Marty Sliva

The year 2021 is full of bloated, half-baked open-world games, but the new Elden Ring gameplay video from FromSoftware feels like a cure.

Oxenfree II: Lost Signals preview: A hands-off Night School demo shows off enticing walkie-talkie dialogue & time travel time tear portals.

Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye is a mesmerizing experience unto itself, not just as DLC, in how it creates a new cosmis horror experience.

Slightly Something Else: Yahtzee Croshaw & Marty Sliva talk Chris Pratt in the Super Mario movie and animated vs live-action adaptations.

Ember Lab’s Kena: Bridge of Spirits on PlayStation 5 is a paradigm shift of awe-inspiring beautiful visuals, like Super Mario 64 before it.

Gamedec Review in 3 Minutes: Anshar Studios has created an entertaining narrative RPG, though it doesn’t reach the heights of Disco Elysium.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a dominant force in movies and TV, and video games are next with Spider-Man 2, Wolverine, & Midnight Suns.

Bandai Namco has created an awesome RPG with Tales of Arise, but its DLC and microtransactions are just gross and brazen in execution.

The Artful Escape Review in 3 Minutes: Beethoven & Dinosaur and Annapurna Interactive have created an incredible, beautiful adventure game.

Crystal Dynamics’ Marvel’s Avengers: War for Wakanda expansion with Black Panther is exactly what it needed to become a more complete game.

Axiom Verge 2 Review in 3 Minutes: This Metroidvania sequel from Thomas Happ improves upon the original in almost every way.

Assassin’s Creed Infinity from Ubisoft feels like the inevitable next step for a lot of your favorite franchises, and here’s why.

The public knows almost nothing about Starfield from Bethesda Game Studios, yet the hype and rumors are spiraling out of control already.

When should games leave the last generation behind and become exclusive to the new-gen consoles, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S?

Escape the Galaxy: Marty Sliva, Rachel Kaser, & Omar Ahmed discuss and review Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode 2, “Cut and Run.”

Resident Evil Village review: Marty Sliva and Nick Calandra discuss how RE8 might be the most ambitious collection of franchise elements yet.

Housemarque’s Returnal on PlayStation 5 offers a brutal difficulty that is fair sometimes but has designs that don’t quite fit a roguelike.

The reported The Last of Us remake at Sony and Naughty Dog makes perfect business sense with an HBO series on the way and other factors.

PlayStation messaging has been bizarre lately, with PlayStation 5’s MLB The Show 21 to Game Pass, its Returnal preview, & ASOBI Team closing.

Following the chat between Microsoft and Bethesda, it is clear that Bethesda games are all about becoming Xbox Game Pass exclusives now.