Chris McMullen Apr 15, 2020. 4 minute read
A Week of Facade: Self-Isolating With Gaming’s Worst Couple
With half the world in voluntary quarantine thanks to the Coronavirus outbreak, video games offer a welcome escape. Who wouldn’t want to spend time with Animal Crossing’s adorable villagers, instead of gawping at daytime TV or counting their cat’s nose hairs? Well, me for one. I chose a different path…
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Chris McMullen Dec 18, 2019. 4 minute read
Prauf, the Real Star of Jedi: Fallen Order, Deserves His Own Game
Prauf is the hero Star Wars needs. Jedi: Fallen Order’s hulking alien mechanic makes me want to ditch protagonist Cal Kestis, with his stupid, permanently shocked face and experience the Star Wars universe through the eyes of a man who can’t slow time by looking constipated. If he doesn’t get…
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Chris McMullen Nov 8, 2019. 4 minute read
The Best Terminator Game Was Made By Bethesda in 1991
When they realised what Skynet had done, the Resistance sent a warrior back through time. His mission: to save the future by protecting the past. So they’ll be disappointed to learn that he ended up wrapped around the wheels of my Terminator’s stolen car. That’s not quite how James Cameron’s…
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