Imaginary Real Places: Forza Horizon and the American Open Road
I watched the world flash by through the backseat window of a four-door sedan.
In praise of travelling slowly in Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus grasps how slowness and inaction can give rise to contemplation, perfectly underscoring the quietude of solitary travel and hardship.
A critical overview of PSX 2017: Framing the event
Plenty of column inches and minutes of video will be allotted to cover this past PlayStation Experience (PSX) 2017, that is of no doubt.
Unraveling the traumatic interior spaces of Asemblance
Asemblance, part one of a planned anthology series from developer Nilo Studios, takes repressed memories as its central theme.
Missed Shot: No Case for Need for Speed: The Run
How does EA Black Box's final Need for Speed title, Need for Speed: The Run, stack up against the rest of the series, and the genre as a whole?
Second Shot: A case for Driver: San Francisco
How Driver: San Francisco internalizes a pulpy crime story and infuses it with a surreal dream logic that frequently subverts videogame conventions.
Second Shot: A Case for Wet
Is the largely forgotten Wet worth a second look? Miguel Penabella considers the game in relation to grindhouse films and the phenomenon of the "B-game".
Second Shot: A Case for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, Part Two
A study of the characters and lyrical themes of Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days.
Second Shot: A Case for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, Part One
The aesthetic strategies of Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days in expressing a documentarian style and commenting on our relation to images.
Second Shot: A Case for The Order: 1886
The Order: 1886 never really stood a chance on its release earlier this year. Miguel examines whether it received a raw deal critically, and if it deserves a Second Shot.
Better Beans and Bacon: Notes on Skyrim
When stepping into one of the many taverns and inns in Skyrim, all I want for my protagonist is to retire to a comfortable corner of the room.
Traversing the Anxious, Dreamlike Architecture of Within
My dreams often consist of unpopulated, vaguely familiar spaces half-remembered and fading quickly from memory.
Limited Video game Heroism or: What Games Can Learn from Noir
I once heard that videogames embody the very essence of noir storytelling, perfecting the genre’s constricting narrative voice.
Enter the Void: The Grimy Playfulness of No Wave
Rumbling out of the dingy nightclubs and bars of a nocturnal New York City easing into the early 1980s, the no wave artistic scene offered a perversion of Debbie Harry and David Byrne, rebuking new wave music at large with a nihilistic criticism bordering on parody.
Gender as Enablement & The Glorious Power Fantasy of Tomb Raider
Lara Croft’s eyes shine in the bonfire, portending a hellish warpath to come.