Cheating My Way to the Super Bowl: The Joy of Exploiting Sports Games By Matthew Byrd • February 2nd, 2017 Sports games may present themselves as simulators for super fans, but that’s why breaking them is so much fun.
Resident Evil 7’s Greatest Influence Is a Forgotten Horror Classic By Matthew Byrd • January 26th, 2017 “The only rental left was some game called Condemned: Criminal Origins. Reluctantly, I took it to the checkout counter.”
I Am Tank: A Tribute to Gaming’s Great Bruisers By Matthew Byrd • January 19th, 2017 “I can’t help but feel that it’s hard for video game tanks to get a little love…”
My Abusive Relationship With The Witness By Matthew Byrd • January 12th, 2017 Puzzles in The Witness are designed to break you. They’re similar to a Dark Souls‘ boss fight in that way.
Why Do Simulators Turn Us Into Sociopaths? By Matthew Byrd • January 5th, 2017 “It seems that everyone has at least one story about that time they went a little mad in a simulator game.”
The Best Game Released This Year Is One You Haven’t Played Yet By Matthew Byrd • December 22nd, 2016 “Look within yourself and identify what kind of gamer you really are. What kind of titles do you truly care about?”
A Digital Home For The Holidays By Matthew Byrd • December 15th, 2016 “What I wanted was a place where I could bask in the spirit of the season without feeling like a complete outsider.”
The Cinematography of Horror Games By Matthew Byrd • November 17th, 2016 “The fact that no one clear camera solution exists means that the horror genre serves as a playground for video game cinematography.”
Why the Videogame Western is s One Horse Town By Matthew Byrd • November 3rd, 2016 How the West was won by Red Dead Redemption.
Mafia III and The Difficulty Of The Videogame Mixtape By Matthew Byrd • October 14th, 2016 Effectively using music in videogames is a completely different beast from nailing a music in a film.
