Welcome, and thanks for successfully spelling my last name. Click through for a full list of writing and editing credits. _ Ars Technica – Video games, software, gadgets, geek culture, arts The New York Times – Video games, geek culture Game Developer – Video games, history of technology The Stranger – Video/board games, pop…
If you’ve only heard about the Fallout franchise because of the 2024 TV series on Amazon Video, my first-ever articles for the New York Times can help you connect the dots on how the series came to be on PCs and gaming consoles–and what to know about the games before…
I’m incredibly proud that I got to chat with longtime game maker Jeff Minter at length for a career-retrospective article. Lots about his personal and professional lives here, I suggest you dive right in: How the iconic Jeff Minter stays inspired after 43 llama-filled years of game development (GameDeveloper.com)
I imagine the game maker who goes by the alias LocalThunk will grant more interviews in the near future, but in the meantime, I am grateful that they made the time to chat with me about one of the most sneakily addictive video games I’ve played in years. The only…
I break down why this video game ranks as one of the best of 2023, and how it benefits from a cast of characters who all share South Asian roots while living in a very modern, American place. This game is a very cool example of how interactive storytelling can…
Longtime geek-culture journalist and critic Stu Horvath put together a pretty incredible book this year, so I summarized its quirkier findings as a primer about the history of “tabletop,” pen-and-paper role-playing games. The below is less of a book review, and more of a sampling of the nerdy depths the…
I’ve covered the retro gaming company Analogue many times in my career, and my latest piece explores its mostly recently revealed product, the Analogue 3D. Thanks to CEO Christopher Taber for speaking frankly to me about what the company is producing, especially while its details are so mum at the…
In honor of The Making of Karateka launching on consoles and PCs this week, I got a chance to interview that game’s creator Jordan Mechner. The Making of Karateka is already a unique kind of “game,” in that it’s really more of a museum exhibit, so our chat digs into…
Indie film reviews! Mine include incarceration, puppet blood, and hundreds of exposed male penises. You can ctrl+F my last name to see the films I blurbed, but the whole guide, as written by a number of esteemed Stranger staffers and contributors, is a fun read. We watched and reviewed 35…
Really fun interview here with Randy Linden, whose claims to fame include the ambitious Super Nintendo version of Doom, an authentic version of the Laserdisc classic Dragon’s Lair on the lowly Amiga, and perhaps biggest of all, Bleem—the world’s first major commercial emulation platform. Linden confirmed a heretofore unknown story…