Skyrim Permadeath Has Made Me A Coward

On the path to Riverwood, I decided to pop by the mines for a quick detour to get some ‘easy’ loot. The bandit at the entrance one-shot me. BACK TO HELGEN WE GO. This time, I accidentally set myself on fire in the dungeons. “Hey you, you’re finally awake” is being etched into my brain […]

This Early Guillermo Del Toro Short Is A Perfect Halloween Watch

Does anyone embody the spirit of Halloween quite like Guillermo del Toro? Throughout his career, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker has merged the lighthearted and the monstrous, the fun and the frightening. In films like Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape of Water, Blade 2, and Hellboy, Del Toro's sensibility feels right at home on a holiday when […]

Fallout 5 Should Be More Like Skyrim

Fallout 4 made me stop preordering video games. Over the years I’ve come to appreciate it more than I did at launch, but it disappointed me so badly I vowed never to be made a mark by the hype machine ever again. I still get excited for games, I just don’t give them my money […]

Splinter Cell Remake Director To Leave Ubisoft After 11 Years

David Grivel, a veteran of Ubisoft of 11 years, has announced that he is to leave the games company. Grivel is a game director at Ubisoft Toronto and has been in charge of the Splinter Cell remake since November 2021. Grivel joined Ubisoft in November 2007 as a junior game designer and worked on "undisclosed […]

Biggest Video Game News Of The Week (October 8 – 14)

Between Stadia shutting down, GTA 6 footage leaking, and CD Projekt announcing which games it will be working on for the rest of time in recent weeks, some might have been fooled into thinking the last seven days have been somewhat quiet. In comparison, those people might be right, but that doesn't mean there wasn't […]

In The Hotel Level, The Last Of Us Hits Its Peak

The Last of Us is a brilliant game from its opening moments when the Cordyceps outbreak begins, to its closing moments when Joel decides to not do anything about the whole Cordyceps outbreak thing. While there are narrative moments that cement its masterpiece status — the ending is still unparalleled in its gut-punch ambiguity, the […]