
Nova Smith
Nova Smith is a freelance writer based out of Alberta, Canada. Nova's grab bag of non-gaming interests and passions includes Japanese mecha anime, miniature painting, as well as history, literature, and classical music. Nova also moonlights as a bureaucrat and amateur historian.
Latest articles by Nova Smith

Kerbal Space Program 2's early access launch is only for seasoned astronauts
By Noah Smith published
Test flight The new rocketry engine is exciting, but KSP2 needs the structure of its missing campaign mode.

Power Chord review
By Noah Smith published
Cacophany Power Chord’s lame metalhead aesthetic cheapens a cool card game.

Phantom Liberty is Cyberpunk 2077's last chance to not just be good, but great
By Noah Smith published
Phantom Pain You can’t go 10 minutes in Cyberpunk 2077 without finding something from somewhere else.

The most important shooters of the last 5 years
By Noah Smith published
Bullet Time Maybe the real treasure was the bullets we met along the way.

Call of Duty: Warzone 2 review
By Noah Smith published
BR Warzone 2 is a massive leap forward in scale and ambition, held back by a rough launch.

The best M4 loadouts for Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2
By Noah Smith published
OL' RELIABLE Call of Duty's iconic M4 is among the most flexible guns across Warzone 2, 6v6, and Ground War.

Give peace a chance: Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0's reworked Gulag will let players call a truce
By Noah Smith published
NEWS Do you fight it out, or escape together?

Modern Warfare 2's Ground War mode puts Battlefield on notice
By Noah Smith published
32v32 Infinity Ward has built a thriving sandbox large enough for all of Modern Warfare 2's toys.

Modern Warfare 2's beginner sniper rifle is a one-shot laser beam
By Noah Smith published
NEWS Call of Duty faces an early balancing road bump as a single rifle asserts dominance across all game modes.

Players cannot get enough of Modern Warfare 2’s exploding car map, but some pros absolutely hate it
By Noah Smith published
NEWS A map that is 90% car is dividing Call of Duty players.

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed review
By Noah Smith published
Don't call Bustin' ghosts in Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed makes me feel… meh.

6 mistakes that Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 better not repeat
By Noah Smith published
DO OVER The last few years of Warzone were a bumpy ride. Let's not do it again.

Steam's latest F2P shooter is half CoD clone, half surprisingly great co-op FPS
By Noah Smith last updated
Fusion Shatterline is a throwback to the sort of shooter I stopped playing in middle school, but its PvE mode is strong.
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