The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 1 Review

After WandaVision largely delighted critics and fans alike, does Marvel Studios’ second TV show, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, keep up the momentum? Editor’s Note: Minor Episode 1 spoilers follow. Set around six months after Avengers: Endgame, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has the two titular heroes (and the world at large) wrestle … Read more

NBA 2K20 taught me about basketball and now I love it

Since NBA 2K20 was one of the Playstation Plus games earlier this year, I got around to playing it. The result? I’m a newfound New York Knicks fan, look up to LeBron James, and look forward to trying NBA 2K21 on next-gen consoles. I have a pretty brief history with basketball. It didn’t really gel … Read more

Photo Modes let amateur photographers pursue two passions at once

Most Sony first-party releases include or are eventually patched to include a Photo Mode. So what’s the hubbub about? Photo Mode is one of the best ways for players to utilize the content creator features that all of the current generation consoles (PS4, Switch, Xbox One) have implemented. And pretty soon, players are going to … Read more

Harvest Moon vs. Story of Seasons: A brief history of the farming sim controversy

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town came out last month. Why does it look so strikingly similar to Harvest Moon? I’ll come clean from the get-go and tell you that I haven’t played a single game in the long-running Harvest Moon series. So I have no first-hand experience to draw on here. As such, … Read more

What’s up with the FIFA 21 cover art? A four-step critique

EA Sports recently unveiled the next FIFA game, FIFA 21. I have to ask: what is up with the cover art? Now, before I properly begin, I need to address that this feature is in part inspired by a Kotaku article. Incidentally, that’s how I stumbled upon the FIFA 21 cover art in the first … Read more

Superhot: Mind Control Delete Review

Wait, Superhot is a roguelike now? Superhot: Mind Control Delete is a standalone game. It takes the gunplay and the attractive premise of the original – time only moves when you move – and meshes it with roguelike elements. We’re talking procedural generation and permadeath. The result of this unorthodox but otherwise theoretically interesting combination … Read more