Elizabeth Orchard is a Toronto-based content writer, copy editor, and lifelong gamer. She's been playing visual novels and farming sims since she was ten years old, graduating into a hardcore love of ...

GM Tips is our series to help Storytellers and Game Masters improve their craft and create memorable roleplaying experiences. Last week we talked about alignment swapping, so naturally, let’s swap and ...

The Last of Us Part II is defined as much by the intensity of its sounds as its gameplay, and it’s now clear just how much effort Naughty Dog put into those effects. Sound designer Beau Anthony ...

On the Nintendo Today App, Nintendo released a teaser for the mysterious C button — Cartridge Games (@cartridgegames.bsky.social) 2025-04-01T15:20:11.494Z Does this mean Miis are back? Maybe! And ...

I have no plans to create my own videogame (you're welcome), but that hasn't stopped me from playing with ChipTone, an extremely cool videogame sound effects tool, all day. It's like a little sound ...

“Step into my office,” says Joanna Fang. OK, but to the untrained eye it's a kleptomaniac's hoard: rolls of Astroturf, mud and moss, wooden planks, violin bows, smashed keyboards, plastic boxes ...

If you’re like me, a little project that’s mostly for fun can also serve as stress therapy. This one is actually useful too! It’s a classic sound effects button box using modern technology. The heart ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Ghost of Tsushima, the recently released PS4 exclusive, relies heavily on sound to guide players and flesh out its 13th century Japanese setting. As ...

Narrator: These are Buddy and Gyoza, and their sniffles and grunts aren't being recorded for a kid's movie. They're actually being used for ambient sounds in the game Halo. [animals snorting and ...