GamesIndustry.biz • 10th May 2022 How studios support their devs in wartime From the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the civil war in Yemen to military rule in Myanmar, developers are adapting to conflict around the world
Polygon • 3rd May 2022 Citizen Sleeper uses tabletop mechanics to play with the sci-fi RPG format No clean endings
Polygon • 25th April 2022 Dune: Spice Wars doesn’t bring anything new to the Dune table The strategy game has entered early access, with uneven results
The Sixth Axis • 31st March 2022 Weird West Review On paper, Weird West reads like the kind of game I’d like, but in practice it’s an acquired taste.
The Washington Post • 23rd March 2022 Review | ‘Ghostwire: Tokyo’ is one part social commentary, one part Tokyo walking sim In the first few hours of “Ghostwire: Tokyo,” it dawns on me that, given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, this is probably the closest I’ll get to hanging out in Tokyo for the foreseeable future.
Bullet Points Monthly • 23rd March 2022 Going In Alone An essay on playing and reading Elden Ring as a traditional fantasy text
PC Gamer • 22nd March 2022 This stunning Deep South fable isn't the next Kentucky Route Zero—it’s the first Norco Breaking down the "bummer vibes" of Norco, a striking new adventure game.
PC Gamer • 14th March 2022 In this hallucinatory MMO, everyone's a baby and nothing's what it seems Lets Go! Baby! Friends World is a baffling browser-based MMO that harks back to social chatroom games.
The Verge • 10th March 2022 Handmade monster babies and the people who love them Artists are crafting incredibly lifelike monsters, and fans can’t get enough
The Verge • 7th March 2022 These artists are making tiny ROMs that will probably outlive us all Come sail away with Hundred Rabbits
The Verge • 1st March 2022 Cooking at the end of the world in Final Fantasy XIV How Endwalker explores the relationship between video game food and tech culture
Tor • 15th February 2022 Book Review: Marlon James' Moon Witch, Spider King The Path to Witchhood: Marlon James’ Moon Witch, Spider King
PC Gamer • 13th February 2022 Classic videogame designs meet modern art in Please, Touch the Artwork The appeal of Thomas Waterzooi's debut game Please, Touch the Artwork is more than just its white-walled art gallery set dressing.
The Verge • 19th January 2022 Yellowjackets’ first season is a collective fever dream A show about teen survival, the ’90s, and the way we talk about them
PC Gamer • 7th January 2022 In just 2 hours, If On a Winter's Night, Four Travelers tells one of the best adventure game stories I've ever played Don't miss one of 2021's best games—it's free on Steam and Itch.io.
PC Gamer • 24th December 2021 Aliens, conspiracy theories, and a forged diary inspired one of the weirdest games of the '90s The story behind Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages
The Indie Game Website • 19th December 2021 Aspire: Ina's Tale Review The proliferation of “story-rich” as a game descriptor should be welcome news to folks who love narrative-driven games, but...
PC Gamer • 6th December 2021 Ghostlore is Diablo, but with Chinese hopping vampires and Indonesian boar demons It’s Friday night and I’m hacking away at a banana tree to kill a pontianak, a vampiric evil spirit from Southeast Asian folklore.