Sofia Martinez, Author at Gioco Poco Ma Gioco

There’s been a quiet shift happening in the gaming scene for a while now. It’s not driven by blockbuster trailers or...

Short breaks are supposed to help. In real life, they don’t always work that way. Most of us step away from work or daily...

I spent over a decade exploring open-world role-playing games, but the cracks in their mechanical foundations always ruined...

I remember boot-loading a $70 marquee release last year only to find myself slogging through a two-hour tutorial, navigating...

For years, my evenings followed an unbending, stressful ritual. I clocked out of work, launched tactical shooters like...

For a long time, gaming was framed as competition. Faster reflexes. Higher ranks. Louder wins. Somewhere along the way, that...

I’ve watched someone spend half an hour trying to defeat a boss I had already beaten myself. I knew the attacks, the...

I have finished games with a victory screen on my TV and one question still running through my mind: Did I make the right...

I finally hit my breaking point on a Sunday midnight, staring bleary-eyed at tier 84 of a ticking digital ledger. I had paid...

Gaming did not suddenly become important nowadays. It quietly grew alongside us. Many of us started with weekend consoles or...

Professional gaming stopped being “just playing” a long time ago. Anyone who has spent time around esports teams or...

From thrilling action-platformers to peaceful farming paradises, Steam is teeming with pixel art independent games. You're...