Column Supergiant’s Pyre Is Built Around the Strongest Game Mechanic of All: Choice This article contains spoilers for Pyre from Supergiant Games. The main thing that differentiates video games from all other mediums is a sense ... By Marty SlivaApril 21, 2020
Column Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Pizza Hut, and the Greatest Video Game Demo Ever Pizza Hut is partially responsible for one of my favorite video game memories of all time. In the summer of 1999, the restaurant ... By Marty SlivaApril 14, 2020
Column What Remains of Edith Finch Is One of Gaming’s Most Beautiful Tragedies This article contains major spoilers for What Remains of Edith Finch. “The house was exactly like the way I remembered it. The way ... By Marty SlivaApril 7, 2020
Column Red Dead Redemption 2’s Campfire Parties Push the Medium Forward Over the decades, Rockstar Games has become synonymous with iconic video game moments. From something as authored as a character turning on you ... By Marty SlivaMarch 31, 2020
Column Half-Life 2 Teaches You Everything You Need to Know with 4 Iconic Words Tutorials are a tricky thing in video games. So often their existence is necessary in order to teach the player the rules, mechanics, ... By Marty SlivaMarch 24, 2020
Column Doom 2016’s Opening Is Bloody and Brutal Perfection If you’ve ever wondered how a game whose opening narration contains the verbs “RIP AND TEAR” might kick off, you’ll be happy to ... By Marty SlivaMarch 17, 2020
Column Metal Gear Solid 3’s The End Battle Was Generations Ahead of Its Time This article contains spoilers for Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. To be perfectly honest, I could have easily filled this entire column, ... By Marty SlivaMarch 10, 2020
Column Halo 2’s Arbiter Twist Showed the Space Opera’s War Wasn’t Just Black and White There are certain video game moments whose power and impact stem from experiencing them at that very specific instant. Context is key, and ... By Marty SlivaMarch 3, 2020
Column Forsaken Cainhurst Castle Is Bloodborne’s Most Unforgettable Nightmare This article contains spoilers for Bloodborne and especially Cainhurst Castle. The night of the hunt has been long and without respite. We’ve spent ... By Marty SlivaFebruary 25, 2020
Column God of War Became 2018’s Game of the Year with a Single Moment This article contains major spoilers for God of War (2018). “I must return home and dig up a past I swore would remain ... By Marty SlivaFebruary 18, 2020
Column Leaving Breath of the Wild’s Great Plateau Is the Ultimate Call to Adventure Every week, I’m going to choose a single moment from a single video game and dive head first into it, looking at why ... By Marty SlivaFebruary 11, 2020