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NEW VIDEO! These Indie Games Will Give You Hope For Gaming's Future (ad-free!)

New Audio! So, How Does MGS' Codec Actually Work?!

First post of the end of the month: several thousand words on Steam Next Fest games (vids coming soon I promise)

New Audio 2 (again, video coming soon): The REAL Problem With Modern Gaming

New Audio (video coming v soon): Why You Need to Be Watching Elden Ring Bingo

New(ish) Video! The Worrying Problem With AI Video Games (ad-free!)

New Video! Coming to Terms With Death Stranding, Five Years Later (sponsor-free!)

Second script! Well, at least a portion of it... Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Is Not A Skateboarding Game

First script of two! Call of Duty Black Ops 6 is Propaganda

Here's the finalised Metal Gear video, ad-free!

New Video! Can A Game Capture A City? (Patreon exclusive!)

New Audio (video coming very soon): Can a Game Capture a City?

New Video (1 of 2)! How Metal Gear Solid's Bosses Changed (ad-free!)

...and here's the other thing I've been working on!

A Dissertation-and-a-Half on Metal Gear Solid's Bosses (and a conundrum I hope you'll understand)

Script 2 of 2! How Does Metal Gear Solid's Codec Actually Work?

Update and script 1 of 2! How Metal Gear Solid's Bosses Evolved (extract)

New video—over an hour of me answering your questions!

New video! A Review of Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (ad-free)

Hello free members/call for Q&A questions!

New video! A Personal Examination of Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (ad-free!)

New Video! Balatro and the Killing of Time (ad-free!)

New video (well, the audio, the video is uploading as we speak)! Balatro and the Killing of Time

New Video! The Games Industry is Completely Broken, and This is Why

New (work in progress) Video! The REAL Problem With Modern Gaming

New Video! Stellar Blade is a Wonderful Mess (Patreon version)

New Video! A Review of Rise of the Ronin (Patreon exclusive!)

New video! You Shouldn't Want "Perfect" Games (ad-free!)

New Audio (video coming v soon, 2 of 2)! A Review of Rise of the Ronin

New Audio (video to come v soon, 1 of 2)! The Beauty of Friction in Games

New Video! The Problem With Hideo Kojima (Actually This Time!)

New Video (work in progress)! The Problem With Hideo Kojima

New Video! How Helldivers 2 Turns Starship Troopers Into a Game (ad-free!)

New Patreon Exclusive Video! My Favourite Book Was Turned Into a Film and Now I Have to Rant About Adaptation

New Video! The Success (and Failure) of Tekken 8's Story (ad-free!)

New(ish) video! The Writing on Games 'Top Five Games of 2023' List

Game of the Year 2023 (audio version, video to come very soon)

New Video (2 of 2)! Do Video Games Deserve Better? (Patreon exclusive!)

New Audio (video coming in the next hour)! Do Video Games Deserve Better?

New Video (1 of 2)! Like a Dragon Gaiden: Letting Go of Kiryu Kazuma (ad-free!)

NEW VIDEO! Alan Wake: Finding the Good Within the Bad (early, ad-free version!)

New Video! Spider-Man 2 Is Far From Perfect (Review) (ad-free!)

New Video! How Starfield Made Me Miss The Bugs (ad-free!)

New Video! Bethesda's Intro Problem is Getting Worse With Starfield (patron version)

New Video (2 of 2)! How Save Scumming Makes Baldur's Gate 3 Better ⁽ᶠᵒʳ ᵐᵉ⁾ (ad-free!)

New Video (1 of 2 because I forgot lol)! A Personal, In-Depth Review of Armored Core 6 (ad-free!)

New Video! Covering Games, and the Ruinous Need to Finish Them (ad-free!)

New Video! Armoured Core 6: The In-Depth, Four-Hour, HANDS-ON Preview (ad-free!)

Update on upcoming videos, and audio from one of them!

New Video! Why The Depths Are Tears of the Kingdom's Best New Feature (ad-free!)