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Dark Mofo’s Hymns to the Dead Was Life-Affirming
Portal, Batushka, Numenorean, Blasphemy and Spire came to Hobart for one night of crushing, life-affirming metal.
There's a New 'Portal' Game...About Building Bridges
Rejoice for GLaDOS is back, despair because she’s in a physics bridge builder.
Ten Years Later, The Orange Box Is Filled With Valve's Baggage
The bittersweet legacy of the best new game compilation ever released.
‘Portal’ Has Been Making People Feel Smart for Ten Years
Celebrating ten years of ‘Portal,’ Valve’s finest hour.
'Portal' Speedrunner Destroys No-Portal World Record
Icy just destroyed the ‘Portal’ world record for not using a single portal.
This Game Is a 'Portal' Rip-Off, and Owns It
When a rip-off game knows it’s a rip-off game, and has fun with it, that’s a good thing.
It's Never Been a More Confusing Time to Be a Fan of Valve's Games
With another 'Half-Life' writer out the door, it's never been more confusing to figure out Valve's identity as a developer.
How Valve’s Source Engine Took Gaming Out of Corridors
From ‘Half-Life 2’ to ‘Titanfall 2’, the engine’s produced worlds that have tricked us into believing they’re bigger than they really are.
How Trans Players Find Support from the Gaming Community
Through games and their fellow players, trans gamers are finding wellsprings of support and new ways to express their gender identity.
How Trans Players Find Support from the Gaming Community
Through games and their fellow players, trans gamers are finding wellsprings of support and new ways to express their gender identity.
Celebrating the First Women of First-Person Shooters
Made possible by Bethesda: From Unreal to Borderlands, the macho side of FPS games has been kicked in the nuts. And that's a good thing.
It Turns Out That Video Games Can Make Great Board Games, Too
'Gears of War,' in tabletop form: sounds awful on paper, but it plays like a dream. Who'd have thought it?