It’s been an eventful year for Scott McCrae, but between interviewing Harda and Hiroyuki Sakamoto and being the most Scottish man in games media. he also played a lot of games.
These were his favourites.
PLAYTEST IMPRESSIONS | Warden's Rising - This Industry Is A Nightmare
Wardens Rising is still in development but already, Skeleton has a sinking feeling about the game, and moreover, the state of the industry.
Fanny Moreaux Highlights The Best Art X Video Games Collab | Winter Spectacular 2023
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.
Alex Green Posits 2023 Is The Last Great Year For Games | Winter Spectacular 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.
Best Games Madeline Blondeau Played On A 2010 ThinkPad In 2023 | Winter Spectacular 2023
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.
Review | SteamWorld Build - Simulated Livin'
The Steamworld series is over 13 years old at this point, but thankfully these robots are still full of new ideas.
Kate Robinson reviews the series first crack at city building simulation, SteamWorld Build.
Anni Valkama Examines How the Games Industry Failed Its People In 2023 | Winter Spectacular 2023
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.
Jess Thomas' 2023 Game Of The Year? Skyrim | Winter Spectacular 2023
It’s been a year of phenomenal, groundbreaking, genre-redefining games. So what has Jess Thomas been playing?
Skyrim… Obviously.
Autumn Wright Asks What Does It Mean To Redeem The Future Anyways | Winter Spectacular 2023
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.
Emma Park's 3 Easy Steps To Get A Games Industry Job That Might Take You 10 Years | Winter Spectacular 2023
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.
Jumping Onto The Rocket Ship Mid-Orbit - Owen Trett's Vampire Survivors Experience | Winter Spectacular 2023
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.
The Lessons Robin Bea Learned From Two Great Games In a Terrible Year | Winter Spectacular 2023
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.
Life After Magic Taught Willa Rowe That She Is a Bad Friend | Winter Spectacular 2023
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.
Looking Up From Rock Bottom - Ashley Schofield On How Yakuza: Like A Dragon Finds Hope In Darkness | Winter Spectacular 2023
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.
Review | A Highland Song - She's A Belter
A Highland Song tells the tale of a young woman adventuring through the Scottish highlands.
Does it represent the region authentically? Does it convey its natural beauty? Is the quality of Crunchie bars articulated fairly?
Scott Nowbaveh fills us in.
Alex Orona And Super GG Radio's Best Betas From The Back Half Of 2023 | Winter Spectacular 2023
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.
The Games That Defined Jordan Black's 2023 | Winter Spectacular 2023
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.
Update Patch | November 2023
It’s been a while since we’ve had an Update Patch on startmenu, so of course, we have a lot of terrible and messy news to catch up on.
Alex Green returns to run everything down.
Jay Castello Is Trying To Figure Out Whether This was a Good Year For Games? | Winter Spectacular 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.
Hilton Webster Takes A Look Back On Another Great Year For Gaming(‘s Profits) | Winter Spectacular 2023
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.