Outer Wilds Teaches the Importance of Persistence — Single-Player Memories 2019
Outer Wilds is an open-world action-adventure where you die. Repeatedly. That is fine: the player gets back in their ship and starts again, ...
Opinion
Life Is Strange 2 Offers an Exploration of What It Means to be Family — Single-Player Memories 2019
Often, sequels can feel like a tired re-tread. Where once ideas were fresh, they feel stale, more a repeat than a continuation, lacking ...
Opinion
American Fugitive and the Joy of Fast-Paced Action — Single-Player Memories 2019
Fast-paced games have existed almost as long as the medium itself. Space Invaders sparked the golden age of arcade games more than 40 ...
Opinion
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is an Adaptation Done Right — Single-Player Memories 2019
In many ways, Jedi: Fallen Order is unoriginal. Featuring characters, locations, and story beats already familiar to Star Wars fans, the game risks ...
Opinion
Disco Elysium’s Surreal, Table-Top-Style Story Provides an Adventure Like No Other — Single-Player Memories 2019
The impact that good writing has on video games is often underestimated. Since a lot of games still rely on simplistic plots and ...
Eastshade is a Beautiful Game About Beautiful Things — Single-Player Memories 2019
Untitled Goose Game, Disco Elysium, and Outer Wilds are among the games to bubble up out of the indie sector this year and ...
Opinion
Kingdom Hearts III Delivers a Climactic End to a Legendary Saga — Single-Player Memories 2019
After taking 14 years to create, Kingdom Hearts III accomplished more than simply tying up loose ends. The gap since Kingdom Hearts II ...
Opinion
Hypnospace Outlaw Shows Off the Power of Humor in Games — Single-Player Memories 2019
Nostalgia has played a large role in gaming recently. Over the last few years, a deluge of classic games has been remade for ...
Opinion
Mortal Kombat 11 Hooks You in Through Experimentation and Desire to Improve — Single-Player Memories 2019
The fighting game genre has been one that I have avoided ever since my brothers moved away. Growing up, my mother would buy ...
Opinion
Katana ZERO Made Failure Cool — Single-Player Memories 2019
Every now and then, a video game comes along that causes you to completely reconsider what to expect from the medium. As someone ...
