There is something genuinely demoralising about games getting longer and longer as you get older and older.
We welcome Mathew Glenn back to the site to reflect on video games, backlogs and mortality.
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Metroid Dread: The Game Jon Simpson Waited 19 Years For | Winter Spectacular 2021
Dread: to anticipate with great apprehension or fear.
Jon Simpson spent 19 years waiting for this game. Its title is truly apt.
James Law's Writing Career Was Finally Taking Off. Then He Burnt Out | Winter Spectacular 2021
Welcome to Paradise City, where there are always more guides to write, podcasts to host, news to report, games to play, work to do, side projects to comp—.
James Law returns from that city with a cautionary tale.
Michael Leopold Weber's Top 5 Tips For Reaching Out To Game Devs | Winter Spectacular 2021
Gamers are not social animals. Which makes all the talking to other people for work when you are a games journalist feel like nails on a chalkboard. Michael Leopold Weber has returned to startmenu to give some advice for how to, you know, ummmm, talk to people…
Dave McAdam Says Carry On My Wayward Guardians | Winter Spectacular 2021
What could sum up the holiday season better than someone making a bunch of dad-rock jokes when they are meant to be having a serious conversation? Anyway, on a totally separate note Dave McAdam is here to tell you why you shouldn’t hold out for a hero. Instead, don’t worry, be happy.
Henry Stockdale’s Four Tips for Jumping Into Full-Time Freelance Journalism | Winter Spectacular 2021
It tough old gig, and even though he’s only been at it for a year and a bit Henry Stockdale already has plenty of things he wishes someone had told him before he made the jump to freelancing full-time.
Objection! Ruth Cassidy Asks What Even Is a GOTY, Anyway? | Winter Spectacular 2021
Rules are made to be broken and a Game of The Year can be whatever you damn want it to be. At least according to Ruth Cassidy… and we tend to agree!
2021 Has Taken Marie Pritchard Out of Her Gaming Comfort-zone | Winter Spectacular 2021
Video games are a comfort for many of us, but there comes a time when you need to step outside of the reassuring safe zone and try something different. Marie Pritchard pushed her gaming tastes this year and has discovered many a fine virtual cuisine!
Games Sam Harrison Wishes He Played in 2021 | Winter Spectacular 2021
Time makes fools of us all and video game backlogs make fools of time. We welcome Sam Harrison to the site to let us know all the best games of the year… that he didn’t play.
KillJoy's Vtubing Rollercoaster | Winter Spectacular 2021
2021 felt more like an arduous trek than anything else in many ways. KillJoy certainly had his fair share of challenges but he sure has ended up in a pretty damn cool place if we say so ourselves.
What Khee Hoon Chan Learned From Six Exhausting Years of Freelancing | Winter Spectacular 2021
You can do a lot in six years, you can also learn a lot of lessons, Khee Hoon Chan certainly has, and they want to share some of those lessons with you.
Pumpkin Spice 2021 | The Best Haunted House in Games is a Space Ship
Games are full of haunted houses. Hell, one of gaming biggest franchises is just a synonym for the concept. So it might come as a surprise that video game’s greatest residence of evil is actually a spaceship. Well, At least according to Jon Simpson.
Games, Mental Health and The Digital Realms We Escape To
Mental Health is a hard and complex thing and sometimes we just need a break from it all. Sometimes we just need to spend some time in another world.
Kelsey Raynor looks at the relationship between our mental health and the faraway worlds we spend time in.
Interview | ManaVoid, Rainbow Billy and Creating a Rainbow Hero
GET OVER HERE! WE’RE HAVING A GAY OLD TIME!
Join Tyler Constable as he sat down with ManaVoid to discuss all things Rainbow Billy, queer representation and repurposing the art of the 1930s for something fabulous!
Pumpkin Spice 2021 | Beast and Blade, Ludwig the Accursed
Most of us spent our time with Bloodborne dying and cursing Miyazaki under our breath. Not Oisín Kuhnke, they were thinking about something much more… pointed.
Pumpkin Spice 2021 | Slightly Scary Games To Mildly Mortify You
We all love a bit of spice in our pumpkin latte but there is such a thing as too spicy. That applies to horror games too. So with that in mind, Kate Robinson is back to recommend some spooky games with a kick… But not too much of one!
Pumpkin Spice 2021 | Best Games (On Game Pass) To Revisit This Autumn
Autumn is a long walk on a crisp, cold morning under the glow of a bright sun… And being chased by a genetically engineered alien designed to kill on a retro-future space station.
At least that is what Kelsey Raynor tells us, in her first piece for the site!
Behind The Scenes Of An esport Tournament In The Age Of COVID-19
We have all heard esports is big business but… like… what does that involve?
Jamie Nicholas decided to investigate at the recent Brawlhalla Mammoth Arcadian Tournament.
Pumpkin Spice 2021 | House of The Dead Is The Perfect Horror Game For Cowards Like Me
Horror games are great! They’re gory, campy, fun and creepy. But Marie Pritchard has a bone to pick with the genre. Why do they have to be so damn scary?
What are scaredy-cats like her and us to do?
Load up House of the Dead, that’s what!
My Series S Was Supposed to Be My Magic Game Pass Machine. So, Why Did I Just Buy a Series X?
Human’s are strange and complex creatures. Why do we have a favourite pair of socks? Why do we fall in love? Why do we need to sleep?
But most importantly, why did Najib Hassan feel compelled to buy an Xbox Series X less than a year after he bought a Series S?