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Death Stranding has been let down by the truly rancid discourse around it

November 7, 2019
Art/Art Game/Criticism/Death Stranding/games criticism/Hideo Kojima/Kojima/Kojima Productions/Opinion/Sony

Opinion by Matt S. A fair few years ago now, I had the privilege of watching a production of Samuel Beckett’s seminal play, Waiting for Godot. It’s not the easiest play in the world to watch… in fact, very little actually happens in it, and while it can be both…

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August 1, 2013
Art/Criticism/Dragon's Crown/games criticism/Opinion/Polygon

Opinion by Matt S.  I can’t say any of the following chain of events surprised me: Dragon’s Crown gets released, and gets a positive write up from IGN, Gamespot and other sites who see it as their duty to simply tell audiences whether a game is fun or not. Polygon…

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Mugen Souls and the difficulty of reviewing niche games

October 2, 2012
Criticism/games criticism/Mugen Souls/NISA/Opinion

I’ve tried writing a review for Mugen Souls a couple of times now, since ploughing through it. I’ve sat at my computer staring at a blank screen with not a clue how to actually review this game. I’ve tried writing under the influence of coffee, and then beer. Neither stimulant…

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July 30, 2012
games criticism/Lollipop Chainsaw/Opinion

There’s an opinion piece over at Forbes about the “problem with video game reviews.” Since Forbes was kind enough to try and pull apart one of my opinion pieces not long ago, I would like to take the opportunity to return the favour (a little bit vindictive, perhaps, but this…

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