Hip-Pocket Gaming

Researchers have found what some of us already believed: Playing video games can help develop important military skills.

Post Trauma is a fresh horror game with all the design elements that made 1990 classics like the Silent Hill and Resident...

Here are 12 games to shake the dust off to try to put yourself in your salty senior noncommissioned officer’s worn-out old...

You do some workouts, take some steps, throw some imaginary balls, and the game gives you a quick burst of dopamine to keep...

There’s a thing in the Army called hip-pocket training. It’s training, usually at the noncommissioned officer (NCO) level...

Where modern games such as “Risk” reduce the complicated mechanics from those early games to make them easier to play...

Want to enjoy a nice weekend of castles, damsels and armored himbos? Grab a controller and pull up a chair; we’re going to...

“MechWarriors 5: Clans” and its new expansion, “Ghost Bear: Flash Storm,” imagines intergalactic combat in 3050 with a...

Alternate history is fiction that imagines what would be different if some specific event was changed. A new alt-history...

Black Ops players are noting some weird coincidences between the 2025 in the game and the real 2025, such as stock-market...

Sony Entertainment has followed up a patent for adding smells in video games by actually adding smells in a live-experience...

It may sound like a parody title, but there is a real Civil War first-person shooter game where 350 players can engage in...

When exhausted after a tough week, these cozy games are a warm hug from whoever you’re missing most.

With fantasy adventures, turn-based strategy games and even a handful of military shooters in the mix, there’s something for...

With “Ghosts of Yotei” and “Assassin’s Creed: Shadows” set for wide release in 2025, it looks as though feudal Japan is going...

The Game of the Year Awards seek to highlight games that show technical and creative excellence, and 2024 was a pretty good...

The latest installment of the acclaimed “S.T.A.L.K.E.R.” first-person shooter series currently faces a ban in Russia due to...

If I had to guess what science-fiction weapon of war would be most likely to pop up in the real world, the Bolter from...

Not everyone makes the same World War II game, and dozens of studios have devised games set in alternate timelines.

The beta weekend for “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6” revealed a multiplayer experience that’s both fast-paced and fun, but if you...

While the gameplay is fun but derivative and the characters often feel clone-stamped, “Space Marine 2” is actually a...

Games have a long history of being used to teach military lessons, starting with ancient board games such as checkers and...

In most tactical shooters, you’re the hero of the story. In “The Forever Winter,” you’re really just trying to survive in the...

The “Call of Duty” video game franchise is known for pushing the envelope, but this might just cross a line.