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.
All in GOTY
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.
Ollie Luddy's Top 10 Games of 2020 | Winter Spectacular 2020
2020 is over and things can only get bett— Sorry, what happened yesterday?
Matthew Glenn, Ollie Luddy and Will Sawyer’s Tales From the Backlog | Winter Spectacular 2020
DO YOU LIKE MEANINGLESS AWARDS?! You’re on the internet so the answer is probably yes! Ollie, Matthew and Will hand out the first annual Backlog-ies and write a bit about the games from yesteryear that resonated the most in 2020.
Jon Simpson, Michael Beckwith and Will Sawyer's Games of 2020 (and another editor note) | Winter Spectacular 2020
Hey, it’s Christmas Day and if you need something to read after sleeping off your food coma we got you covered, with three more startmenu folk here to tell you about their games of the year.
Kate Robinson, Dashiell Wood and Ferdous Joy's Games of 2020 (also a message from the editors) | Winter Spectacular 2020
2020 is almost here and it’s an all-star startmenu team-up to round up some of our favourite games of the year.
Samuel Willetts' Top Five Games of 2020 | Winter Spectacular 2020
The year is over and there has been a lot of quality games despite… *gestures at everything*. Because of that Samuel Willetts wanted to take a look back at his top five games of the year and some honourable mentions too.
HotGirlVideos69’s (AKA Tiffany Treadmore) Top Games Of 2020 | Winter Spectacular 2020
What games has video game leaker and industry insider Tiffany Treadmore been playing this year? Her answers may surprise you but also not really.
Santi Leguiza's Year in Games | Winter Spectacular 2020
It has been a year of change and struggle but games have helped. Here are the games that helped Santi Leguiza the most.
Alex Green and How Gaming Found Its Quiet Place in 2020 | Winter Spectacular 2020
2020 was, errrrrr, a loud year, to say the least. Which is why Alex Green found himself treasuring the games that focused more on the quiet moments.
Elizabeth Henges and Returning to Eorzea | Winter Spectacular 2020
This year has seen us all isolated and struggling but Elizabeth Henges has found a safe haven in one of the worlds biggest MMOs.
Oliver Barsby and Why The Last of Us Part II was Game of The Year for a Reason You Might Not Expect | Winter Spectacular 2020
The Last of Us Part II is a lot of things to a lot of people but Oliver Barsby thinks many have overlooked one of it’s best aspects.
Ben Sledge and VR Fishing at the End of The World | Winter Spectacular 2020
Strap on your headset and dive into a virtual world of fishing, now that’s cyberpunk! Ben Sledge swings by to tell us about escaping reality in 2020.
Alex Orona and Super GG Radio's Betas of the Year | Winter Spectacular 2020
Alex Orona of Super GG Radio joins us to let us know what have been the best early access experiences this year and tip us off to some we may have missed.
Ghost Of Tsushima's Non-Crafting System Is This Generation's Best Crafting System | Winter Spectacular 2020
To call 2020 trying is a bit of an understatement. That’s why Michael Leopold Weber took great joy in Ghost of Tsushima removing this minor annoyance.
GOTY 2019 - startmenu's Best Things That Weren't Video Games
Lousie, Ollie and Issy played a lot of games in 2019. But they did other things too! Kinda…