Alexis Ong

PC Gamer • 15th September 2023

The Making of Karateka proves the best way to tell gaming history is with a game, and the rest of the industry must follow its lead

The Making of Karateka is great. The entire industry developing docugames just like it would be even better.

Eurogamer • 7th September 2023

Goodbye Volcano High review - killer tunes soundtrack a teen drama for the ages

Sonic youth.

Eurogamer • 17th August 2023

The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood review - dealing a powerful hand

Charm in spades.

Tor • 15th August 2023

Review: More Perfect by Temi Oh

Reading dystopian hypersurveillance fiction is always uncomfortably personal for me because it’s already a present-day reality in a lot of cities...

Eurogamer • 2nd August 2023

Diablo 4 Season 1 is a hell of my own making

Add-to-cart disease.

Polygon • 25th July 2023

In spacefaring management sim The Banished Vault, no one can hear me scream

For these exiled monks, the Gloom is the little death that brings total obliteration

Polygon • 7th June 2023

Diablo 4’s onslaught of MMO features hints at a questionable live-service future

The writing has improved, but the organic tension has largely evaporated

The Verge • 30th May 2023

Yellowjackets’ excellent cast pulls it through an uneven second season

The cannibal soccer show leans a little too hard on nostalgia as it gets increasingly complex.

Polygon • 30th May 2023

Diablo 4 activates and frustrates my lizard brain

More busywork doesn’t lessen the series-signature lootfest appeal

The Verge • 23rd May 2023

A trip to Dyson’s dirt-filled, germ-obsessed world

Dyson invited me to spend two days inside its hyper-clean universe to see what’s next and why it’s trying to scrub every hidden bit of filth from our homes.

The Verge • 16th May 2023

Plugged in and logged on: a history of the internet on film and TV

From Hackers to the X-Files, being online has long been depicted as a deliberate, physical act on screen.

Tor • 3rd May 2023

Diet Culture Dystopia: The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter

The most immediately noticeable thing about Chana Porter’s The Thick and the Lean, particularly for a reader who had...

Polygon • 27th April 2023

Age of Wonders 4 lets you build high-fantasy civilizations — at a cost

The long-awaited sequel teeters too far into RPG narratives to be a truly great 4X game

Eurogamer • 19th April 2023

Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly review - a little less refined than the original blend

Here's the tea.

The Verge • 24th March 2023

Yellowjackets season 2 is more of an appetizer than a feast

The gruesome mystery returns, but it’s lacking some of the punch that made the first season so potent.
By ALEXIS ONG

Polygon • 23rd February 2023

Arctic survival sim The Pale Beyond is as messy as it is compelling

Following in the footsteps of The Terror

The Verge • 7th February 2023

Playdate’s failure to launch in Malaysia

The tiny handheld was manufactured in Southeast Asia, but the realities of global shipping have kept it out of the hands of local gamers.lty, nostalgia, creative experimentation, and a return t

The Verge • 27th December 2022

The real fantasy in Final Fantasy XIV is owning a damn house

Finding a place to call your own in Eorzea is a bureaucratic nightmare.

Eurogamer • 25th December 2022

Games of 2022: Betrayal at Club Low was the best examination of the weird world of working

All the trimmings.

PC Gamer • 25th December 2022

2022 was a stellar year for adventure games

Pointing and clicking our way to nirvana.