The NES can do side-scrolling fly-and-shoot games really well, as Gradius and Life Force can attest to. Silver Surfer takes that concept and cranks it up to eleven.

NES emulator 3dSen has reached its official 1.0 release, giving fans access to over 100 of their favorite titles in ...

Independent game developer Kanno has launched the official Steam store page for Midnight Yammy, its upcoming 8-bit puzzle ...

Getting stuck isn’t always motivating. Games like Arranger and A Little to the Left take the stress away by letting players skip levels that are too hard — and playing like that is just as ...

Ana Diaz (she/her) is a culture writer at Polygon, covering internet culture, fandom, and video games. Her work has previously appeared at NPR, Wired, and The Verge. The puzzles of Blue Prince ...