Review
Filipe Salgado on the independent game Homeless, which attempts to express the plight of the homeless with repeated presses of the A button. Questions remain: Why does the homeless man think he deserves to be homeless? And how did he get X-ray vision?
Review
Regardless of one’s familiarity of the game, some sports games just fall flat. Filipe Salgado paints a picture of why NFL Blitz won’t have Madden worrying about competition anytime soon.
Profile
One of the most prolific developers in the burgeoning indie game scene, Stephen Lavelle recently released his first large-scale game production with English Country Tune. Filipe Salgado catches up with the recuperating developer about the transition from small to large games, the difference between
Review
Chances are you’ve heard of The Sims, Will Wright’s mega-hit about living, having feelings, and dying. What happens when that dollhouse game meets Facebook, a social experiment of a very different character? Filipe Salgado argues it’s a match made in hell.
Essay
Our senior writer Filipe Salgado bought his first console since the NES. He wonders why he can’t remember any of the Xbox 360 games he played in 2011, and looks back on his indie roots.
Columns
A simple tale about a boy, a girl, a robot, a robot factory, and a million hearts. What, you don’t know that one?
Columns
Whack a pole and watch fun and tragedy unfold in unison! Filipe Salgado pays tribute to QWOP and GIRP creator Bennett Foddy’s latest miscreation.
Review
The videogame that will make you forget how to play videogames has arrived! Filipe Salgado sizes up the twisted Swift*Stitch.
Review
What is a mute button doing in a game constructed around music? Bullet Audyssey is not so much music as it is just racket. Filipe Salgado explains.
Review
The first commercial game from auteur Stephen Lavelle, English Country Tune turns a cold and logical framework into exactly what it wasn’t supposed to be—a murky narrative.
Review
By combining fantasy and strategy, King of Dragon Pass allows you to write your own history. Filipe Salgado on why even the smallest decisions matter.
Review
Volition’s insane answer to Grand Theft Auto is less a reinterpretation than a novelty outfit. Filipe Salgado sees a lot of purple but it’s the same old, same old.