Distant Armies: A Playing History of Chess

It's spray day and we're making a big deposit at the blood bank. Here's why Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice borrows its iconic blood spray from Kurosawa and other samurai movies.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is a big deal for the franchise because it’s finally the first MAINLINE game where you get to play as Princess Zelda. But it’s actually not the first game where you can play as Zelda. Not by a slingshot. Polygon's Clayton Ashley walks through a history of Hyrule's princess and the games in which she's playable — from the Philips CD-I, to Smash Bros., and beyond!

From moral panic to celebrity law suits and hidden sex minigames, this is GTA’s complicated history with controversy.

Watchmen was released 30 years ago but is still considered required reading by comic book fans. In this episode of Issue at Hand, Susana Polo breaks down how and why the graphic novel became so iconic.

One way to gauge the success of a game is by looking at how much talk it generates after launch, and in the case of Silent Hill Townfall, game director Jon McKellan has an ambitious goal for the Scottish psychological-horror. According to McKellan, the team at Screen Burn is looking to give players just the right amount of story. By maintaining an air of mystery and ambiguity, it will create a launchpad for people to discuss the themes and plot beats of Silent Hill Townfall for years to come. "It's a hard--definitely a hard balance--and you won't know until you've released, you know? It's like