Super-Gat By Holly Green • November 12th, 2015 “Saint’s Row IV far surpasses the competition, emerging as the best execution of what we understand a superhero to be.” Holly Green on the best superhero game.
Holy Totalitarianism, Batman! By Matt Paprocki • November 12th, 2015 “Arkham Knight has no basis of morality, no balance. That’s the problem.” Matt Paprocki reveals the terror fighting terror, the Batman in Arkham Knight.
The Co-op of Cthulhu By D.M. Olson • November 5th, 2015 “Arkham Horror could be used as a case study of almost perfectly executed mechanics as narrative.” D.M. Olson dies to Cthulhu in two Lovecraftian board games.
Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year: The Scariest, Saddest Song of 2016 By Matt Marrone • November 5th, 2015 “What happens when you can’t even remember those favorite things that make you not feel so bad?” Matt Marrone on the horror of Daughter’s first track of 2016.
A Ship of Broken Jedi By John Wm. Thompson • October 29th, 2015 “Every other character who can actually see the Force describes the player as a walking emptiness.” John Wm. Thompson on KOTOR2’s oddness and arguable success.
The World Ends With Youth By Rob Haines • October 29th, 2015 “The epitome of teenage isolation, Neku tried to understand other people, but his total lack of adult empathy makes them intrinsically unknowable, an unsolvable enigma.”
Tron Bonne and the Family Business By Brian Crimmins • October 22nd, 2015 The Misadventures of Tron Bonne shows us how we can reconcile our personal interests with an impersonal economic reality. It all starts by rejecting capitalism.
Fearing Fear Itself By Rob Rich • October 14th, 2015 “Jump scares and monsters are nothing compared to SOMA’s true horrors.” Rob Rich dives deep with Frictional Games’ newest horror title.
The Promise of Stargazing in Destiny By Matthew Kim • October 13th, 2015 “Destiny promised a universe beyond the sky; slowly it begins to deliver upon that promise.” Matthew Kim compares exploration between Bungie’s Halo and Destiny.
The Horror of Being Human By Kaitlin Tremblay • October 8th, 2015 “Both Resident Evil and Silent Hill represent the ultimate fear of losing whatever it is that makes us human.”
