Sandbox Update – Halloween Edition!
Happy Halloween! Halloween is always an exciting time in the video game world. For starters, there are all kinds of in-game Halloween events, including spooky outfits, challenges, environments and more. [...]
October 2019
April 2019
PAX East 2019 Recap
We've been home for a week now and are finally recovered from a busy PAX East weekend. There were two of us (Tony and me) on the show floor, handling [...]
March 2019
What We’re Excited For at GDC 2019
With GDC 2019 set to begin on Monday, the Sandbox gang is getting ready to convene in San Francisco. Before we head out west, we’d like to share what we’re [...]
February 2019
Sandbox Europe Trip 2019
We recently had the opportunity to travel across Europe for a week as we visited friends and colleagues in London, Berlin, Vienna, Helsinki, and Espoo. Trips like this make you [...]
December 2018
Sandbox Games of the Year 2018
With 2018 coming to a close, it’s time for the team at Sandbox to share our favorite games of the year! See some of our favorites from 2017 here. [...]
May 2018
Involvement of Pro Sports in Esports
A relationship between competitive gaming and professional sports has been slowly developing as esports have gained popularity recently. Professional sports teams and leagues have tried to get in on the [...]
May 2016
Value Game
This is my personal gaming backlog. I keep it taped to my bedroom wall. When I buy or receive a title, I add it to the list. Many things on [...]
April 2015
Mature Games, and Games about Maturity
When we talk about educational games, we tend to focus on products that are strictly tuned to teach or apply a specific skill. But what about the educational value of [...]
March 2015
A Cid for All Seasons
There’s so much to admire in this piece from Polygon last week in which fashion editors from Racked critique the ever-changing look of Final Fantasy’s Cid, the character/archetype who appears in nearly every [...]
The Heart of Indie
One of the happier little trends of the past year has been Ubisoft’s steady stream of smaller games. Titles like Grow Home, Child of Light, and Valiant Hearts: The Great War have stood out [...]