling onto your platform of choice.
8 Retro Gaming Handhelds That Are Cooler Than Your Phone
Your phone plays every game ever made and yet here we are, buying tiny plastic bricks with D-pads. There's a reason.
Latest Zombie Games Round-Up for PCs, Xbox, and PS4
Zombie games are now more popular than ever. We look at some zombie games which are in alpha/beta, out now or coming soon.