This week, it was announced that Neil Druckmann will be stepping away from HBO’s The Last of Us series to focus on his work for Naughty Dog. Some background in case you are not aware: Druckmann and...
Coming full circle is a narrative device as old as storytelling itself. Even when the story sucks, it always kind of works. Most of the time, especially nowadays, it comes at the end of a trilogy or...
I remember when I first played Final Fantasy 7 way back in high school. It wasn’t my first Final Fantasy like it was for so many people, I had vague memories of playing one of the SNES Final...
Resident Evil as a franchise has been an incredible success. Most successful series get a good ten years or so, especially horror franchises. But Resident Evil has been going strong for two and a...
With the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons in just a few weeks, excitement for the game has reached a fever pitch. New and long-time fans alike are ready to dive into their next adventure, but...
Author’s Note: The very concept of an ‘auteur’ is one that’s been challenged in video games. Unlike films, TV shows and comics, the nature of modern big budget video-game development is one...
Death Stranding is a video game about a mailman in a post-apocalyptic and broken America where life and death are now one and the same. Sam Porter uses a baby in a bottle to navigate ghosts and...
Life is Strange 2 isn’t finished yet, but already it’s something I think will be looked back on as something pretty special. I can’t think of a game that has captured the indie film feel in...
It’s interesting to look at where FromSoftware is as a game developer now. They’ve become synonymous with quality for a lot of people, and have been rewarded quite well for that reputation with...
Writer’s Note: Catherine: Full Body has only officially been released in Japan at the time of this article. Therefore, this will contain spoilers, and the contents discussed are from that version....
