Column In Banjo-Kazooie, Gruntilda’s Lair Delivered the Perfect Hub World After a long journey filled with deadly enemies, tricky puzzles, and a bunch of shiny new prizes, it’s nice to have a place ... By Marty SlivaMarch 5, 2021
Column Katamari Damacy Delivers Therapy Through Destruction There are a lot of games about the act of creation. From slowly building up your island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, to ... By Marty SlivaFebruary 26, 2021
Column Demon’s Souls’ Best Boss Fight Paved the Way for FromSoftware’s Future This article contains spoilers for Demon’s Souls. Bluepoint Games’ Demon’s Souls remake for PlayStation 5 does an amazing job of preserving what was ... By Marty SlivaDecember 11, 2020
Column Hades Is an Incredible Roguelike Where Dying Is the Best Part This article was originally published on Sept. 30, but it has been upgraded with a new Snapshot video! Hades is an absolutely remarkable ... By Marty SlivaDecember 4, 2020
Column Watch Dogs: Legion’s Best Mission Is a Tragic Tale of Immortality If I’m being perfectly honest, a lot of the missions in Watch Dogs: Legion kind of blend together for me. There are dozens ... By Marty SlivaNovember 27, 2020
Column Sunset Overdrive Is the Most Underrated Game of the Generation As we close the book on another fantastic console generation, it’s only natural to look back at some of its defining games. A ... By Marty SlivaNovember 19, 2020
Column Ghost of Tsushima Truly Transforms You into a Monster of Legend Ghost of Tsushima is a game filled with contrasts. For every detour basked in nature’s beauty, there’s a story mission drenched in man’s ... By Marty SlivaOctober 29, 2020
Column Resident Evil 7’s Escape Room Puzzles Are True Survival Horror When Resident Evil 7 was released early in 2017, it managed to make such a triumphant splash because of how it truly felt ... By Marty SlivaJune 9, 2020
Column Death Stranding’s Use of Music Is Some of the Most Powerful in Gaming There are some games that you just know are going to be instant classics, like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or ... By Marty SlivaJune 4, 2020
Column The Last of Us’s Most Powerful Moment Is Also Its Quietest Replaying The Last of Us at this point in 2020 is a hell of a thing. Right from the get-go, Joel and Ellie’s ... By Marty SlivaMay 26, 2020
Column Psychonauts’ Milkman Conspiracy Is the Perfect Platforming Game Level Platformers have provided themed levels since the days when Mario shot down a pipe and found himself in the bottomless caverns of World ... By Marty SlivaMay 19, 2020
Column Super Mario Odyssey’s New Donk City Festival Is Nintendo Perfection There are few video game characters as storied as Mario. Since his introduction as the heroic Jumpman in 1981’s Donkey Kong, Nintendo’s mascot ... By Marty SlivaMay 12, 2020