Writing with Paranoia: What If it’s All Just a Sink full of Raw Meat? Josh Rivers December 19, 2016 Opinion 2 I suffer from paranoia. I’m not talking about a tendency to just worry a lot, as the term is typically misused – I’m talking about full-blown paranoid delusions. I’ve suffered from these for most of my life. Th...
Titan Souls Deserves a sequel- But it Needs to be Careful Elodie Cunningham December 5, 2016 Opinion 2 I love every entry in the Dark Souls series, even the divisive sequel Dark Souls II - especially after its Scholar of the First Sin re-release - but there’s something that’s bugged me since the beginning, and h...
Are Indie Games The Future Of Journalism? Mantas Krisciunas November 23, 2016 Features, Opinion 2 I recently attended a journalism workshop at my university organised by News Associates, a UK-based school offering fast-track courses into an NCTJ diploma – essentially a universal badge of basic reporting abi...
I’m Still Talking About… Josh Hinke November 21, 2016 Features, Opinion It’s a short week for us in the States. On Wednesday I’ll be flying to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with those close to me and I imagine others will be making their own journey to spend time with friends and ...
Owlboy Shows how important theme is to video games Josh Hinke November 14, 2016 Features, Opinion 1 For the last few months I’ve been trying to put my finger on why The Banner Saga 2 didn’t totally work for me. The narrative is solid, it’s definitely well written, as I said in my earlier piece about the game...
Where Are All the Scottish Main Characters in Videogames? Matt McKeown November 11, 2016 Features, Opinion During one of the many inane conversations that’s had on the Played-Out Podcast, I came across a strange realisation: there aren’t a lot of main characters in videogames that are voiced by Scottish people. A...