This puzzle is a photo of fans celebrating at the 2025 AutoZone Liberty Bowl and was taken by Patrick Lantrip.

Kyle was shocked. He was a 29-year-old wearing a cheap fake beard, and he’d only been portraying Santa for a year. He had no ...

In any awards show, among the winners there must be plenty of losers. Sadly, at The Game Awards, comedy climbing game Peak was one of the losers, losing out on Best Multiplayer Game to Arc Raiders.

When you make a purchase using a link on this page, we may receive a commission. Thank you for supporting The New Yorker. I’ll start with a caveat: the games in this guide are mostly screenless. Video ...

If you’ve spent time in YouTube’s puzzle scene, you’ve probably encountered Fleb, whose gentle sense of humor and analytical mind made him a perfect guide to the history of brain-teasers. Strange ...

The latest update for co-op hit Peak contains new badges, items, outfits, and a massive biome called the Roots to explore with friends. That's all well and good, but the real news regards a much ...

Quin Callahan is a professional writer with over eight years of experience creating gaming content. In addition to games writing, he's also produced TTRPG content for a variety of tabletop publishers.

We’d love to hear from you! E-mail us at [email protected] to share your experience. Emma R. Hasson is Scientific American’s Games ace and a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics at the City University of New ...

What does Bing Bong do in Peak? No matter how far you've made it through the latest climbing game hit, you'll no doubt have already seen Bing Bong, the cute mascot of Bingbong Airlines. Not only does ...

Roguelike I don't care that there are no big new games in January because all I need now is Ball x Pit, the most underrated roguelike pinball game that I could spend all 744 hours of the month playing ...