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Forms in Light
Johnathan E. Reid, the player character from Vampyr, stands in a hospital lit by sodium orange lamps.

Parasites and Predation

By Justin Reeve • November 10th, 2023

While Vampyr has been critically acclaimed for its narrative depth and gameplay mechanics, the architectural design is definitely worth a mention, being at once a thematic and functional cornerstone of the game.

Open World
a poor photoshop mashup of the logo for the old Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 logo and the remake one with the handlebar moustache soldier holding his gun and wearing his bucket hat but something about him just don't look right

Best Of All You Can Play The Whole Game Any Way You Want

By Edward Smith • November 9th, 2023

The rapidity with which games lie to us is so great that we barely notice it on a conscious level. 

Noah's Beat Box

Vamps – Otherwise

By Noah Springer • November 9th, 2023

Repetition and transformation.

Casting Deep Meteo
A screencap from Vampire Hunter D shows the titular hunter reaching towards the viewer. He wears a magnificent hat.

One Thousand Year Old Vampire Hunter D

By Levi Rubeck • November 8th, 2023

While watching Vampire Hunter D, one can’t help but connect it to the relatively recent solo role-playing game Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings.

Area of Effect
A striking vista of a rock formation on a desert planet. The starry sky is awash in the hazy colors of an alien sunset.

Open World Vampires

By Jay Castello • November 7th, 2023

The open world map is almost nothing but a center for consumption.

I Played It, Like, Twice...
Close up photo of the board game Warhammer Execution Force with an overarmored necro priest facing off against several assassins on a very confusing board

Stealth Mission: Exploring the Corners of Warhammer 40K in Execution Force

By Orrin Grey • November 6th, 2023

Execution Force is a relic of a specific point in GW’s release history – in this case, the year 2015.

Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • November 6th, 2023

We’re hitting the road!

Interlinked
A screenshot of Raziel from Legacy of Kain: Defiance. He is a skeletal wraith and has a scarf covering the bottom half of his face.

Don’t Fear the Reaver

By Phoenix Simms • November 3rd, 2023

Raziel, the tragic wraith protagonist of the Soul Reaver series, contains within his arc a nuanced portrayal of how an energy vampire is made and unmade.

Screenshot of a close-up of Sam Porter Bridges, eyes staring just off camera and tears streaming down his face

Sam Porter Bridges Redefines the Anti-Hero

By John Anderson • November 2nd, 2023

It is undeniable that most games center around violence in some shape, and due to the hours the average game takes to complete being well into the double-digits, the protagonist will have racked up quite a monstrous body count before the credits roll.

Here Be Monsters

A Different Sort of Vampire: The Endemic Issue Behind Redfall’s Critical Flop

By Emma Kostopolus • November 2nd, 2023

Redfall is an excellent test case for how capitalist gamer culture has turned some gaming consumers into a particularly odious, never-satisfied group of soulsuckers.

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