Super Mario Odyssey: Yo, what’s in this hole?
Super Mario Odyssey is reintroducing exploration to the 3D platforming series. As we saw at E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade event) in Los...
I played Nintendo Switch with a stranger on a plane
I never thought it could happen to me, but it did … I somehow ended up in a Nintendo commercial in real life. On...
YIIK is the millennial take on EarthBound
YIIK: A Postmodern RPG (or Y2K) is a surreal role-playing game from developer Ackk Studios and publisher Ysbryd Games. It draws inspiration from Japanese RPGs like...
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is all about punching Nazis out of America
The Wolfenstein video game story is quite disturbing. It’s built on a fictional alternative history, where the Nazis won World War II. By 1961,...
The DeanBeat: The 12 best games of E3 2017
Alright, it’s time for me to make up my mind. The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles, took...
Super Mario Odyssey’s interdimensional travel is one of its best visual tricks
I got to play around 40 minutes of Super Mario Odyssey at E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo) trade event in Los Angeles last week,...
How the ubiquitous game actor Troy Baker plays Talion in Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Troy Baker is the ubiquitous video game actor. He’s coming back this year as the voice of Talion, the hero known as The Bright...
Days Gone will be an open world full of fast zombies, wolves, and bears
Days Gone is one of Sony’s big games coming for the PlayStation 4. It had a riveting demo last year, and it showed up again...
AR/VR Weekly: Virtual reality takes a bigger stage at E3
You can get a good sense of the role virtual reality plays in the video game industry by comparing two of the biggest industry...
Gran Turismo creator expected a ‘more incredible’ PSVR
Sony Interactive Entertainment hasn’t released a Gran Turismo on the PlayStation 4 since the system launched in 2013. Instead, developer Polyphony Digital is still working to...