Where Are All The Weird Sports Games? By David Shimomura • April 10th, 2017 The Rocket League recipe is one that can birth dozens of other games that can be accessible to people who are put off by the self-serious esports scene.
Samurai Jack is Among the Best Shows Airing By David Shimomura • March 27th, 2017 “For Samurai Jack, “mature” means a solid concept cinematically executed to its fullest. Though it is a little bloody along the way.”
We Need a Real Nemesis System By David Shimomura • March 13th, 2017 “What if any game forced you to own up to the potentially thousands of people you may have wronged?”
Breath of the Wild is Great But Inaccessible By David Shimomura • March 6th, 2017 “My dream was for the Switch to blow up the gates to gaming, to be open to as many people as possible. Instead, one of its best launch titles is the gates incarnate.”
Can the Switch Pave a Casual Road to the Future? By David Shimomura • February 27th, 2017 The Switch’s ability to be tossed in a bag and played with friends is a balm to a rising tide of games for gamers.
The Three John Wickiest Games By David Shimomura • February 13th, 2017 David Shimomura recreates that John Wick feeling in some popular shooters.
There is Nothing Virtual About VR By David Shimomura • February 6th, 2017 “The issue with “virtual reality” as a term isn’t the virtual part, it’s the reality part.”
What’s in a game? By David Shimomura • January 30th, 2017 “I believe in the widest, biggest, most inclusive definition of videogames.”
Playing Should be Replaying By David Shimomura • January 23rd, 2017 We need to replay games in the same way we reread books. We need to be reminded of their value and revisit them with the intellectual baggage of everything we’ve played since.
The Road to Pokémon World By David Shimomura • January 16th, 2017 Pokémon Sun and Moon is a balm in a sea of aggression.
