My Eighty Percent Problem By Sam Desatoff • February 9th, 2017 “If I stopped playing, if I refused to pick up the controller, John would stay safe, forever in digital limbo where bullets are ineffective.”
Labor and Love: A Look at Worker Placement Games By Sam Desatoff • February 2nd, 2017 “If worker placement is so simple, how does the genre stay fresh? What keeps one game from feeling like another?”
Open World Overwhelming By Sam Desatoff • January 26th, 2017 “Between my family, my job and a bucket full of other adult bullshit, there is precious little time to sit on the sofa and lose myself in a game.”
The Politics of Ascension By Sam Desatoff • January 19th, 2017 Sam Desatoff is heir to an uneasy throne in his Expeditions: Viking beta review.
Duel of the Fates By Sam Desatoff • January 12th, 2017 Star Wars: Destiny may very well be the game that gets me back into collectible card games.
The Games I’m Forcing My Captive Family to Play This Holiday Season By Sam Desatoff • December 15th, 2016 “Games are a great way to stem that holiday stress and bring joy back to the season.”
The Appeal of Simplicity By Sam Desatoff • December 8th, 2016 “I have a problem, and it involves board games: I have too many of them.”
A Love Letter to the Wooden Cube By Sam Desatoff • November 28th, 2016 “Before opening the box, before reading any rules, a cube is just a cube. But it’s also potential. A chance for great things to happen.”
Smash Up: Steam Early Access Impressions By Sam Desatoff • November 16th, 2016 A great table top game with a not-so-great digital counterpart…
Four Games to Play Next Halloween By Sam Desatoff • November 4th, 2016 Forget the Ouija Board, there’s scarier games to play next spooky season.
