Narrative showdown: Assassin’s Creed Origins vs Odyssey
by Antony de Fault | May 21, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
The Assassin's Creed games can provide a real sense of place. But which of these two did it better, and how?
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How to design a dungeon city
by Konstantinos Dimopoulos | May 19, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Konstantinos dissects a locale explored all too rarely in video games: the subterranean fantasy metropolis
Die By The Blade review | Expect lots of gore in this Bushido Blade successor
by Ryan Lambie | May 18, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Studio lead Peter Adamondy gives us the lowdown on his team’s one-hit-kill Bushido Blade successor
Slay the Spire and the joy of card-carrying
by Ian Dransfield | May 14, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Ian's on an eternal quest to the top
She Dreams Elsewhere: looking ahead to a creative, surreal RPG-adventure
by Ian Dransfield | May 13, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
Designer Davionne Gooden talks to us about his upcoming dream sim
Wattam's rare spark of individuality
by Ryan Lambie | May 11, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Explosives under hats, dollops of poop, and togetherness.
Hobbit, LOTR, or Simlarillion: what's your lore style?
by Lottie Bevan | May 10, 2021 | Gaming, Opinions
Could there be too much lore in the story sandwich?
Mutropolis review | Frustrating, but some good jokes
by Paul Walker-Emig | May 07, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Keeping the puzzles archaeological
Celebrating GoldenEye 007's killer feature: aim mode
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 29, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Spray and pray took a back seat to aim mode in the Bond classic
Afterlife: a unique RPG about death, regret, and neurotic spirits
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 29, 2021 | Gaming, Previews
The hereafter is a bureaucratic, neurotic comedy in a unique RPG from Buenos Aires. Its developer tells us all about it
Eternal Hope review | A flawed puzzle-platformer with heart
by Alan Wen | Apr 27, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Can love conquer all?
Disco Elysium: designing the city of Revachol
by Konstantinos Dimopoulos | Apr 23, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
A behind-the-scenes look at Revachol, the city at the heart of one of the most innovative RPGs ever
The 3DO Company, and how the games industry changed in the 1990s
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Apr 22, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Meetings, design docs, tiny knives: Howard recalls his time at Trip Hawkins' ill-fated The 3DO company
NUTS review | Shooting squirrels, the humane way
by Malindy Hetfeld | Apr 20, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
Think of it as an arthouse Pokémon Snap
How to love video game writing as a job
by Antony de Fault | Apr 19, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Telling stories begins as a passion, but the reality of doing it as a job can be daunting. Here’s how to keep the spark…
Now playing: Stuck in the mud with SnowRunner
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 16, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
It takes a heck of a lot of patience to end up as immobile as Ryan does in SnowRunner
Blue Fire review: a familiar warmth
by Andrew Fisher | Apr 15, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews
This action-platformer is a terrific pastiche of other, more groundbreaking games
Coping with Covid: crafting convivial online communities can help
by Millicent Thomas | Apr 08, 2021 | Gaming, Opinions
How video games can provide solace in the midst of a global pandemic
