

How a Game Preservation Museum Is Keeping Your Favorite Games Alive
The Strong National Museum of Play celebrates games and play of all kinds. See how the Strong Museum in Rochester, NY, supports video-game preservation.

From Damsel to Defender: Princess Zelda's 35-Year Journey
To celebrate The Legend of Zelda 35th Anniversary, let's take a look at the titular character's depictions through her various incarnation.

9 Essential Sims 4 Mods
The top nine essential mods for Sims 4 that allows players ranging from novice to advanced to get started with the game. These mods allow for full control, relationships, and realistic world building that extends the game.

What Makes a Good Endgame? From Destiny to WoW and the Future
Games commonly feature endgame loops designed to keep you playing, but how does it work?

Super Mario 3D World for Switch is Missing Something
Super Mario 3D World is now on Nintendo Switch. It is still an incredible game, but something is off about this version, and the Wii U is the key.

How Omega Force is Refining the Musou Genre
If you hear Musou or Warriors then you might think played one, played them all. It seems Omega Force has been working recently to experiment on the formula.

The Best and Worst Pokemon Designs of Generation VI
Pokemon designs are always the highlight of any Pokemon game, so what did Generation VI give us? Let's look at some of the best, and worst, Pokemon designs from Generation VI.

The Year of Pokemon - Generation VI
After nearly 15 years, the beloved monster-catching series finally stepped into the third dimension; the boring region and over-serious narrative dampened a great crop of new Pokemon and features.

Destiny 2 Season of the Chosen First Impressions
Destiny 2's latest season is here. Season of the Chosen brings in new content that fans should remember. Our first impressions are optimistic, but cautious.

The Worst Designed Pokemon For Generation 5
We take a look at the worst designed Pokemon from the fifth generation, Pokemon Black and Pokemon White.

How The Medium Treats Trauma
How well does Bloober Team's The Medium treat trauma, abuse, and the portrayal of evil?

The Year of Pokemon - Generation V
Pokemon Black and White brought the franchise quality of life upgrades, ambitious narrative ideas and some of the worst designs in the series.

Links to the Past: The Development Timeline of Ocarina of Time, Part 4
In this final entry in our series, we look at the chaotic Stage 4 of development for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the multiple changes made to the game, the final tweaks days before release, and talk about Zelda Gaiden and Ura Zelda.

Nioh 2's PC Port is Good Enough, but Has Some Issues
Nioh 2 delivers a rather solid PC port, but still has some issues plaguing it that feel held over from the original game.

Links to the Past: The Development Timeline of Ocarina of Time, Part 3
Stage 3 of development for Zelda 64 was a major transition point, as it introduced child Link, Ganondorf, and more narrative aspects that would become major pillars of the finalized design.

Links to the Past: The Development Timeline of Ocarina of Time, Part 2
Part 2 in our series looking at the development of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time takes us through Stage 1 and 2 of development, up until July of 1997.

Links to the Past: The Development Timeline of Ocarina of Time, Part 1
We take a deep dive into the entire development history of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, looking at interviews, pre-release builds, art assets, and ROM dumps to catalog one of the greatest games of all times development.

10 Weird (& Awesome) Kills in Hitman 3
There's so many strange ways assassin Agent 47 can take out his targets in stealth action title Hitman 3. Here's ten of the most bizarre, tricky, unusual, bloody, and downright cool!

The Ending of The Medium Explained
We take a look at the story and ending of Bloober Team's latest game, The Medium, and break down what plays out in this atmospheric, spooky mystery.

The Year of Pokemon - Generation IV
2021 marks the 25th anniversary of everyone's favorite monster-catching franchise: Pokemon. Celebrate the big milestone with TechRaptor as we take a trip down memory lane through each generation.

Friday Night Funkin' Fondly Recalls Flash Games
Friday Night Funkin' is a rhythm game hearkening back to Flash games of yore, and its manic beats will hurt your funking fingers in a good way.

The State of Destiny 2: Season of the Hunt
A look at Destiny 2 Beyond Light and the Season of the Hunt. We look at the good, the bad, and the ways Bungie can improve their game going forward.
Balan Wonderworld's Colorful But Simple World
The Balan Wonderworld demo is out on all platforms, but you might find that it's just not the game you were looking forward to. That's OK though.

Yakuza Remastered's PC Port Is Solid, If Unexceptional
Yakuza Remastered Collection has finally hit PC and the wait was absolutely worth it.