Latest articles by Luke Winkie
Years later, Façade's groundbreaking AI lives on through bad YouTube jokes
Art? A game once lauded for having the "emotional impact of great art" is now mostly forgotten—except by Youtubers.
Meet the dad who quit his job to run a Minecraft server for autistic kids
Oasis Autcraft is a haven like few others on the internet—free from bullying, with a strong and supportive community.
Inside Decentraland, the surreal Second Life for crypto true believers
STONKS Second Life meets libertarianism. It's somehow more fun than it sounds.
Leeroy Jenkins and Mountain Giant are finally being sent to Hearthstone's Hall of Fame, but Edwin somehow survives
low charge The 2020 rotation sees five cards banished from Standard, including the chicken-loving charger.
Hearthstone's unloved Priest class is getting a complete re-work
Unholy Blizzard finally answers the question: "Will no one rid me of this turbulent Classic Priest set?"
How Blizzard turned a Hearthstone fan theory into Hearthstone fact
Polymorph Finally, the true nature of Reno Jackson is revealed.
Big studios can't hide crunch anymore, so they just admit to it
Eternal Hours The game industry's long hours used to be an open secret, but two major developers have a new tactic: transparency.
How indie devs saved couch multiplayer in the 2010s
Together Triple-A studios left local multiplayer in the dust. Indie developers picked up the slack.
I wish anyone in the real world believed in me as much as Bob from Hearthstone does
Daddy Issues The breakout star of the new Battlegrounds mode is the most supportive barman in all of videogames.
World of Warcraft Classic players can't stop feuding over the abbreviation for an old dungeon
DM/VC? In the war over whether to abbreviate The Deadmines as DM or VC, everyone loses.
Inside the wild speedrunning community of 16-year-old SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom
I'm ready The Bikini Bottom renaissance continues unabated.
Warframe is the new Guitar Hero
Heroes The Shawzin lets your Tenno live out their inner rockstar fantasy.
Hearthstone pro caught playing Auto Chess during Grandmasters league match after making huge mistake
News Linh "Seiko" Nguyen threw a Hearthstone match because he was playing a qualifier for a $1,000,000 Auto Chess tournament at the same time.
8 things every new player needs to do in World of Warcraft Classic
Top Quests From Molten Core raids to the interminable war in Hillsbrad Foothills, make memories that will last.
What you need to know before playing World of Warcraft Classic
Beginner tips Eight tips to ensure your nostalgia trip goes smoothly.
For MMO diehards, there's only one conversation: is the genre dying or already dead?
Rez Pls As the genre becomes set in its ways, a few holdouts on r/mmorpg honor the past and predict a bleak future.
Madden 20's career mode starts strong but ultimately disappoints
Fumble What we like and don't like about the new features in Madden NFL 20.
Every Hearthstone expansion ranked by its theme song
Tune Blizzard are actually a legendary record label held back by the need to make videogames.
Is Blizzard hurting the hype for new Hearthstone expansions by letting streamers play early?
Metabreaker A Saviors of Uldum pre-release event has players wondering.
This ludicrous new Hearthstone legendary uses AI to always give you the card you need
Three Wishes With Zephrys The Great, you leave your fate up to the machines.
From 50 Cent: Bulletproof to Oxenfree, indie Sean Krankel has wild stories from making licensed games
G-UNIT The Night School founder tells us his wild licensed games origin story.
The best knives in PC gaming history
SINISTER STRIKE From Team Fortress backstabs to Michael Myers sneak attacks, these are the knives that make gaming a little more visceral.
After a secret server shocked the community, 100,000 fans are finally playing City of Heroes again
Never DIe A network of private servers is keeping the 15-year-old game alive, but how sustainable is it?
