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

Mozilla, Stop Killing Games and more team up to tell the UK to stop making the internet worse
By Joshua Wolens published
News "Even targeted age restrictions of specific features could mean that all users are required to complete intrusive age assurance processes".

IO boss says surprise! Not only is 007 First Light imminent but that fantasy RPG it announced years ago is 'Very, very far' along too
By Joshua Wolens published
News And then? Right back onto Hitman.

Disgusting! Depraved monster adds effective quest markers to Morrowind, shows no remorse
By Joshua Wolens published
News Is nothing sacred?

Kingdom Come: Deliverance has its own $180 perfume, and it's crucial you remember 'These are not distant notes, but fragments of a world you already know'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Got it?

Linux century marches on as Discord brings updater parity with Windows and easy installs for more distros
By Joshua Wolens published
There are dozens of us.

What colour car would James Bond never drive? IO had to have multiple meetings just to figure it out for 007 First Light while huge plot decisions went down easy
By Joshua Wolens published
News Colour me shocked.

Blood pressure too low? Try our quiz about the most freakishly out-of-touch things tech CEOs have ever said
By Joshua Wolens published
That's rich The good news is: they all make more money than we'll see in a lifetime.

Hear me out: What if James Bond just shouldn't be in videogames?
By Joshua Wolens published
More Like Lames Bond Double-oh-no, not you.

Obsidian returns to The Outer Worlds after 3 years to add a whole new weapon type, fix bugs, and delist its OG version
By Joshua Wolens published
News Good, good, less good.

After 3 hours with 007 First Light, IO's weaknesses are on display in a way they haven't been since Hitman: Absolution
By Joshua Wolens published
Jimmy Bond Jr James Bond: Spy, lover, connoisseur, obsessive hand-sanitizer collector.

Valve rolls out the red carpet for its new Steam controller with battery warnings, gamepad quick-chat and—bonus!—remote download controls
By Joshua Wolens published
News Finally, even less reason to get up off the sofa.

I played the Lord of the Rings RPG where Frodo can straight-up die and the game just keeps on going
By Joshua Wolens published
Fro-done Which would have made for a different book, I think.

Peter Molyneux's right about one thing: It's sad how no one seems to care about god games anymore
By Joshua Wolens published
News Wherefore art thou, o god game?

Last year's best climbing game was also a horror game, and it gets a big anniversary update today
By Joshua Wolens published
Going up?

This is not a drill: All-timer weirdo game Deadly Premonition now playable on Linux as of Valve's most recent Proton beta, plus 17 others and your EA library (until EA breaks it again)
By Joshua Wolens published
News Zach, did you hear that?

Kingdom Come 2 director welcomes LGBT award nomination, then spends around 175 words explaining that it doesn't make him 'woke'
By Joshua Wolens published
News O dull old world, that has such people in it.

After 7 years, Metro 2039 brings us a voiced protagonist, old friends turned Nazis, and 'a much darker tone'
By Joshua Wolens published
News The latest game in the Metro series will directly channel its Ukrainian devs' experiences in Russia's invasion.

Here's when Pragmata releases in your timezone
By Joshua Wolens published
Moon Unit Some old-school shooting fun in 2026.

Halo composer Marty O'Donnell welcomes Trump endorsement in Nevada Congress race, despite previous statements that Trump is an 'idiot' he loathes
By Joshua Wolens published
News A lot can change in politics.

Roblox to introduce new kid accounts in its quest to appear less of a child safety nightmare
By Joshua Wolens published
News It wants to "become the world’s healthiest platform for users of all ages."

15 more Disney games delisted from Steam, including the original Star Wars: Dark Forces and 1997's Outlaws
By Joshua Wolens published
News That's 29 games delisted following another bout in January.

Stalker 2 just got a free pre-DLC to gird you for its first actual DLC
By Joshua Wolens published
News Sealed Truth is now unsealed.

Epic is reportedly cooking up a Disney extraction shooter, and suggestions staff are lukewarm on it are 'not reflective of the ambitions of the Disney collaboration'
By Joshua Wolens published
News I predict a playerbase so cutthroat it makes Escape From Tarkov look like a teambuilding retreat.
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