Games

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,

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

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

Over the last couple of decades, game director Keita Takahashi has become one of the most interesting creatives in the medium. He's most famous for the superlative Katamari Damacy, though also cult delights such as Noby Noby Boy and Wattam, all whimsical and quirky experiences united by a

The two previous Doom games (Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal) from id Software are brilliant examples of cohesive design. The 2016 reboot took what was, at that point, an oversaturated and homogenised genre (the first person shooter) and made it into something fresh. Why the genre works was maintained but

The highs are high but the lows are low. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is persistent mix of satisfaction and disappointment, of potential and eventual failure. A great premise is thrown to the wayside, replaced with a confused and unsatisfying narrative focus where plot ploughs through all else. Combat and music