Patrick Klepek
VICE
Chicago, IL, United States
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‘Luck Be a Landlord’ Designer’s Anti-Capitalist Game Is a Success. He Still Hates Capitalism
"Having a financially successful video game doesn't make insurance companies or pharmacies view me any differently.” → Read More
With So Many Games Being Released, How Do You Get Anyone to Pay Attention?
More than 5,000 games have been released on Steam this year alone. Games like 'Peglin' and have broken through the noise. → Read More
The First Crypto Game Coming to the Epic Store Had a Disastrous Unveiling
One of the first NFTs for the game was found to have been a horse model priced for $30 on Epic's own asset store. → Read More
Raven Software QA Votes to Become First Major Video Game Union in the United States
A huge event in the crunch-prone video game industry, which has long resisted organized labor. → Read More
Goodbye E3, the Trade Show That Changed My Life
How a plucky 14-year-old nerd convinced his parents to meet a bunch of online strangers in Atlanta—and it changed everything. → Read More
Be Wary of Liar: The Weird History Behind Elden Ring’s ‘Illusory Walls’
Most gamers probably associate the term with FromSoftware, but its roots go back decades into Dungeon & Dragons history. → Read More
Indie Hosting Platform Game Jolt Suddenly Bans ‘Porn Games’
Instead of explaining its unexpected policy change to longtime creators, Game Jolt has used social media to crack jokes and post GIFs. → Read More
‘Halo Infinite’ Promises an Open World, But So Far, It’s Mostly Big Halo
Fortunately for 'Halo Infinite,' the new wrinkles in combat are pretty dang fun, meaning Big Halo is, too. → Read More
'ElecHead' Is the Smartest Video Game I've Played This Year
A simple-looking platformer about manipulating electricity is also a video game crammed with terrific ideas. → Read More
‘Spelunky’ Fans Expose 8-Year World Record Holder as a Cheater
'I do apologize for that deception,’ the fraudulent world record holder told Waypoint. → Read More
With ‘Elden Ring,’ FromSoftware Channels its Inner ‘Breath of the Wild’
A few hours with an early version of open world 'Dark Souls' reveals more than a very big map with monsters. → Read More
'Life Is Strange' Presents Broken Parents as Full People, Not Villains
Over and over, the melodramatic series has returned to a surprising theme about parents who have second thoughts about becoming parents at all. → Read More
What It's Like to Make Your Dream Game Amid Layoffs, COVID-19, And Adoption
'AlphaLink' was always a quiet side project, but one that was increasingly surrounded by a bunch of traumatic noise. → Read More
How 'Grindstone,' a Game About Matching Colors, Solved Its Colorblind Issue
Even problems that seem ingrained into the design of a video game have solutions. → Read More
A Game About Playing as a Spider Also Has an Excellent Arachnophobia Mode
'Webbed' is a game about spiders that also wants to be friendly towards people who cannot deal with spiders. → Read More
The Addictive Allure of Gacha Games Comes for Everyone Eventually
For some, it was last year's 'Genshin Impact.' For me, it was the new pinball RPG 'World Flipper.' → Read More
Who the Heck Decided to Call the Monster Hunter Stories Monsters 'Monsties'
The story goes back to the earliest days of developing the original 'Monster Hunter Stories' game. → Read More
Activision Blizzard Employees Are Walking Out in Protest of Work Conditions
"This is the beginning of an enduring movement in favor of better labor conditions for all employees." → Read More
How to Make a Video Game While Rationing Water and Amidst Rolling Blackouts
'Beautiful Desolation,' a sci-fi story about the post-apocalypse and fascism, was unmistakably made in South Africa. → Read More
IGN Management Says Palestine Charity Post Was a 'Process Failure'
The ongoing editorial crisis at one of the biggest gaming websites has shown little sign of calming down. → Read More