From much-loved names passed down through generations to titles inspired by a romantic trip you took with your partner before falling pregnant, there are many instances in life that contribute to what ...

Since the very first baby was named, proud parents have been drawing inspiration from all kinds of sources, from revered religious texts to admired public figures. Now, they're turning to the world of ...

Joke characters can become beloved but sometimes evolve into butt-monkeys due to popularity and flanderization. Ganryu in Tekken shifted focus from sumo wrestling to an infatuation with younger women, ...

Video games are incredible. Not only have they introduced audiences around the world to countless fantastical worlds and ...

National Video Game Day, celebrated every July 8, is a joystick-powered celebration of the pixelated heroes and villainous bosses who shaped our childhoods. This day reminds us of hours spent on 8‑bit ...

As an industry, video games are pretty young. However, within the short time that gaming has been around, it has given birth to characters that have significantly impacted entertainment. Whether it ...

Hideo Kojima and his studio are afforded a freedom that few others are in the industry, and that is to make whatever they want, and write it the way they intend it to be. The prestige of his name ...

The first Black video game characters were more stereotypes than … well, characters. Street Fighter II’s Dee Jay was probably seen as a course correction, but he might as well have been called Jammin’ ...