Michael Gutsche

The basic premise of Minecraft is exploration, survival and building. It has a very primal appeal, combining the creative drive and freedom…

“Dear Esther” is not a game so much as it’s an environment. It’s a place: somewhere your character has been, but has…

Everybody knows about Pokemon. That’s what’s so interesting about it. With something over 30 different iterations in video games alone, Pokemon, like…

Sleep is Death is only sort of a game. It’s as much a game as a conversation, a “what would happen if”…

Dwarf Fortress is a very old game. Dwarf Fortress is a very new game. I don’t really know what Dwarf Fortress is.…

Wasting time: it’s a thing you do now and then, I’m sure. Sit by yourself and watch an episode of The Office…

One of the greatest problems facing the games industry today is the expectations of the consumer. For instance, a game’s visuals are…

Play is a universal human instinct. It is stronger in some than in others, but nonetheless every person retains a need to…

“Fallout: New Vegas” is the latest iteration of the increasingly-popular role-playing franchise set in a devastated, post-apocalyptic America. Infamous for an open-world…

At this point, anyone who has spent any amount of time tooling about on the Internet has probably been distracted by flash…