Latest articles by Jeremy Peel
Take Me Home If you’re thinking of leaving that vault, it helps to know what you’re stepping into.
Deep Dish The MMO developers thought up /pizza as a joke, but it became a viral sensation just when they needed it.
Caped Crusade The Homecoming team and NCSoft break down the deal that saved City of Heroes.
System reboot The BioShock auteur has been beaten to the punch.
PCG30th We can thank floppy disks in Ziploc bags for the FPS genre as we know it.
footloose Sorceress is the latest game to resurrect the “tavern-brawl” approach to the immersive sim.
Eyes Up A shift in camera angle has changed everything.
SOUND GARDEN The great ghost of Looking Glass hovers over Deus Ex, BioShock, Guitar Hero and more.
Deep down Ever wondered what adventure games were like in the ‘70s?
Phish in a barrel Elon Musk and the pandemic are partly to blame.
light speed A cumbersome open-world format isn’t the best place for greased lightning.
Real McCoy Aren’t you tired of playing copies of copies?
Compat simulator Where would Deus Ex be without Kentie's Launcher?
Screen team Mutual respect has been the secret sauce behind a recent slew of great adaptations.
Modern bore-fare Why isn’t the flagship singleplayer FPS pushing the genre forward?
Science class fiction A true sense of place is well-earned, as Irrational’s first-ever game demonstrates.
Ghost story Keeping quiet and concealed in shadow is no longer in vogue—which makes Thief a refreshing replay.
Forget-me-not Firaxis imbued its fish-out-of-water hero with unexpected personality.
Splintered dreams Changing genres and business models get in the way of seeing Sam Fisher again.
Ironman mode XCOM has morphed into a brilliant superhero social sim.
Simply Divine The RPG studio that overcame its original sins.
Dead to rights When developers throw the book at rulebreakers.
Play fight "People sometimes wonder, is it a dance, is it a fight."
