Games
How GTA IV showcases the good and the bad of storytelling in video games. A few hours into Grand Theft Auto IV, you’re hit with a big reveal. A mob boss who you had been working for turns on you. And so you kill him. It feels like a
Games
The muted reception to GoldenEye 007’s return demonstrates how games are a unique mix of art and technology. It’s taken over 25 years, but one of the greatest games of all time is finally available on a modern platform. GoldenEye 007 was released for the Nintendo 64 in
Games
Learning to love the early end of the power curve. Most games are a journey in empowerment. One of the great joys of this hobby is hitting that point at the end of the game where you are all-powerful. Mowing through enemies, gliding past obstacles; what was once challenging is
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Pentiment, Pokémon and a browser game are in my top ten from the last year. I won’t lie: when I started thinking about this list a month ago, my first thought was, “oh no, all I’ve played this year is Yakuza.” As you’ll see in the list
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I enjoy putting this list together every year because I love reflecting on the new games that made an impact on me. But I’ve found it increasingly hard to think about a game purely in terms of the year it was released, because I’m spending more time playing