Ian Stokes
Final Fantasy
A Belated Apology to the Kid I Stole 'Final Fantasy VII' From
I'm sorry, man. I'm sorry, and thank you.
Ian Stokes
5.19.17
Dino Crisis
If There’s to Be a Dino Crisis Comeback, Please Make it a Terrifying One
If Capcom does choose to revive its survival-horror series, it needs to emphasize the scary side of it over anything else.
Ian Stokes
4.7.17
For Honor
The Story of ‘For Honor’ Is the Most Fantastic Nonsense
It makes zero sense, and its makers don’t even try to root it in realism. But that’s what’s wonderful about it.
Ian Stokes
3.1.17
Xbox
Xbox Live Clubs Keep Smaller Gaming Communities Alive
Without the console’s Clubs and Looking for Group features, games like ‘Necropolis’ and ‘Armello’ would be wastelands.
Ian Stokes
2.3.17
Lost in Translation
Here’s How to Create a Convincing Constructed Language for Your Video Game
We speak to Paul Frommer, who created the Na’vi language for ‘Avatar’, about making fictional tongues feel authentic.
Ian Stokes
1.21.17
Gaming
How Duke Nukem Can Be Saved for the 21st Century
A misogynistic piece of trash best left in the past? Not quite. Duke's got his problems, but he's a gaming icon who deserves a new start.
Ian Stokes
9.22.16
Pokemon Go
Congratulations Niantic, You’ve Broken ‘Pokémon Go’
The decision to shut down the monster-tracking Pokévision has left players aimless and angry.
Ian Stokes
8.1.16
Gaming
Congratulations Niantic, You’ve Broken ‘Pokémon Go’
The decision to shut down the monster-tracking Pokévision has left players aimless and angry.
Ian Stokes
8.1.16
Gaming
Don’t Throw Away Your Kinect Before You’ve Played ‘FRU’
Microsoft's peripheral that nobody asked for is as good as dead—just in time for its killer app to emerge.
Ian Stokes
7.21.16
What We've Played
Don’t Throw Away Your Kinect Before You’ve Played ‘FRU’
Microsoft's peripheral that nobody asked for is as good as dead—just in time for its killer app to emerge.
Ian Stokes
7.21.16
Gaming
How Blizzard Weaponised Hype for the Launch of ‘Overwatch’
'Overwatch' is the most-hyped game of 2016 so far, with seven million playing right now, and its makers really did leave nothing to chance.
Ian Stokes
6.3.16
Gaming
Why the Villain of ‘Quantum Break’ Is Its Real Hero
Paul Serene is "the bad guy" in Remedy's new shooter. But the way the story plays out, he's more in the right than the hero trying to stop him.
Ian Stokes
4.8.16
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