When “I’m Not Good At This Game” Becomes “I Hate This Game” By Matthew Byrd • March 2nd, 2017 “It soon became clear that I lacked whatever part of the human brain that makes someone naturally good at RTS games.”
Nioh Exposes the Lazy Culture of Video Game Genres By Matthew Byrd • February 23rd, 2017 Action RPG sounds like a good classification for Nioh until you realize that label is also applied to titles like Diablo III,Borderlands and Fallout 3.
When Escaping Beats Confronting By Matthew Byrd • February 9th, 2017 “When Resident Evil 7 is at its best, it isn’t asking you to fight. It’s asking you to escape.”
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.
