The JRPG is in the middle of a golden age. Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Persona, NieR — after an era when people openly said Japanese games were finished, the JRPG of the 2020s has climbed all the way back to being one of the most respected things in the medium worldwide. The SpotGeeks editorial team…

“There are way too many bullets. I can’t see anything.” That’s pretty much everyone’s first reaction to a bullet-hell shooter. But look closer, and there’s logic and real beauty in the patterns flooding the screen. And when you thread the gaps and make it out alive, you get a rush of accomplishment no other genre…

How many nights have ended with me muttering “well, I started another run”? You die, you try again, you get a little bit further. That loop is somehow impossible to put down — and that, right there, is the essence of the roguelike. The genre is in the middle of an unprecedented boom. Balatro took…

“So what racing game should I play next?” If you’ve ever asked yourself that, you’ve probably also stared at the sheer number of options and groaned. “Racing game” covers a ridiculous amount of ground, from pro-grade simulators that model every bit of tire slip to party games where crashing is half the fun. Pick wrong…

“Aren’t Western games just brutally hard?” If that thought has kept you away, now’s the time to turn the page. Across the 2010s and into the 2020s, Western-made games evolved into something on a whole other level. Deep storytelling, jaw-dropping graphics, and enough content to sink hundreds of hours into—they speak a different design language…