Opinion

Free-to-play games generated the majority of global gaming revenue in 2025. Here’s how the business model actually works: the economics, the mechanics doing the work, and the one question worth asking about any specific game.

Accessibility features that began as accommodations for disabled players consistently improve experiences for everyone. Here’s what changed, the debate that keeps happening, and why the best studios invested in it early.

Gaming influencers move markets in ways traditional media cannot. Here’s how the influence actually works, the disclosure problem that does not get discussed enough, and how to use creator coverage without being misled by it.

VR in 2026 is better than ever and still not what its advocates predicted. Here’s an honest assessment of where it actually stands: what works, what the predictions got wrong, and where it is genuinely useful.

AI is being used in game development in ways that range from genuinely useful to actively controversial. Here’s what is actually changing, and what the honest state of it is in 2026.

Gaming communities exist in two forms that are increasingly in tension: streaming-adjacent communities and traditional game-based communities. Here’s what each does well and what the friction between them reveals.

Retro gaming’s revival in 2026 is not simple nostalgia. It involves preservation urgency, hardware markets, younger players, and a specific contrast with the direction of modern AAA games.

Esports in 2026 looks nothing like 2012. Some predictions came true, some did not. Here’s an honest look at where competitive gaming actually stands.

The indie games that topped charts in 2025 came from small teams and solo developers who bet on a specific idea. Here’s why that keeps happening — and the sustainability reality that the success stories obscure.