“you have to restart two or three times before you know how to play it”

CONTINUED ADVENTURES IN GAMING

WHAT’S NEW IN THE BIGGEST GAMES

Indulging my grimiest powergamer impulses in BALDUR’S GATE III

Patch 8 caps off an expansion’s worth of updates

KONAMI'S GAME RETURNED WITH A FRESH COAT OF PAINT IN 2025

A VANGUARD FOR THE FIRST ERA OF 32-BIT RPGS, YOSHITAKA MURAYAMA AND JUNKO KAWANO’S SUIKODEN PROVED THE STRONG FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED BY POPULAR 16-BIT CONSOLE RPGS AND BOLSTERED IT WITH NEW METHODS OF COMBAT, A STRIKING POLITICALLY DRIVEN NARRATIVE, AND AN ARMY’S WORTH OF RECRUITABLE CHARACTERS