Nukes Are Bad By David Shimomura • October 16th, 2018 Nuclear weapons are terrifying. Videogames would do well to remember that.
[Yells in Foreign Language] By David Shimomura • October 10th, 2018 The Yakuza series doesn’t offer an English dub for its dialogue. That’s a good thing.
The Uncomfortable Thoughtlessness of Spider-Man By David Shimomura • October 2nd, 2018 Spider-Man works hard to portray Peter as a guy good, but it fails to find nuance in incarcerated populations, foreigners and the ecosystem of New York itself.
The Amazing Wholesomeness of Being a Grandma By David Shimomura • September 25th, 2018 Hungry Hearts Dinner is simply a very, very well-made game that does a fair amount of tugging at even the coldest heart strings.
The New Godzilla Trailer is Awesome and Sublime By David Shimomura • August 21st, 2018 Together, “awe” and the “sublime” remind us of the feeling of being small before something greater than ourselves.
Tau is Mindbogglingly Bland By David Shimomura • August 14th, 2018 Tau is about a woman slowly teach an AI about music, art, and history as she tried to escape from the clutches of an emotionally vacant murderer.
War on Words: Mobile v. Handheld By David Shimomura • July 17th, 2018 It’s why the recent trend to enforce the artificial barrier between “mobile” and “handheld” is so tenuous and dangerous.
