It takes a lot of effort to come up with a unique idea for a video game these days since just about everything has been done to death. Yet, Flight School Studio’s newest game, Stonefly, may be one of the most unique titles that I’ve played in recent memory. While it borrows a lot of […]
How I Found Comfort In Dead By Daylight’s Pride Celebration
My earliest memories of online gaming conditioned me to expect the worst. As a queer woman with beginnings in Counter-Strike and Halo 3, I’m no stranger to an earful of slurs and post-game lobbies littered with hate speech. I can usually get it together, hit the block button, and move on, but on my bad […]
An Interview With Jack Wall, Mass Effect And Call Of Duty Black Ops’ Composer
“You know, I’m actually playing Mass Effect right now, because the Legendary Edition was released,” Jack Wall, composer of the first two Mass Effect games and the four most recent Call of Duty Black Ops games tells me. “I decided to get it and give it a shot. It’s just funny, how we implemented the […]
Genshin Impact Should Take Some Free-To-Play Advice From Apex Legends
I recently jumped back into Genshin Impact for the first time in months, the sun-drenched fun of the coming 1.6 update showcasing enough cool ideas to convince me that perhaps this weeaboo rendition of Nintendo’s Breath of the Wild is worth another visit. It’s also set to debut a duo of adorable skins, which is […]
The Next Saints Row Needs To Take More Inspiration From Saints Row 2
With Koch Media hosting their own live stream for Summer Game Fest, I can’t help thinking about one thing – Saints Row. By far the biggest game under Koch Media and Deep Silver is the next entry in the formerly gangster series, and the direction it’s going to go is completely up to the imagination […]
Street Fighter 6 Needs To Be Free To Play To Succeed
I’m a huge fan of Apex Legends. I picked it up the day it launched, as many did since it’s free-to-play, and I’ve been playing it regularly ever since, buying up battle passes and screaming at Ranked leagues late into the night. It’s a game I’ve played with my boss, with my online friends, with […]
The Complaints About Aloy’s Look Highlight The Hypocrisy Around Realism
Over the last weekend, you might have seen a viral tweet complaining about how Aloy looks in Horizon Forbidden West. If you haven’t, I deeply envy you and your ability to fully disconnect from the internet. Basically, the tweet stated that Aloy looks bad in the gameplay footage we’ve seen, and if she looked more […]
Exidy: The Most Crucial Studio In Gaming History You’ve Never Heard Of
Metroid is often touted as a revolutionary title, one that championed female representation by putting players into the boots and mech suit of Samus. This is absolutely true, and by no means do I intend to discredit its incredible legacy. For once, women were at the centre as heroes rather than damsels in distress. However, […]
Cruella Has The Stupidest Opening I’ve Ever Seen, But It Works
Cruella, as a concept, is a movie begging to be memed. We’re all a little tired of origin stories by this point, especially when they’re being given to characters that nobody has ever wondered about the backstory of. Ratched, the story of Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, is the latest example […]
Exploring The Normandy Crash Site Is Still One Of Mass Effect 2’s Best Missions
Mass Effect 2 is a game that revolves around changes of pace. Most of the levels are fairly similar in design and scope – you land on a planet, go through 20-30 minutes’ worth of combat, and earn a story beat tied to squadmate acquisition, loyalty, or the encroaching Reaper threat. In between these slices […]