Shall We Play A Game?

Impressions after a week with Sony’s new virtual-reality headset. The post PlayStation VR appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

Why JJ didn’t play “Deus Ex: Mankind Divided,” and whether Blendo Games’ “Thirty Flights of Loving” ruined “Virginia” for Chris. The post ‘Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’ & ‘Virginia’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

It’s special request hour at “Shall We Play a Game?”: We play “Reigns,” the mobile hit billed as “Tinder for monarchs,” and “Bound,” the PlayStation 4 dance platformer. Then we indulge our own desires with Act 3 of “Kentucky Route Zero.” The post ‘Reigns,’ ‘Bound,’ & Even More ‘Kentucky Route Zero’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

JJ couldn’t get his PlayStation 4 to work in Zurich (really). So we played “Stardew Valley” instead of “Bound.” The post ‘Stardew Valley’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

Act 2 of "Kentucky Route Zero," plus an intriguing Oculus shooter and a little “Auralux: Constellations” The post More ‘Kentucky Route Zero’ & ‘Damaged Core’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

We haven’t reached the center of the galaxy, but we’re ready to deliver our verdict on "No Man's Sky." Play it? Or don't play it? The post The End (?) of ‘No Man’s Sky’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

The first act of Cardboard Computer’s evocative point-and-click adventure. Plus a little “Deus Ex Go” The post ‘Kentucky Route Zero’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

We’re still playing Hello Games’ universe simulator/plutonium shooter/alien-language puzzler. The post More ‘No Man’s Sky’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

Do you want to serenely explore an underwater video game world for two hours, or serenely explore an outer-space video game world for infinity? The post ‘Abzû’ & ‘No Man’s Sky’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

Is it the game we need, or the game we deserve? The post ‘Batman: The Telltale Series’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

Playdead’s “Inside” rouses us from our summer video-game torpor. A spoiler-free review, followed (at 18:22) by a very spoiler-y discussion of the ending, including JJ’s persuasive theory of What It All Means. The post ‘Inside’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

We talk about “Lucky’s Tale” for the Oculus Rift and compare the hardware to the HTC Vive. Then, Chris talks to Gabriel Winslow-Yost, an editor at the New York Review of Books, about why he plays video games, even when he’s a little ashamed of it. The post Oculus Rift & Gabriel Winslow-Yost: What I Play appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

Everyone is playing "Pokémon Go." But is it any good? The post ‘Pokémon Go’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

Virginia Heffernan, the author of “Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art,” talks about playing “1010!” on the subway, reaching the top 1,000 on the “Angry Birds” leaderboard, and why the Internet is an artwork and a massively multiplayer online game. The post Virginia Heffernan: What I Play appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

Helen Lewis, the deputy editor of the New Statesman, talks about why "BioShock" is her favorite game, why she plays as Queen Elizabeth in "Civilization," and what "Fallout 4" might tell us about the future of America. The post New Statesman deputy editor Helen Lewis: What I Play appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

Frank Lantz, the designer of Drop7 and the director of the New York University department of game design, talks about why “Crackdown” is his favorite game, why video games are worth studying, and which video games he has spent the most time playing. The post Summer School with NYU’s Frank Lantz appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

A review of “Warcraft,” the movie, plus an interview with Daniel Lisi, the author of “World of Warcraft,” the book, from Boss Fight Books. The post ‘Warcraft’ & ‘World of Warcraft’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

What’s the better Shooty McShootface? The post ‘Doom’ & ‘Overwatch’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

Eleven days ago, we posted an episode (“More 'Quantum Break' and Listener Mail”) that did not reach the overwhelming majority of our listeners, because our RSS feed was broken. So we're posting it again. The post A Rerun of an Episode You Probably Didn’t Hear appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.

Keza MacDonald and Jason Killingsworth, the authors of "You Died: The 'Dark Souls' Companion," talk about how “Demon’s Souls” hooked them, whether “Dark Souls” is a 21st-century "Super Mario Bros., " and why “Souls” players are like figure skaters. The post ‘Dark Souls’ appeared first on Shall We Play a Game?.