What’s Wrong With Game Reviews?
by Joseph Hilgard We’re presenting this article alongside Kyle Stegerwald’s piece today as paired examples of an emergent (heh) strain of game criticism; they both concern the act of game reviewing,...
View ArticleThe Mind’s Eye: In Defence of Subjectivity
by Alan Williamson I learned the joy of owning a ZX Spectrum this week, but I’ve never played one. I felt the connection between Dear Esther and the end of a relationship I never had. I understood the...
View ArticleSimple Machines: Legend of Grimrock and the Joys of Coherent Design
By Joseph Hilgard “Video games are one of the few remaining artforms where there is an empirical positive correlation between budget and quality.” – The single dumbest thing anybody said to me about...
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