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
In a year of excellent remakes, too many remasters made messes of their original games
By Joshua Wolens published
Not masterful I guess I'm a little bitter, man.
Twitter had a very rough 2023, and I only hope 2024 is the year that finally kills it
By Joshua Wolens published
doomscroll I want to be free.
Forget alignment: Here's where Baldur's Gate 3's companions fall on the real-life political compass
By Joshua Wolens published
Dungeons & Democracy No, I'm not interested in discussing how long this took me.
Anime finance sim Stonks-9800 is the best game you didn't play this year
By Joshua Wolens published
Yeah, Baldur's Gate 3 is pretty good, but I didn't cut even one shady deal with the Yakuza in it.
Here's how to turn Skyrim into the year's 3 biggest games with the power of mods to beat inflation and save money
By Joshua Wolens published
Free Play Break your games, not the bank.
Bethesda needs a change after Starfield's middling release, just not the one you're thinking of
By Joshua Wolens published
joy in jank Part of my ongoing campaign to turn every videogame into Dwarf Fortress.
Best Remake 2023: System Shock
By Robert Jones published
The Gotys Nightdive gracefully delves into the archives.
Streets of Rogue 2 promises to mash up Deus Ex and Dwarf Fortress in a chaotic immersive sim 10,000 times bigger than the first game
By Joshua Wolens published
News Well, those are all my keywords checked.
Bayonetta director Hideki Kamiya sheds light on why he left Platinum, the company he co-founded: 'Without that element of trust, I couldn't continue working there'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Kamiya sounds like he's still on good terms with the Platinum brass, but he doesn't regret his choice.
Florida Joker issues 3-day countdown threat and takes to cosplay in his war on GTA 6's supposed use of his likeness, then demands an 'extra million dollars' for his trouble
By Joshua Wolens published
News Meanwhile, Rockstar is remaining characteristically quiet.
Valve lures thousands of Dota cheaters into bans with fake Christmas presents as it declares 'this year is gonna be a bloodbath'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Call it the smurfs' Christmas special.
New Steam Workshop update pilfers a bunch of your favourite features from managers like Mod Organizer, including load orders and automatic sorting
By Joshua Wolens published
News It's in the Steam beta client for now, but it'll no doubt hit stable soon.
Twitch relaxes about nudity after viral topless streams, says you can be sexy on stream so long as it's 'artistic' or 'fictionalized'
By Joshua Wolens published
News The platform is once again trying to draw the impossible line between smut and self-expression.
8 years after the first game, cyberpunk adventure Read Only Memories: Neurodiver pushes its release to 2024 as it shows off its psychic protagonist and weird pocket leech
By Joshua Wolens published
News I wish I had a pocket leech.
2023 was a year of AI hype, but don't let them convince you it's inevitable
By Joshua Wolens published
No More Robots If we want games to keep being as good as they were in 2023, we need a well organised, well unionised, human-controlled industry to make them.
Veil is a co-op tactical warlock game that looks like someone mashed up Dishonored and Rainbow Six, and it just got its first gameplay trailer
By Joshua Wolens published
News Special Weapons and Thaumaturgy.
Disney games boss acknowledges 'a lot of demand' for Knights of the Old Republic remake, giving me my first spark of hope for the project in ages
By Joshua Wolens published
News There is no death, there is the Force.
Hideo Kojima will show off all his celebrity friends in a documentary coming to Disney+ next year
By Joshua Wolens published
News I know how into his own aesthetics he is.
Our 5 least likely predictions for GTA 6
By Robin Valentine published
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE What do you think, will that alligator be playable?
Developers blast the celeb-laden Game Awards as 'an embarrassing indictment of a segment of the industry desperate for validation… with little respect for the devs'
By Joshua Wolens published
News More than a few devs would like The Game Awards to be more about, well, the game awards.
Following 3 years of radio silence, Kingpin remaster releases only to get slammed: 'Is it too late to hand this over to Nightdive?'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Hey man, you got a dollar? Maybe don't spend it on Kingpin: Reloaded just yet.
Here's how to watch The Game Awards 2023
By Joshua Wolens published
News This year's Keighleys promise awards and announcements aplenty. Here's how to catch them.
Florida's real-life Joker calls out Rockstar over apparent cameo in GTA 6 trailer: 'We gotta talk'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Lawrence Sullivan thinks he might have inspired one of the many gags in the GTA 6 trailer.
A timeline of PC Gamer's favourite Baldur's Gate 3 secrets and rare dialogues—from bad tattoos to vampire tantrums
By Harvey Randall published
SEEK YOUR SECRETS In case it's not obvious: spoilers ahead.
World's biggest mod site shows no patience for bigoted mod that erased a queer relationship from Baldur's Gate 3, will keep banning mods that are 'deliberately against inclusivity and/or diversity'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Nexus Mods banned mods that replaced Pride flags in Spider-Man last year, and now it's reaffirming its stance on diversity.