More From Edward Smith
How Halo Wars and the wider series humanises its futuristic military by focusing on people
Creative Assembly's strategy sequel continues a tradition of the Halo series.
Feb 20, 2017
Twenty years on Final Fantasy 7's biggest problem is still hanging over the iconic series
PS1 classic Final Fantasy 7 celebrates 20th birthday but was not a perfect template for the series.
Jan 31, 2017
How Resident Evil 7 is molded by the hateful, terrified world of Trump and Brexit
Capcom's survival horror perfectly reflects the state of the world in 2017.
Jan 28, 2017
Telltale's The Walking Dead season 3 is warding off the fatigue suffered by the TV show
By wearing its heart on its sleeve, Telltale's Walking Dead is starting to better its television cousin.
Dec 20, 2016
Celebrating the small miracles in 2016's video games, from Battlefield 1 to That Dragon Cancer
Mafia 3's fight against The Man, Doom shrugging off convention and much more.
Dec 13, 2016
How Blizzard and Overwatch League are making eSports less corporate and more compelling
Hearthstone's Jason Chayes on how Blizzard is changing eSports.
Nov 11, 2016
Blizzard at 25: How a video game juggernaut evolved from RPM Racing to Overwatch
Blizzard has evolved from a tiny self-starter to a gaming juggernaut.
Nov 10, 2016
Geek culture and video game fandom aren't so different from Donald Trump's cult of personality
A look at fan culture and how it's impacted the 2016 US presidential election.
Nov 08, 2016
Forza Horizon 3 review: Playground Games drifts off at the wheel of Xbox's latest racer
Microsoft's annualised racing series returns for another festival of speed.
Sep 20, 2016
Dead Rising: How Capcom's zombie spoof started an open world pandemic
Looking back at Capcom's beloved open world game and how its influenced releases since.
Sep 14, 2016
This Is The Police review: A disappointingly shallow depiction of US law enforcement
As the state of US policing comes under increasingly intense scrutiny, Weappy's This Is The Police offers a disappointingly tame depiction
Jul 26, 2016
Limbo retrospective: Playdead's debut is a brutally honest depiction of childhood
Ahead of Playdead's new game Inside, we take a look at the Danish studio's stunning debut.
Jun 27, 2016
E3 and other major expos highlight the problem of publicly exhibiting video games
Video game trade shows and fan conventions have a problem with letting the public play games.
Jun 17, 2016
Resident Evil 7 demo verdict: Is this too little, too late for Resi in a crowded horror genre?
Resident Evil 7 is a return to horror basics, but its playable teaser is unconvincing.
Jun 14, 2016
EA's Battlefield 1 presentation at E3 2016 was a masterclass in poor taste
Game intends to recreate the First World War, but not with any respect for the horrors of history.
Jun 14, 2016
Doom review: id Software's 2016 reboot is the best shooter in over a decade
Blood rains in id Software's glorious modern reboot.
May 17, 2016
Doom: Infamous 'talk to the monsters' review was on the right side of history
Id Software's original was celebrated, but one review asked a question fans haven't forgotten.
May 13, 2016
How Naughty Dog deconstructed Nathan Drake in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
After two games, Naughty Dog took a very different approach to their hero for the third outing.
May 10, 2016
What became of the cartoon video game mascot?
Before shooters dominated the market, mascot-led platformers were the order of the day.
Apr 22, 2016
Dark Souls: The video game version of my neuroses taught me the importance of failure
Failure is as much a part of Dark Souls as any item or weapon.
Apr 13, 2016
Quantum Break: How time manipulation and choice undermines depictions of 'real life' in video games
On how choices and comforting players further removes games from the reality they sometimes try to depict.
Apr 08, 2016
Quantum Break review: Remedy's latest is glossy, charmless and not as ambitious as it seems
Remedy Entertainment's long-in-gestation Xbox One and PC action game disappoints.
Apr 01, 2016
Hitman Go represents assassination series at its most cold and calculating
Mobile game which recently arrived on PS4 is arguably the pinnacle of the series.
Mar 11, 2016
How video games reflect the right-wing politics of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz
Rampant patriotism and an obsession with material gain – sound familiar?
Feb 04, 2016
Resident Evil Zero HD review: Where it all started to go wrong for Capcom's horror series
Capcom's second Resi remake for current consoles reminds us of why the series has been in decline.
Jan 18, 2016
10 best video games of 2015 you've never heard of: Crime Is Sexy, Off Peak, Sonic Dreams and more
A look at the best games that flew under the radar in 2015 (until now).
Dec 16, 2015
Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain: How Hideo Kojima questions his own legend in MGS sequel
If MGS5 is Kojima's last in the series, then it's 'a departing love letter to his own celebrity'.
Dec 15, 2015
Just Cause 3 review: Far from the revolution open world games need
Rico Rodriguez is back after five long years but the Just Cause 3 open world game design is stuck in 2010.
Dec 04, 2015
PS4 and Isis: Why mainstream media eagerly demonised video games in wake of the Paris attacks
IBTimes UK looks at why mass media hates video game culture.
Nov 19, 2015
Fallout 4: Video games love the apocalypse because it makes humans either dead or simple
The apocalypse opens up a wealth of design possibilities, but also gives developers an easy out.
Nov 10, 2015
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