Are you an “NPC”? Check with your teen! The acronym stands for “non-player character,” which in video game culture, is a figure not controlled by a player. Like a background character or one that is ...

I tripped over the term NPC, quite literally, on my way to an event the other night. Rushing to get there, I fell right in front of the venue. Embarrassed by how many people had just watched me eat ...

Lydia in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is the gift that keeps on giving, so much so that the NPC character has become a bit of a meme at this point. Even so, there was even more to discover about Lydia ...

The concept of a nonplayable character dates back to the early days of video games. By definition, it is a character — a merchant, mushroom, pedestrian, etc. — designed to exist in the background. You ...

Once you get seriously into gaming (you know, somewhere in between the Henry Caville-level but not full Elon), you will quickly notice there are two types of characters. Playable characters, usually ...

Baldur’s Gate 3… If you’re any kind of pop-culture lover, you’ve probably heard of it by now. The epic video game takes all the best parts of Dungeons & Dragons‘ tabletop gameplay and mixes them in ...