The Anthem (opens in new tab) game public demo took place over the weekend and, uh, it was certainly a thing that happened. Even after (mostly) sorting out its server troubles, BioWare’s open world PVE shooter left a lot to be desired from those who managed to get in and …

Among its many inspired bits of game design (opens in new tab), one particularly bold choice in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (opens in new tab) was letting players decide for themselves when it was finally time to fight the final boss. Whether you want to take …

Writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez had a good rule for creating masterpieces like Of Love and Other Demons and 100 Years of Solitude: don’t ever look back on a work you’ve declared finished or you’ll go insane. The idea, according to Marquez, is that no creative work is ever truly finished, …