In our first [Patreon Unlock] we take a look at Michael Beckwith’s huge weekly rundowns of October’s news.
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Update Patch | March 2024
Things continue to be rough in the video game industry this year with more layoffs, controversies and confusion in 2024.
Alex Green takes a look back at March to try to figure out what is going on.
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.
startmenu Podcast REMASTERED 002 - Press Conferences And Conventions w/ Jeff Grubb
The podcast returns with Batgrubb himself, to discuss pretending to be professional when covering press conferences and conventions.
startmenu Podcast REMASTERED 001 - New Games, New Format
That’s right, the podcast is back and we’re changing things up. This week sees Lexi shares the reins with Ordhran Johnson as we welcome Harry Schofield and Inverse’s and Girl Mode Pod’s Willa Rowe to the inaugural episode of our new format.
Update Patch | October
October felt like it arrived out of nowhere and then left as if it lasted for three months. That means that there was also three months of news to catch up on, right?
We should check with Alex Green and see if this maths checks out.
Update Patch | August 2021
Last month felt like the beginning of a long reckoning and so it felt very strange to be “celebrating games” this month with Gamescom. Alex Green is back to help us run this strange gambit of news.
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Here's a Rundown of Everything At Bungie's The Witch Queen Showcase [24/08/2021]
If I know one thing about Destiny, it is that everyone who plays Destiny loves Destiny.
If I know another thing about Destiny, it is that I have NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON IN DESTINY ANYMORE!
So we brought in resident Guardian, Jon Simpson, to round up everything at Bungie’s first livestream for The Witch Queen DLC.
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Here's a Rundown of Everything at The Nintendo Indie World Showcase [11/08/2021]
Short and sweet! Nothing like a surprise deluge of cool indie games to get you through the end of a long week. Ollie rounds up everything Nintendo showed at the latest Indie World Showcase.
Update Patch | June 2021
Just because we were all occupied with E3 doesn’t mean there wasn’t lots of other video game news. To catch us all up Alex Green is back with this month’s Update Patch.
The 10 best indie games from E3
E3 is dominated by huge announcements from massive companies. You might’ve missed the smaller games that didn’t get as much of a limelight, so Ben Sledge has narrowed it down to a top ten.
E3 Recap | Ubisoft
Will Sawyer is back with a recap of Ubisoft’s showings at E3.
Google Stadia - Pricing and More Revealed
Google kickstarts E3 2019 with their vision for the next-generation.