Alex Wiltshire

Space Oddity Another entry in the "things going wrong in space" genre.

RPG Quest Over a decade ago, Chester Bolingbroke set himself a mission that will never end.

mathsterful Clever combat and exploration hide behind the barebones presentation.

Furious Pixels A pixel art wizard-building sim with surprising depth.

INTERVIEW Bungie's creative director also discussed why Destiny is like basketball, shortening login times, and keeping loot too long.

Aftershock "We were given an enormous amount of responsibility, and for not very good reasons."

Missbox When a hitbox just doesn't feel right, what's actually happening? Here's what can go wrong.

SCIENCE Hitboxes are critical to making games work, but when they're done just right, you won't even notice them.

Deep dive What is true anti-consumer behavior? We break down platform exclusivity, preorders, loot boxes, downgrades, and more.

Origin story Back to Citadel to see the origins of the emergent sim.

Right Stuff Twitch streamers talk about the challenges of "making it," and all the hidden work that goes into a successful streaming life.

Handbook How to raise your kids on PC games, and understand the content and communities they'll be exposed to.

Parent Trap We talk to experts and psychologists about what playing Fortnite does to young brains.

new light Destiny's creators discuss the next phase of the game's evolution.

From the archives X-COM’s maker remembers over 30 years of perfecting the turn-based tactics genre.

Guest article What it means to play a game about games.

Oral History An oral history of Good Old Games: How it began, and how they track down classic games and make them work again.

privacy Anonymous play data is a vital part of modern game design for indies and big-budget games alike.

Life sim And where that combination of ideas went next.

Compete This week, we're talking about the future of competitive multiplayer.

Money mod We speak to modders about the challenges of earning an income from their work.

Then what? For devs like Iconoclasts' Joakim Sandberg, releasing a game after working on it for eight years can be a thrill that quickly gives way to emptiness and anxiety.