John Walker's posts

The eternally burning tire fire that is 2020 hasn’t exactly been a laugh riot. And yet, as I reflect on what have…

There are so many games. The Nintendo Switch sees 30 releases a week. More than 50 PC games come out a day on Steam. …

For parents, the Christmas vacation is, at its best, a fortnight of Sundays. No school, but also everything else is…

In February of last year Devotion, a Taiwanese horror game, was pulled from Steam after a controversy regarding a…

Cyberpunk 2077 is out in the wild. After eight long years the whole world can now judge it for themselves, through…

If you’re one of the lucky ones to have been able to buy a PS5 already, you’ll know that with a PlayStation Plus…

That Night, Steeped By Blood River is one of the most interesting-looking games I can remember. This surrealist…

Last night Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, challenged US Democrat Ocasio-Cortez to a…

The excellent trampolinists at Eurogamer report there’s a bridge in Red Dead Online players are using to fling…

Imagine for a moment a precision platformer that is not only amazing-looking and smartly designed, but also…

As I finished the short delight of Astro’s Playroom, sitting back in satisfaction at having defeated those daft…

You would be forgiven for being dubious. Cyberpunk 2077 was originally due to come out in April 2020, and while some …

If you’re in the Northern hemisphere, you’ll likely have noticed it’s getting chillier. That’s because of a global…

Flat Earth Simulator recently appeared on Steam with no fanfare at all. Costing $5, it’s a beautifully presented—if…

There’s a sequel to Fruit Ninja now. Remember Fruit Ninja? It was 2010, you’d just got your first touchscreen phone,…

Watch Dogs Legion is set in a near-future central London, and unlike so many other games supposedly located in the…

I have a new part-time job. The pay is terrible. I am the unpaid secretary and bookkeeper for my son’s game of Pokémo…

I was going to buy a PS5. As someone who’s primarily been a PC games player, with Nintendo handhelds on the side,…

As Nintendo extravagantly celebrates Super Mario Bros.’s 35th birthday, I keep coming back to one thought: But what…

As Mario turns a positive decrepit 35, the young, sprightly (spritely?) Sonic next year celebrates his 30th…