The heart of video game storytelling is almost always more about its characters than anything else, including worldbuilding and combat dynamics. The greatest games tell straightforward albeit ...

Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck is a writer for Collider. He grew up creating lists, stories, and worlds, which led to his love of anime and video games. He attended Sheridan College where he earned an Honours ...

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’ ...

Some of Marathon characters are fascinating, and their voice actors elevate the experience. Find more about them on this list ...

I've been playing video games since roughly around the time I developed the cognitive function to do so. I do not claim to know everything about every game, but I am always willing to learn. Joke ...

When we look back on the standout games of 2025 in the years to come, in many cases it’s as likely to be for the characters who populated them as it is for the greatness of their mechanics or level ...

Prime Video’s Fallout is set in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles where people are forced to live in bunkers underground to avoid radiation, mutants and bandits in the wasteland. The show is based on the ...

We're not even a month into 2026 yet, but there is some interesting data trickling in that may reveal the most popular video game characters of the year (so far). In a January 2026 report by Galaxysys ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...

Julián F.L. is a video game & anime expert, historian & journalist with a lot of passion for these subjects and over 10 years of experience in writing about them. He has enjoyed video games, anime, ...

EA Sports' beloved college football video game series won't be hitting the transfer portal any time soon. "College Football 26" will return for the 2025 season and will be available this summer, EA ...