No Politics in Video Games?
These days, politics is unavoidable. Take Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Folks, if you thought the latest entry in a Nazi-battling action series would be uncontroversial, then congratulations: you have […]
Tag Archives: Assassin’s Creed
Recommended Reads #2
Nintendo music at its calming best, life lessons from Assassin’s Creed, the role of memory in Dear Esther, and how retro can you go? Here are a few interesting reads […]
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Review
Take a look at the trailer for the upcoming Assassin’s Creed movie – all slick production design, overlaid with a pounding Kanye track. Then we’re thrown back to dusty 15th […]
Everything Wrong with Open World Games
Fallout 4 – one of the year’s biggest games (in every sense) is out now: I shared the trailer with my significant other, who gently told me: “But… you’ll never […]
The Ledge Grab: An Appreciation
How the Humble Handhold Changed Gaming Raiders of the Lost Ark opens with a famous set-piece – Indiana Jones escaping from an ancient Peruvian temple laden with booby traps, including […]
Assassin’s Creed III: A Native American Revolution
How UbiSoft’s historical adventure shows the promise of the American Revolution When the setting of Assassin’s Creed III was announced it was met with some concern. Taking place before and […]
