Video Games
A note from the editor
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News
Switch Brings Classic Resident Evil Fresh Blood
I love Resident Evil despite my inexperience with the original games. While I’ve barely played the first Resident Evil, never played Resident Evil ...
Opinion
Kingdom Hearts is Outsider Art Made from the Inside
Henry Darger could not have made a video game, let alone one with the seemingly infinite resources available to Tetsuya Nomura. The work ...
Column
Anthem Doesn’t Care About its Own Story
I’ve spent a lot of time analyzing BioWare’s games and its approach to storytelling. My retrospective on the Mass Effect series is literally ...
News
Halo Infinite is Taking its Time. Good.
Halo has been mediocre since Bungie handed the developmental reins to 343 Industries. This is the series that pushed first-person shooters into the ...
News
Reggie Fils-Aime Made Me A Nintendo Fan
Nintendo wasn’t a part of my childhood. I was raised with PlayStation and Xbox; with Crash Bandicoot and Halo. While I played Super ...
News
Anthem Won’t Get Out Of Its Own Way
Anthem is a hard sell for me. I’ve been wary of MMO shooters since Destiny hyped me up only to disappoint me. The ...
News
Single-Player Games Aren’t Dead. They’re Thriving.
Single-player is supposed to be out of fashion. “As we kept reviewing the game, it continued to look like a much more linear ...
News
What I Need From Google at GDC
Google is taking GDC by storm. According to Variety, the tech giant sent invitations to various media outlets and teased that there would ...
From the Developer
This War of Mine Risked Losing Itself for the Truth
It’s been four long years since we’ve visited the war-torn Pogoren for the first time. Since the launch of This War Of Mine, ...











