WTF?! Remember Spore, the PC game that released in 2008 to rave reviews? Last month, just over 17 years since it launched, somebody in the US bought a physical copy of Maxis' genre-blending title. It ...

Spore might be one of the highest-profile disappointments in all of PC gaming, but it's also a game I have a huge soft spot for. It was the first game I ever begged my parents to preorder for me (for ...

Roguelike Games Blue Prince is a "true hybrid" of video and boardgame genius, and its creator thought it'd be "niche of niche" RPGs Larian's new Divinity game might mean a pivot back to classic RPGs ...

The hosts of the popular video game YouTube series Game Grumps can’t resist an opportunity to entertain, whether it’s for their legion of followers or just for each other. Danny Avidan and Arin Hanson ...

Marian Spore Bush, "The Gaunt Bird of Famine" (1933), oil on canvas (all photos Natalie Haddad/Hyperallergic) “Who was Marian Spore Bush?” The question begins an essay by Bob Nickas, who curated the ...

Demon Spore is a new roguelike developed by DinoBoss and published by Null Games, and will be available on Steam this July. The demo is currently available on Steam, where players can test the ...

Recent hopes for a new Spore sequel arose when new developers were appointed by Maxis, but were quickly axed by an announcement clarifying that neither a second game nor any "major updates" for the ...

Every entertainment medium uses genres to help people understand what a game or movie or song will be like before experiencing it. In a sea of nearly limitless content, this is essential for allowing ...

When a lab experiment goes terribly wrong, you get Demon Spore: a game about scientists desperately trying to escape a facility as a dangerous creature quickly spreads throughout. I stepped into the ...

Role-playing games mean a lot of different things to different people. For some, playing an RPG means sitting around a table, rolling dice and telling stories with friends. For others, top RPG games ...