Review
Review: NFL Blitz
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.
Filipe Salgado
Profile
Profile: Stephen Lavelle
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
Review: The Sims Social
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
The Year Forgotten
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
These Robotic Hearts of Mine
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
PoleRiders
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
Review: Swift*Stitch
The videogame that will make you forget how to play videogames has arrived! Filipe Salgado sizes up the twisted Swift*Stitch.
Review
Review: Bullet Audyssey
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.
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Review: English Country Tune
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
Review: King of Dragon Pass
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.
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Review: Saints Row: The Third
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.
Essay
Coloring Machines
The musician and artist Roberto Carlos Lange talks to us about making art with Atari Video Music, a childhood playing with machines, and seeing music.