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It is really wild to consider that some of us have started whole new careers and chapters in our lives during this pandemic. Honestly, that has only made learning a lot of the lessons everyone has to figure out much harder. Amy Eastland shares with us her whirlwind games journo career.
League of Legends is known for having a… passionate fanbase. This makes it intimidating for newcomers to learn the gameplay basics, not to mind the lore. That is why Jamie A. Nicholas thinks Arcane is such a brilliant adaptation of gaming juggernaut.
There is a term in speedrunning for when a game is being played at a marathon event and it has gone way over the estimated time and has to be cut short. It’s called “a mercy kill”.
Elizabeth Henges reflects on when it’s time to call a reset on a run or maybe a dream job.
When you have been in the games industry for 20 years now 12 months might not seem like a big deal. But Xbox’s 2021 felt like a bit of a landmark.
Alex Green breaks down Microsoft’s 20th year selling attitudinal big black boxes.
Spiders with laser swords? Fashion law enforcement? Mounds of flesh and garbage? 2022 seem like it will be an interesting time to play games.
Alex Orona is back with his and Super GG Radio’s best betas and demos from the last year.
What is a release date if not a miserable pile of numbers?
We welcome Oisín Kuhnke back to the site to award their games of the year. Were they released this year? WHO CARES!
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.
Dread: to anticipate with great apprehension or fear.
Jon Simpson spent 19 years waiting for this game. Its title is truly apt.
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…
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
