From the moment 4-year-old Cameron first stepped out into Glimmer in Spyro 2, he knew video games were going to play a central role in the rest of his life. Though he never planned to make it the ...

I grew up in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville when it had more gun racks than yoga mats. In elementary school, I was one of two black kids in the entire building. It was the early 1980s: faded ...

The true meaning of “flexible realism” — abroad and at home. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomas Supported by By Linda Kinstler Linda Kinstler is a scholar of law and intellectual history and ...

Editor’s note: Variety was part of the jury for The Game Awards 2025.

“Do you think he’d actually want something serious?” my roommate asked, searching my face for the confirmation of what she really hoped but wouldn’t admit: Yes, he does. I am more cynical than she is, ...

A few weeks ago fellow FNAF theorist ‪@HyperDroid‬ made a video claiming to have SOLVED the infamous Foxy Grid from the Security Logbook. Since then the FNAF community has come together in general ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

The Game Awards has announced its nominees for 2025, as selected by a global jury of more than 150 media publications and creator outlets. Users can vote now in all categories via authenticated online ...

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...

Before everyone had a smartphone in their pocket and access to countless free mobile games (both good and hot messes), people got their free gaming fixes from browser games. I have fond memories of ...

Pregnancy has long been framed as an evolutionary tug-of-war. The fetus presses for resources, while the mother mounts defenses to limit invasive placentation. A new study in PNAS challenges that view ...