Editor Pick: Gaming

The nautical nonsense in Bikini Bottom has always had its delightful randomness, fitting well with a game where the rules and goals change every round.

Developer Naughty Dog put so much effort into this world to make it feel real that it is almost scary. It was challenging and technically amazing to behold, but more importantly I felt moved and impacted by the experience.

The Oregon Trail Game: Journey to Willamette Valley from Pressman uses all the flavor of the original computer game in an all-new tabletop game. The previous Oregon Trail and The Oregon Trail: Hunt for Food card games had given a taste of the rigors of the journey westward with more …

Jabuka raises the word game stakes with a new layer of flexibility by having the symbols on the tiles stand for more than just one letter.

'Password' from Endless Games brings the classic word-association gameshow to the table at home for those who want a serious test of their communication skills.

'Mafia: Death & Deception' from Bullet Hole Games adds whole new dimensions to the classic identity-deduction murder game.

The final day of PAX East had me filling up on root beer and checking out Phantom Brigade, Industries of Titan and Liberated, all great and different games!

Games like Foregone, Disintegration and Genshin Impact were the highlights of my Day 3 at PAX East 2020.

Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, Ghostrunner, and Othercide were three games that looked very promising at PAX East 2020.

By far the biggest event for me at PAX East this year was a chance to be one of the first in the world to see the gameplay reveal of the upcoming game Baldur’s Gate 3 from Larian Studios.