Patriot Names If you’re excited about The Division 2, then I’m sorry to inform you that no such game exists. There is a game being released today (although, som…

(Hedge)hoggin' Dooz  At SXSW, over the weekend, Takashi Lizuka announced there is a new Sonic the Hedgehog game in development. Whenever a new Sonic game is an…

Take a Clance on me   Tom Clancy had a knack for welding words into meaningless combinations that made perfect sense. ‘Red October,’ for instance, sounds vast and…

There’s a lot at stake The best time I’ve had pretending to be a vampire was playing Blood Omen 2, the weakest game in a series about vampires. It had pallid bl…

Send in the Clowns The following is a list of characters that have appeared in video games. For one reason or another, these characters are fools. As you will see…

Dance with Dragons   The following feature contains spoilers for season four of Game of Thrones and, weirdly, for the film Troy, which came out 15 years ago. Both…

Sustained  The third case in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney begins with an ancient battle – two armoured warriors cross blades in a field before a full moon. The ac…

Or is that too tall an order? Most Star Wars games that drift our way wind up getting battered by an asteroid belt of bad decisions, or break apart in the harsh a…

I’m only yolking! Easter is upon us, and with it comes renewal, new life, and the blossoming of spring. More importantly, it yields the promise of glorious chocol…

Games of Groans The most recent season of Game of Thrones has begun, and I expect that, at some point soon, it will come to a thunderous end. But you wouldn’t…

A group of remarkable people  Finally, it’s here. The last Marvel movie came out in March, and the wait has been unbearable. Thankfully, Avengers: Endgame has been…