While we know gamers worldwide are excited to see PS5 games, we don’t believe right now is a time for celebration and now, we want to return and let more important voices to be heard. This has been the mission of the PlayStation brand for more than 25 years. A mission I’ve been a part […]
The director is using virtual reality on the spot to find the perfect and stylish lens
Wearing a VR headset, I am immersed in a digital speakeasy of the 1920s. A strange-looking wooden protagonist, played by a human actor whose footage has only been recorded, chit-chats with computer-generated pub patrons. The tech I am testing was created by Technicolor and enables film directors to instantly see exactly what a scene will […]
What games will AI play next?
This week, Google’s AlphaGo defeat a grandmaster in the complex game Go — an artificial intelligence landmark (see”How success for Google’s Go AI is stoking panic in South Korea”,”Machines are teaching themselves to grapple with the real universe” and”People hit back: How Lee Sedol won a match against AlphaGo”). Here’s what the experts say AI’s […]
R.B.I. Baseball 18 strives for arcade and sim, and falls short of both
R.B.I. Baseball 18 tries to be a fun arcade-style sports video game with some big features expected of so-called sim titles. And it winds up struggling with both goals. The third entry in an ongoing effort to revitalize a series best known for its glory on the Nintendo Entertainment System, RBI 18 doesn’t really enhance […]
Onrush is a racing game for people who love Overwatch
Onrush is a racing game without traditional racing. You zip fast vehicles around tracks, but there’s no finish line, no reward for placing first. The title is a misnomer: Rushing is quite often the wrong approach. Leading the pack makes you a target to everyone behind you, while hanging back provides a vantage to strike […]
Jurassic World Evolution is exactly the park sim you want it to be
Jurassic World Evolution, a new game tied to the theatrical release of this month’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, is a park simulator similar to Planet Coaster from last year or Zoo Tycoon from years before that. Players loved those Frontier Developments games, and a park simulator based on the universe of the iconic Steven Spielberg […]
State of Decay 2 made me sad, but mostly bored
Post-apocalyptic life must be a dismal experience. The endurance of a joyless existence of survival, surrounded by the remnants of all that is absent? It’s not for everyone. I learned to accept this while playing a frustrating 20 hours or so of State of Decay 2’s single-player mode (we’ll cover co-op in a later article). […]
The Council is a weird, lavish adventure in dialogue
The Council is an episodic historical detective adventure in which I roam the corridors of a mansion, searching for clues. In the first episode (of five), I engage in dialogue challenges with suspects, the direction of which is partly driven by RPG-based ideas about skills and powers. In 1793, I play the part of Louis […]
Detroit: Become Human tackles civil rights without a grasp of history
Detroit: Become Human exemplifies the delicate, albeit not backhanded, praise of, “They mean well.” Perhaps director and lead writer David Cage, whose work at his studio Quantic Dream is best defined as “foreign-made, interactive interpretations of maudlin Hollywood drama,” focused on themes as heady as prejudice, discrimination, social inequality and domestic abuse in the hopes […]
Nintendo Labo review
Nintendo’s Labo kits do things with cardboard and electronics that feel like practical magic, but the construction process is the equivalent of overcoming a half-dozen small mountains. Building Labo Toy-Cons isn’t stressful or scary so much as it’s mysterious. You’ll spend a decent amount of time putting pieces together while wondering what they’ll do exactly, […]
