Latest articles by Eric Van Allen
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers made me grapple with the parry vs. dodge conundrum
Wu-clang To dodge, or not to dodge?
Spine is a gun-fu love letter that wants to make you feel as OP as John Wick
Gun-kata?? Call me John... Slick?
Code Vein 2 made me realize what I've always wanted in a Souls game: a sick motorcycle
Vroom-like What can't you make better with a cool bike?
'We encourage you to live with your choices, but if you want to change it, you can:' Supermassive explains why it's adding a flowchart to its narrative horror with Directive 8020
Re-scream Supermassive Games isn't just heading to a new frontier, but changing up how permanent choices can be too.
Persona 5: The Phantom X is a solid RPG, but even adding gacha can't hide the fact that Persona 5's been stretched awfully thin over the last 9 years
Gacha Gang The Phantom X is more Persona—which isn't great if you're a bit Persona-fatigued.
Help, I can't move forward in this chill crafting RPG because I'm too wrapped up in building bases and making sick tools
procraftination Atelier Yumia mixes the crafting and gathering of survival games with the framework of a classic RPG.
7 years after unique puzzle brawler Battle Chef Brigade, its creators are back with another offbeat genre mash-up: 'People like card games, hopefully they like card games that have really good characters'
Ace in Hand Battle Suit Aces could be one of 2025's best deckbuilders, but it's up against some fierce competition.
Blizzard veteran David Kim's strategy comeback with Battle Aces is 'very personal:' 'I just can't accept... the end-all peak of RTS is StarCraft 2 and nothing can ever be better'
Blitz Battle Aces wants to rekindle the RTS flame by cutting down on the APM to amp up the strategy and action.
