Cracked Archive - Video Games

This is one of those critics-aren't-doing-it-right things, because when it comes to critiquing art in the 21st century they generally suck and thus I present my review of the reviewers.

• By Winston Rowntree
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• May 11, 2014

Over the years I've collected some links for the cream of the weird-browser-game crop, and whenever my brain can't focus, I bust out my bookmarks folder and play them weirdos. Here are five of those games.

• By Luis Prada
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• May 02, 2014

These unscripted moments come up organically -- moments when the game is just trying to be a game, only by accident does it convey something more.

• By Chris Bucholz
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• April 29, 2014

There are a few brave souls in gaming who declare that they want to make their work realistic. It's a nice thought -- in theory.

• By Ed Stevens, António M. Pereira
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• April 11, 2014

Sometimes developers just don't give a damn. Or maybe they hate us.

• By Ian Ury, Ed Stevens, Ryan Menezes
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• March 27, 2014

Apparently it's just very easy for video game developers to slip in disturbing details that will go unnoticed.

• By Andrew Heaton
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• March 25, 2014

Unlike those elitist chocolatiers, we believe Easter Eggs should be available year-round.

• By Scott Elizabeth Baird
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• March 17, 2014

It's a wonder you're not in an asylum right now after being exposed, far too young, to stuff like this.

• By Michael Kane
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• March 12, 2014

The study of unwritten rules is a useful tool to understanding how games really work, or at the very minimum a helpful explanation as to how you became such an unwelcome presence in other people's homes.

• By Chris Bucholz
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• March 11, 2014

If you're a politician or pundit, ranting and raving about the evils of video games is still a surefire way to get everyone's attention. And that is how you wind up with manufactured outrages like these.

• By Henrik Magnusson , Will Leonard, Ryan Menezes
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• March 02, 2014

This is the crap that keeps me up at night. I come up with ways to combine existing video games into different ones that don't exist, and probably never will.

• By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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• February 22, 2014

These games make so little sense, and make the star look so stupid, the only explanation is programmers finally getting revenge by proxy on every popular kid from school.

• By Jason Iannone
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• February 20, 2014

These folks rolled up their sleeves and showed us how to really whore out our integrity.

• By Andrew Heaton
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• February 20, 2014

Sometimes programmers are apparently in such a rush to finish a game before the deadline that they don't actually have a chance to watch the material they're basing the game on. So, you wind up with deeply confusing titles like these.

• By Chris Rio
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• February 12, 2014

The following absolutely real images (I cannot stress enough how much I didn't make this shit up just now) paint a picture of man who is somewhat brave and utterly confused.

• By Maxwell Yezpitelok
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• February 01, 2014