Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Switch): Terrible On Its Own Terms
The issue is not that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond isn't as good as Metroid Prime, the issue is that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond isn't good.
HORSES (PC): A Bluntly Buñuelian Attack on Authoritarianism
The context around HORSES means that all conversations about the game end up being conversations around the game, and about the state of the medium as a whole. Despite being one of the most talked about games of the moment, it has somehow fallen out of the conversation even about
Hades II (Switch): An Argument for Iteration
Beginning on Xbox Live Arcade with Bastion (2011), Supergiant Games have delivered a slew of original games united by an indelible style. To an extent, though, it felt like their design sensibilities were building up to 2020’s Hades, a roguelite that separated itself from its genre contemporaries by turning
Hollow Knight: Silksong (Switch): Mastery Required and Rewarded
It was in one of the harder boss fights where Silksong finally clicked. Before this point, it was evident the game was great but – at this moment – everything fell into place in masterful fashion. It was a boss I really struggled with, hit my head against many many times but
Mafia: The Old Country (Series X): A Beautiful Façade
The Mafia series is nothing if not interesting. The first game released in 2002, a year after the release of the medium defining Grand Theft Auto 3, and presented a new model for what the open world crime game could be. Where GTA gave you a world as a playground,
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 (Series X): It Looks Just Like Tony Hawk
The Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series is nothing short of a sensation. Not only were these four original games critically acclaimed at their time, and hugely popular, they were deeply impactful on wider culture. The soundtracks shaped the musical taste of so many (myself included) and skateboarding itself
The Alters (Series X): An Existential Survival Game that's as Cerebral as it is Strategic
Ever wondered how things could have been? What if you had made a different decision, could you have ended up elsewhere? Would your life be better, worse? In The Alters, one of the first things you can do is view the main character's life set out as a