As Twitch and livestreaming become more saturated, can you both synthesize an entertaining stream while remaining authentic?
Category: Gaming Writing
Quest logs are poison to some games, like Elden Ring, and necessary in others. What makes the difference?
Last week, I uninstalled MGSV. This week, I wanted to look back at what a “Strand game” might actually mean.
Matt returns from his trip to Cyberpunk 2077’s Night City with some questions, thoughts, and bruises.
A well-loved series makes an extreme genre shift. Did a Yakuza RPG stick the landing?
Somehow I’ve been able to play FFXIV without facing my usual struggles with playing MMOs as an adult. Catboy matrimony may be involved.
SuperGiant Games’ ‘Hades’ is a proof to the idea of learning from your previous work.
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Making a case for Death Stranding
“You either like it, or you don’t”; I’m tired of hearing this explanation of Death Stranding’s appeal, so I decided to write about why I love it.
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My Gaming in May
I’ve been finding that I’ve been oddly focused with my gaming time lately, and have knocked a few things off my backlog. This is pretty uncharacteristic for me, because I feel like I’m pretty resistant to just closing the door on things; I’ll usually pick up new RPGs impulsively, and with each one of them […]
I always find it fascinating when the release of something coincides with a general cultural need. With the COVID-19 quarantine still going on, it was pretty great to see Animal Crossing: New Horizons come out right at a time when anxiety is high and people need something to do.