There's a surprisingly persistent perception out there that there hasn't been a good Star Wars game in aeons, perhaps since Knights of the Old Republic II. Never mind that Battlefront II was actually a fun, and extraordinarily high-fidelity team shooter that still attracts thousands of players today, because Jedi: Fallen Order has been greeted with … Continue reading Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
There are remakes and there are remakes. And, increasingly, there are remakes. The form is becoming a new genre, or rather a new sort of videogame self-homage. It's becoming less and less eyebrow-raising to announce a new version of a beloved older game. The pressing questions are just whether it will be a graphical update, … Continue reading The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
Harmony Korine's back, and this time he's telling the story of a burnout with no regard for convention or legality, who's nonetheless a good bloke under it all. Wait. Korine's got a soft spot for those on the edge of society, or, at least, those on a specific bit of society's edge, revelling and rebelling. … Continue reading The Beach Bum
An astonishing visual trip, Monos is a queasy journey into the darkness of disorganisation and distrust. Alejandro Landes, writing and directing, embeds his camera into a group of eight teenagers, Colombian child soldiers in an unnamed insurgent organisation. They are stationed on a remote mountaintop, in an ancient, decaying bunker, leaking and rotting with moss. … Continue reading Monos
It's a peculiar quirk that Call of Duty, that most persistent of franchises, sticking around for years on end, always offering brutally quick online firefights, longs so clearly to be politically relevant. Core developers Infinity Ward, in particular, seem to feel a draw towards commentary on the state of the world, paired with a knack … Continue reading Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
