Marty Sliva, Author at The Escapist

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Ghostwire: Tokyo Is the Next Best Thing to Actually Visiting Japan

The portrayal of Japan’s capital in Ghostwire: Tokyo might be my favorite depiction of a real-life city in any game ever, which is ...

By Marty SlivaMarch 14, 2022

Design Delve

This Former Red Faction: Guerrilla Dev Has a New Destruction-Filled Game – Design Delve

This week on Design Delve, Marty and JM8 discuss game design with Luke Schneider, who was the former lead tech designer on Red ...

By Marty SlivaMarch 11, 2022

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Is Elden Ring Already a Generation-Defining Game? – Slightly Something Else

This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss Elden Ring and how soon is too soon to say a game is ...

By Marty SlivaMarch 1, 2022

Movies & TV

The Cuphead Show Review: A Glass Half Empty Compared to the Game

Marty Sliva provides a review of The Cuphead Show!, streaming now on Netflix.

By Marty SlivaFebruary 25, 2022

Breakout

Our Elden Ring Impressions After Playing Dozens of Hours – Breakout

This week on the Breakout podcast, we discuss our full gameplay impressions after playing dozens of hours of Elden Ring, the next game ...

By Marty SlivaFebruary 23, 2022

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Movies & TV

The Book of Boba Fett Doesn’t Quite Escape the Sarlacc Pit – Season Review

Marty Sliva reviews The Book of Boba Fett, a Disney+ Star Wars series that ultimately had a few too many problems.

By Marty SlivaFebruary 17, 2022

Design Delve

Talking with Unpacking Developers About Designing 2021’s Coziest Game

In this episode of Design Delve, Marty Sliva and JM8 interview Wren Brier and Tim Dawson, the Witch Beam developers behind Unpacking, about ...

By Marty SlivaFebruary 11, 2022

Breakout

Why Is Difficulty in Video Games Such a Contentious Topic? – Breakout

This week on the Breakout podcast, we candidly discuss our thoughts on difficulty in video games and how it relates to Sifu, in ...

By Marty SlivaFebruary 9, 2022

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Your Choices Never Matter – Slightly Something Else

This week on Slightly Something Else, Yahtzee and Marty discuss choices in video games and how they never really end up mattering that ...

By Marty SlivaFebruary 8, 2022

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Ghostwire: Tokyo Looks Like the Doctor Strange Game I’ve Always Wanted

There’s been a giant question mark surrounding Ghostwire: Tokyo ever since its reveal back at Bethesda’s E3 2019 conference. The next project from ...

By Marty SlivaFebruary 4, 2022

Review in 3 Minutes

Dying Light 2 Review in 3 Minutes – An Inviting Open-World Playground

Dying Light 2 Stay Human is a post-apocalyptic open-world parkour-centric action RPG from developer Techland. That may seem like a lot of descriptors, ...

By Marty SlivaFebruary 2, 2022

The Takeaway

Mario Kart 9 Needs to Go Full Smash

Rumors about a Mario Kart 9 reveal are swirling around, and Marty has some ideas on what the next entry in the long-running series ...

By Marty SlivaJanuary 31, 2022

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