2023 was an exceptionally tough year for many, but the characters in video games and media made Branford Hubbar feel a bit better about the year.
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The Best Games Eoghan Watters Played This Year | Winter Spectacular 2023
2023 was a year so packed full of video games that it was hard to play even a fraction of them.
We welcome Eoghan Watters to the website to run down their favourite games from last year!
Edward Lee Explains Why 2023 Was The Terrible Year Full Of Incredible Games | Winter Spectacular 2023
The contrast between *the product* and *the production* of video games has never been more stark than it was in 2023.
We welcome Edward Lee to the site to try to break down how some of the best games ever came out in such a terrible year for the industry.
Shawn McDowell Wants You To Know Fighting Games Are for Everyone, Including You | Winter Spectacular 2023
It’s been a big year for Giant Bomb’s resident young person. But Shawn McDowell is just happy that fighting games are in the best place they’ve been in decades.
So he can’t help but wonder… Why are they still not getting the recognition they deserve?
Scott McCrae's Top Ten Games of 2023
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.
Update Patch | September 2022
This Update Patch is late?
A monthly news update is never late. It gets posted exactly when it means to!
Or a few days after Alex Green gets done writing it.
Preview | startmenu EGX 2022 Roundup
There was a lot of awesome stuff at EGX.
Mainly the incredible startmenu crew that could attend… I guess the games were pretty neat too. Some of the gang rounded up our favourite games at the show!
Update Patch | August 2022 (Gamescom Edition)
This edition of Update Patch is brought to you by Kolsch, pork knuckle and big halls of sweaty gamers. But there was also plenty of other news this month outside of what happened in Germany.
startmenu Podcast 14 - Are There Any Video Game Movies Left To Make?
The gang assembled to talk about what video games we'd like to see turned into movies, but we quickly realised something... Are there any games left worth making into films?
The First Annual startmenu Awards | Winter Spectacular 2021
This article is just like 2021 itself; it will make you laugh and make you cry, it is way to long and will be gone in a flash, it was a lot of hard work and we’re not sure it was worth it, but we got through it all together!
Welcome to The First Annual startmenu Awards!
PRIDE 2021: My Complicated Relationship With The Queer Characters of Assassin's Creed
The Assassin’s Creed franchise spans 12 main games and 17 spin-offs since 2007, so it makes sense that they have had several queer characters. Louise Chase is here to explain the series’ rocky representation and her relationship with it.
PRIDE 2021: A Brief History of Modern Trans Characters in Games
We have come a long way for the region dependant, uncertain and offensive portrayal of Poison in Street Fighter II but there is still a long way to go. As part of our month of LGBTQAI+ articles this Pride, Natalie Raine looks at eight important trans characters in modern games - from the good, to the yikes, to the “it’s complicated”.
As Graphics Improve Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Sexism Become More Clear
Horizon Forbidden West looks incredible. However, some gamers had a bad take they had to share. Once all was said and done though Louise Chase has come to feel this is indicative of a much more pervasive problem in video games.