As I said in the Half-Life review, the use of non-intrusive unexplained blink-and-you-miss-it details to tell a story comes with several advantages, most ...

So, having reviewed a game that attempts to juggle sandbox, stealth and brawl mechanics, based upon one of the big movies of the ...

It might be my imagination but it seems like triple-A games have been putting more emphasis on story lately. There was Spec Ops ...

As I mentioned in the The Walking Dead video, I solo-developed some adventure games back in the day with Adventure Game Studio. And ...

I’ve actually been looking forward to writing this column. ‘Cos sometimes I like to plunge myself all deep and warm into story analysis ...

Happily, Quantum Conundrum brings up another topic I’ve been holding in reserve for a while, and that’s jumping puzzles in first person games. ...

So the portrayal of women in games has become a hot topic again, partly because of the Tomb Raidermolestation charges and that incredibly ...

I’ve endlessly protested like a bleating little ewe that I don’t, contrary to the declarations of fanboys, have any kind of petty personal ...

I’m going to veer off topic even earlier than usual in this column and address directly those among you who are developing quick, ...

You know what gets an undeservedly bad reputation, in both videogames and everyday life? Fucking up. Everyone seems to agree that fucking up ...

So then, randomly-generated content. Specifically, randomly-generated levels, in such things as dungeon crawlers. I think it’s one of those things that always sounds ...

The research I do on the games I review tends to be limited to reading the title on the front of the box, ...