I’ve been around card tables, lost and won my fair share of bets, and been enamored with movies like Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Rounders for a long time. When I saw Nerial was preparing ...

I’d fail any of the tricks in real life, though I’d fail any of the tricks in real life, though is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two ...

Partway through my conversation with Nerial artist Nicolai Troshinsky about Card Shark, the studio’s upcoming game, a card appears in his hand. It's a casual gesture, made as he speaks to me about art ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Card Shark is a dizzying lesson in card manipulation. It pins Nicolai Troshinky's admiration for the 1975 Stanley Kubrick film, Barry Lyndon, to ...

Dozens of games feature testosterone-fueled heroes with guns as big as their muscles, but few projects star aristocratic con men. That makes “Card Shark” a standout in the world of video games. It’s ...

There is pretty much an extensive collection of games out there available to fulfill any kind of fantasy a player might have. You could be taking to the skies in realistic aircraft or enjoying a ...

There’s a sumptuous, lived-in feel to Card Shark, a witty and pleasantly stressful game that casts you as a gambler and a cheat, cutting a swath through 18th-century French society. The writing is ...