PC Gaming Weekly: Beyond E3’s spectacle, smaller games shine

I’m still in my recovery coma after last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, the huge game industry gathering at and around the Los Angeles Convention Center. E3 itself is a three-day tradeshow, but it’s long burst from those constraints and is now a near week-long celebration (or, to borrow a turn of phrase from The Hollywood Reporter‘s Tim Goodman, a Death March With Cocktails) of gaming.

Much of E3 focuses on the triple-A (aka blockbuster) industry. Think Call of Duty: WWII, Doom, and Assassin’s Creed: Origins, Ubisoft’s latest in its flagship series. But I found that to truly appreciate this show, and the industry, you need to take a break from the pomp and the flash and see some smaller games.