
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

Someone made the Metal Gear Solid 4 channel-surfing section into a game and it's absolutely perfect
By Joshua Wolens published
News Blippo+ is the only subscription you need.

Nexus Mods' premium sub now has a free trial system, and it only took a brisk 18 years
By Joshua Wolens published
News Downloading all the Thomas mods at 100MB/s just to show that I can.

Forza Horizon 6's Japan map is mondo-huge, Playground's 'biggest map yet' and also its 'most full'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Now is the time of Big Japan.

Silksong's criminal lack of 'Shaw!' fixed by heroic modder
By Joshua Wolens published
News But too much of a good thing can be a bad thing.

Everyone thinks the Deus Ex remaster looks awful and they're right: 'They really turned those 1999 graphics into 2003 graphics'
By Joshua Wolens published
News JC Denton now in scintillating Unreal Engine 2.

Yakuza Kiwami 3 is beautiful and ridiculous, and I'm finally going to actually finish the game this time
By Joshua Wolens published
Sun's out, shirts off Kazuma Kiryu: the world's dad.

After it accidentally leaked it, RGG unveils a full-on Kiwami remake of Yakuza 3, plus a whole new bonus Gaiden game where you play its main bad guy
By Joshua Wolens published
News Finally, the hi-res Okinawa I deserve.

Steam's new store look is out and is earning a mixed response: 'Thanks Valve I am a grandma using Steam on a giant old touchscreen Samsung tablet'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Maybe she really is a grandma. Who's to say?

GTA 5 Trevor actor feels 'nothing inside' for GTA 6, challenges gamers to read Crime and Punishment: 'Books are my thing'
By Joshua Wolens published
News What up gamers it's your boy Rodion Raskolnikov here with another GTA 5 stream.

Sucker Punch confirms it fired artist for joking about Charlie Kirk shooting: 'Making light of someone's murder is a deal-breaker'
By Joshua Wolens published
News "That's sort of our studio, and that's kind of where we are."

BioWare never stopped making Baldur's Gate 2
By Joshua Wolens published
Party Animals BG2 was when BioWare truly understood how nuts we all were for companions.

No MMO will ever have graphics as good as the text MUDs I played for years
By Joshua Wolens published
Muddy Waters A word says a thousand polygons.

A casting call for the Mass Effect TV show is out there, and if you're 'A young Colin Farrell-type male', then do I have great news for you
By Joshua Wolens published
News Alternatively, you can be Doug Jones or a wrestler. I don't make the rules.

Congress calls Gabe Newell, Twitch and Discord CEOs to testify in wake of Charlie Kirk shooting
By Joshua Wolens published
News At a hearing this October.

Disco Elysium successor XXX Nightshift is sick of your jokes about its name, announces it's called Tangerine Antarctic and it's a 3rd-person RPG now
By Joshua Wolens published
News Sure. Why not?

Stalker's remaster has taught me just how much of a terrible sicko I am for the pop of a Steam achievement
By Joshua Wolens published
Cheev-nobyl It's the perfect time to go mad in the Zone.

Yakuza fans smell blood in the water as RGG studio accidentally puts the words 'Kiwami 3' on its website
By Joshua Wolens published
News Which could mean anything.

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake reaches unprecedented levels of leaked, despite Ubisoft's best efforts to stomp on yapping actors
By Joshua Wolens published
News Villainy on the high-definition seas.

The Sims movie is still happening for some reason, and it's gonna be 'somewhere in-between both The Lego Movie and Barbie'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Great. Cool. Makes perfect sense.

Rejoice, Counter-Strike's grenades now sound crisp and clear as a chorus of angels—plus subtick shooting is either better or the fanbase is experiencing a shared delusion
By Joshua Wolens published
News Better booms.

Old School RuneScape says no more Mr Nice Guy, it's time for permabans and confiscations if you're caught buying black market gold
By Joshua Wolens published
News But some players will believe it when they see it.

MindsEye's response was so mindblowingly negative its star thought 'I might never work in another game again'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Alex Hernandez and the MindsEye team had a rough go of the game's launch.

Witcher creator Andrzej Sapkowski gets gold Polish culture medal, accepts it with face like he's just had his Switch 2 pre-order cancelled
By Joshua Wolens published
News I love this man so much.
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