Grinding Destiny 2 Guns Feels Bad. Does It Have To?

Let’s talk about Destiny 2 guns. My favorite guns were The Huckleberry and some random rifle I don’t remember with two mods I liked on it. These took up the first two weapon slots, and the third – the heavy weapon slot – I kept for the Tractor Cannon or the 21% Delerium. These two […]

Wolfenstein 2: New Colossus is Best in Baby Mode

True Terror Billy is achieved by choosing Baby Billy.

Waypoint, The Red String Club, and Videogame Criticism

Recently, an opinion piece was published on Vice’s Waypoint gaming site talking about the recently released The Red Strings Club by Deconstructeam. The response was, in general, quite critical and with pretty good reason. Coupled with the podcast episode, the message from Waypoint about this game was to not purchase it because it was transphobic, […]

The Methodology Behind The Witness

Much has been said about The Witness’s ability to teach the player how to solve its puzzles. In designing the puzzles, Jonathan Blow worked from simple to complex, and while the game is arguably genius in how it teaches the player, the methodological ideas behind it were defined 70 years ago. In school, most of […]

Games Can’t Portray Addiction Right

“This will be the last cigarette I ever smoke” is something I tell myself about once a week after I finish a pack. It doesn’t take more than a few hours before I have a new pack sitting in front of me. —  Going out for a cigarette has become a habit that I do […]