WUMP IT UP: Crash Bandicoot 4 Demo (State Of Play Overview)
Perhaps the strange, uneasy climate we’re currently in is affecting our sense of time, but it already feels like an age since Activision dropped the official Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time trailer on us in late June. A direct sequel to Crash Bandicoot…
What Necrobarista Teaches Us About Time
Necrobarista, Route 59’s new visual novel (which was released last month), is a game about life, death, and a neon-lit, book-filled coffee shop somewhere in-between. It has a more dynamic feel than a lot of visual novels, aided by gorgeous art and segments where the…
Die Hard Trilogy: The Movie Tie-In Video Game That Deserves a Comeback
It’s fair to say that video games based on movies have not always had the best reputation. For every Nintendo’s GoldenEye, PlayStation’s Ghostbusters, or Sega’s Aladdin, we get visual atrociousness in Bad Boys: Miami Takedown, Charlie’s Angels, or Street Fighter: The Movie. Most games in…
REVIEW: Ghost of Tsushima
Seven years on from its debut, the PlayStation 4 is soon to be replaced by the next generation. During this beloved era, we’ve been handed a treasure trove of PlayStation exclusives to sink our teeth into that ranges from The Last of Us Remastered all…
REVIEW: SKATER XL
In the evolution of the eight generation console wave, the absence of the skateboarding genre has been felt by a dedicated fanbase that still yearn for the experiences that EA and Activision provided with their Skate and Tony Hawk franchises, respectively. The seemingly last nail…
Fus Ro Dah: The Make-Believe Super-Being
Skyrim plays into one of the biggest stereotypes in video games: you, as the character, are an all-important being and it’s up to you to stop whatever impending doom will slowly descend onto the universe. Sometimes you know why you are this one in a…
Anger and Acceptance in The Last of Us Part II
I finished The Last of Us Part II three weeks ago. I’ve since watched my boyfriend play through it, had conversations with him and a handful of friends, appeared on a podcast discussing it; I have a lot to say, but for two weeks now…
OUR CONSOLE: PlayStation 3
Oh, the PlayStation 3. My most-played console. I remember the moment I got it. When I first switched the console on, I was blown away. After years and years of putting time into the PlayStation 2, I’d finally received an upgrade. The opening sequence and…
OUR CONSOLE: PlayStation Portable
The luxury of portable gaming has become somewhat of a grail type crusade for the technological giants of the gaming industry. Is the pleasure of a full gaming experience actually attainable from a pocket sized perspective? Or is it just a short lived gimmick? Whilst…
Miles Morales’ Meteoric Rise To The Top Of Marvel With PlayStation 5: Why It Matters
Miles Morales’s Spider-Man will be the main character of an upcoming PlayStation 5 video game, capping off what can only be considered a meteoric rise to the top of popular culture for the comic book character. Of course, a major part of Morales’s rise is…
OUR CONSOLE: PlayStation 2
Christmas, 2004. A 7-year old Markus is awoken and taken downstairs to the living room, where he is greeted by a colorful Christmas tree surrounded by wrapped presents. Being a child, the still joyous and not yet cynical Markus threw himself at the gifts to…
OUR CONSOLE: PlayStation One
A lot of people will remember their first console for various reasons; whether it be because of a specific game, or because of graphical achievement, everyone has a console that they will always love. A console that I will always love is the Playstation 1….
REVIEW: The Last of Us Part II
When The Last of Us arrived in the summer of 2013 on the PlayStation 3, it was immediately met with critical and commercial acclaim. Naughty Dog, the developer mostly known at the time for the Uncharted series, seemed to have struck a chord with audiences…
