
Joshua Wolens
One of Josh's first memories is of playing Quake 2 on the family computer when he was much too young to be doing that, and he's been irreparably game-brained ever since. His writing has been featured in Vice, Fanbyte, and the Financial Times. He'll play pretty much anything, and has written far too much on everything from visual novels to Assassin's Creed. His most profound loves are for CRPGs, immersive sims, and any game whose ambition outstrips its budget. He thinks you're all far too mean about Deus Ex: Invisible War.
Latest articles by Joshua Wolens

Larian lead calls out Elon Musk's harebrained scheme for a 'great AI-generated game', says 'We don't need another cash grab, we need sustainability'
By Joshua Wolens published
News "To turn games into digital, emotionless content is to abandon all resonance".

It's literally impossible to pick the 'real' murderer in Pentiment because Obsidian never considered having one: 'You're not a detective, you're a f***ing artist'
By Joshua Wolens published
News But it was obviously Ferenc.

Enginefall asks 'What if Snowpiercer was Rust and DayZ' in a game with great vision and so-so execution
By Joshua Wolens published
Classy It'll be really easy to mod Thomas the Tank Engine into this one.

Thank God: The new Hell Let Loose will only have 'historically authentic' frogs
By Joshua Wolens published
News Nothing kills my immersion like a modern frog.

Peter Molyneux says 'We never took a penny of money from people' with his cursed cube game, contradicting Peter Molyneux who said it had made 'a few tens of thousands' in 2013
By Joshua Wolens published
News Okay, Peter. Sure thing, Peter.

This 2025 shooter made in a decades-old Doom engine is gorgeous, fun, and tough as nails
By Joshua Wolens published
News Check out Mala Petaka's demo if you, too, can't mentally separate yourself from the early '90s.

You should read these 54 World of Darkness books for $25 to catch up on the lore ahead of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
By Joshua Wolens published
News I don't make the rules.

Skipping all Baby Steps' cutscenes unlocks a secret, 28-minute punishment cutscene
By Joshua Wolens published
News Eat your heart out, Hideo Kojima.

Emperor of overpromising Peter Molyneux says he's done with games after Masters of Albion, which is also his 'redemption title'
By Joshua Wolens published
News "I just haven't got the life energy left to do this again."

Amazon's giving away one great Fallout game and one bad one this October
By Joshua Wolens published
News Just in time for Fallout season 2.

The new Swery/Suda collab's greatest sin is trying too hard
By Joshua Wolens published
News Take it down a notch.

Hero 100% beats Silksong using a saxophone as a gamepad, says it's not even the hardest game he's sax'd
By Joshua Wolens published
News Doot.

Amazon breaks glass marked 'AI-powered Snoop Dogg game where he's a judge' to get you to pay attention to its wilting Luna streaming service
By Joshua Wolens published
News Which, hey, worked on me.

Swery/Suda51 collab Hotel Barcelona sheepishly apologises for AI content, promises 'We are opposed to any professional GenAI use' that kills the planet, steals jobs, or is otherwise 'Unethical'
By Joshua Wolens published
News How'd that get in there?

Fallout: London's first big DLC is here with 80 NPCs, 30 new quests, a bunch of other stuff and, most important, 'Thousands of bug fixes and improvements'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Blimey.

BioWare's just waiting for the axe to fall after EA's $55 billion buyout, say anonymous staff
By Joshua Wolens published
News "Kind of feels like a matter of time."

Fallout: London's first DLC could be just around the corner, but brace yourself to roll a fresh save
By Joshua Wolens published
News Cor.

Yakuza's all-new bonus Gaiden game was almost an mp4 bundled on the Kiwami 3 disc before RGG figured fans might wanna play it
By Joshua Wolens published
News My Mine, mine, all mine.

Morrowind gets way easier to play on your Steam Deck or sofa thanks to a new OpenMW release candidate that's all about gamepads, baby
By Joshua Wolens published
News I've been waiting for this.

If you're a House Flipper or PowerWash sicko you've gotta check out The Lift, a game about being a space-repairman in a spooky faux-Soviet research base
By Joshua Wolens published
News I'm in a real fix.

The AI industry's latest curse on humanity is a fake 'actress' it wants to turn into 'the next Scarlett Johansson'
By Joshua Wolens published
News I'm constantly watching Scarlett Johansson movies and thinking it'd be better if she had no soul.

Almost 90 years old, Skyrim Grandma Shirley Curry says she's retiring from the adventuring life: 'I'm tired, I'm not having fun anymore'
By Joshua Wolens published
News The feedback Curry gets on her videos isn't quite the dialogue she's looking for.

Heroic tinkerer revives Windows 7 and gets Steam and Silksong running on it, so take that Microsoft and your constant nagging to upgrade to Win11
By Joshua Wolens published
News If anyone needs me I'll be installing XP.
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