Opinion by Matt S. Indulge me a little in some semantics, because I think it’s important. How you talk about games reflects how you think about them, and I’d argue that the way we talk about games, as an overall community, suggests that we don’t really respect them. Certainly not…
Read MoreOpinion by Lindsay M. The wait between the second and third episodes of Life Is Strange 2 was a reasonable length; it feels like I just finished the second episode, Rules. But truth is, that was back in January, and so I always welcome the recaps at the beginning of…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. In the latest installment of Hollywood’s ongoing efforts to make everything in history about America, it is now making a film about the nuclear bomb attack on Hiroshima… and in a move that will surprise absolutely no one, it’s also making that film all about a…
Read MorePeople are getting ridiculous about spoilers, and it’s harming the conversation and criticism of art
Opinion by Matt S. You may have heard that a new Avengers movie was recently released. It’s apparently breaking all kinds of box office records and making Disney plenty of money, and based on the reviews and coverage of the movie, overall people are pretty positive on it. So, that’s…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. I haven’t played the commercial release of Sekiro yet. I have a copy sitting on my desk, but having spent the last couple of weeks in Japan I’m still playing catch-up with everything that I need to play for review, and we already have a review…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. So, Dead or Alive 6 finally released last week, and it is a particularly good fighting game. The best 3D fighting game ever, as far as I’m concerned, and argued in my review. But, of course, this is the games industry, so rather than talk about…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Everyone loves to rip on Activision Blizzard, and this morning, as the company shared its financial results and updated shareholders on its strategy, the entire games industry was handed a real gift for that collective hobby. “Activision Blizzard reports historic earnings among big layoffs” the headlines…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Sony has announced that former Sony Europe president, Jim Ryan, is being promoted to the top role as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, replacing John Kodera, as the company looks to push its successful PlayStation Network platform even further. As a report in Polygon notes: “[CEO…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. It’s expected that Sony and Microsoft will announce a new generation of consoles this year. That, of course, means that conversations about those successor consoles will dominate discussion in the media and gaming circles. On the one hand, the idea of hardware is viscerally exciting; a…
Read MoreFeature by Harvard L. The Tales series is by many regards Bandai Namco’s answer to Square Enix’s Final Fantasy. It’s a JRPG series with epic scope and a long line of mainstream titles connected more by common elements than plot or character, which is beloved by its hardcore Japanese fans,…
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