It was late, but I sat there, Switch in hand, as the opening moments of Arrest of a stone Buddha played out drearily, bleakly before me. Cold-blooded execution in a church, and there I was taking control of the exec...

Dark Sector, released nearly 12 years ago in March of 2008, is a game I think about a lot. Which is to say, given the minimal thinking I'm able to do in a day, I think about Dark Sector most of the time. For a few reason...

What starts on four legs, changes to two, and ends up laying in bed in the middle of the night playing Vita? This guy! 2019 started with me making a conscious effort to play "series." That is, continue to be way too strict about playin...

For me, there's a fine line between an endearing act of self-awareness and an annoying one. What can be very clever commentary on a work's place in the world through direct breaking of the fourth wall, or an aura of detachment that can...

I have a strong affinity for small towns. I was born in Manhattan, about as not small as a town can get, but a few years later we up and moved outside the city. I value my identity as a New Yawker, and am often around th...

A tumbleweed rolls across the plain, a man and woman walk into a dusty western town. The man falls to his knees, “Water!” The woman chimes in, “Gene… this place reeks.” “I know… Wait, you don...

It was maybe last September, when I finally beat EarthBound, that I thought "Yeah, I sort of can name my favorite games of all-time!" That was a special moment, beating EarthBound (more on that later!), because...