Tag Archives: Editor’s Picks

The impact video games can have over their short history has been constantly misunderstood by those quick to dismiss them. Throughout my childhood and even into my adult life, I’ve dealt with naysayers who claim that, “Games can’t teach you anything!” or that they are just “mindless entertainment.” However, those …

War never changes The vision of the United States as portrayed by the Fallout series is as alien as it is familiar. Wandering the desolate wasteland, you’ll find the remnants of cars and buildings seemingly pulled forward in time from the 1950s, alongside soldiers in steel power armor, roaches the …

True choice is an illusion in most games. It’s a fact I became all too aware of after recently finishing Until Dawn (opens in new tab) – an adventure predicated on player agency and decision-making. Right now, games just aren’t set up to offer truly human options and deliver realistic …

Fallout 4 (opens in new tab) looks like one hell of an upgrade from its last-gen predecessors. I say that as a man who put a lot of time into Fallout 3, including one particularly legendary/troubling-in-hindsight 15-hour stint, and vastly more cumulative play time before even (accidentally) stumbling upon the …

Since E3, we’ve known that Halo 5: Guardians (opens in new tab)’ campaign would be a changeable thing, swapping focus from the Master Chief-led Blue Team to Spartan Locke’s Fireteam Osiris. Thanks to a huge new post on the Halo Waypoint blog (opens in new tab), we now know that …

Rocksteady has finally made a game where I can do everything that Batman does in the opening of the ‘90s Animated Series. I can turn up in a Batmobile, glide out, beat up some thugs and then pose dramatically as I gaze across Gotham City’s skyline. Arkham Knight is full …

“Alright Spartans, listen up.” A hologram projection of Halo’s Commander Sarah Palmer is talking to me, pointing at me, and fascinating me. I see her thanks to the special glasses an E3 booth attendant has fitted me with – the HoloLens – and because of this techno-gadgetry, for a brief …

Pressing the issues Every year, the E3 press conferences serve as the bombastic kickoff to a festival of big-budget games and indie innovators. This is where all the megaton reveals and announcements will happen; where developers, CEOs, and celebrities alike will take the stage and delight the audience with snappy …

The crowd’s strongest reaction was for Fallout 4’s surprise November release date (opens in new tab), an early arrival that had been heavily rumoured but still seemed so unlikely. Clearly, the audience hadn’t expected that was going to happen either, with a mixture of elation and disbelief in the hooting …