Video game tutorials are designed to be pretty much impossible to fail, as their sole purpose is to teach you how to play. Usually when the player is about to make a mistake, the tutorial will simply ...

Opening moments of games can often feel long and slow, and may even be boring as the game must teach you how to play it first thing. They’re a necessary evil, but there's a new high bar, as the new ...

Welcome to Dial Up, Mashable’s most excellent look at technology in the '90s, from the early days of the World Wide Web to the clunky gadgets that won our hearts. It's 4:15 p.m. on a weekday in the ...

It turns out you can hold on to a big lead in the Eastern Conference finals after all. In the case of Game 2, it was the New York Knicks going up by double-digits in the second half and then, unlike ...

Tutorials are supposed to help players get comfortable before the real game starts. These games made players struggle right from the opening minutes. Some barely explained anything, while others threw ...