All in GOTY
A lot of video game marketing can feel quite dry and familiar, so when publishers, developers and PR go the extra mile to create something artistic and involve the community it is worth celebrating.
Fanny Moreaux showcases some of the best and most interesting video game collaborations in 2023.
For the last three years, Alex Green has been writing a monthly news column for startmenu so you should listen closely when they warn of impending doom.
He looks back at 2023 and why it may well be the last great year for video games.
2023 has been full of huge blockbusters and plenty of new indie games. But what if you wanted to play things from a different era?
Madeline Blondeau joins us to walk through the best games they played in 2023… on a 2010 ThinkPad.
2023 was full of great games but it hardly matters how good the games were when we have failed the people making them.
Anni Valkama tries to make sense of just what happened in this historically tumultuous year for workers in the game industry.
It’s been a year of phenomenal, groundbreaking, genre-redefining games. So what has Jess Thomas been playing?
Skyrim… Obviously.
Xenoblade 3 was one of the best games of 2022, and somehow its DLC, Future Redeemed, is just as good.
The only problem is that it has left Autumn Wright with a lot of thinking to do.
Breaking into the games industry is hard, and there’s no set path, but Emma Park is here to outline three easy steps that definitely, might, maybe, if you are lucky get you are job in the industry… in ten years.
It feels like only yesterday Vampire Survivors entered early access, such has been its meteoric rise.
poncle’s video editor, Owen Trett, joins us to explain what it’s like being on the team, why people in the video game industry have such imposter syndrome, and other garlic behaviour.
2023 has been a year of tough lessons learned the hard way, both in the games industry and the wider world. Robin Bea reflects on what she’s learned from Slay The Princess and Citizen Sleeper this year.
It’s been a difficult and messy handful of years that have made it easier to lose friends than gain them. Willa Rowe has been thinking a lot about that and Life After Magic.
2020 sucked and when you are rock bottom there’s only one man that can get you out of that hole… That’s right Kazuma Kiryu… But he’s not around anymore so Ashley Schofield looked to Ichiban Kasuga for help instead.
Alex Orona returns to the site to update us on the best early access and still-in-development games and betas from this year, and let us know which ones we should have on our radar going into 2024.
It’s been a rollercoaster year and Jordan Black has had a wilder ride than most.
They join us to walk through the games that defined their 2023.
It’s never been a better time to be a gamer… At least that’s what the man on stage said…
Jay Castello joins us to try to untangle why this year didn’t feel like the incredible 12 months for video games everyone keeps telling them it is.
It’s been a great year for video games, and a terrible year for the video game industry.
Hilton Webster joins us to look back on their year as a working games journalist during this incongruous and messy year.
Pikmin is a lot of things. A weird little guy extravaganza. Video proof Olimar should not have a spaceship licence. What you might not have expected it to be is a life coach.
Bobby Lipps explains how the game changed how he approached everyday tasks.
Breaking into the games media is hard, and we all want to help the next generation. But giving good advice is easier said than done, so Henry Stockdale gathered up some tips for would-be mentors this Winter season.
The startmenu Winter Spectacular 2023 starts right here!
They say better late than never, and this is much better than never.
The startmenu discord has come together to figure out what games from 2022 really deserved celebrating.
Please enjoy The startmenu Alternate Game Of The Year Awards.
Jordan Oloman drops by to investigate the meaninglessness of the Game of the Year.
Robbie Owen took some time out of his busy running the Justin Tipuric Fan Club and transcribing the Bible according to Alan Wyn Jones, to tell us about some of the best games he played this year.
