Katharine asked me for a quick recap of my favorite features we’ve run over the past year (along with other compilations you can read about). this) so I said “No problem, Katharino!”. I started making a list, going through the published articles and clicking on the ones that I thought were good. Then I look at my list and say “Oh, no!”, because it’s so long. I cut it in half to get what we have here, a collection of interviews and thought-provoking tidbits as well as silly tidbits and great tidbits from 2022. .
They are from both RPS planters and freelancers who have climbed rope ladders to help. If you feel like you want adventure, why not drop me a line next year? Engaging with the expansive treehouse metaphor is not a requirement. Here’s the deeper weirdness in 2023.
Project Zomboid shows The Walking Dead isn’t useful in a zombie
More interesting in Hayden’s work about how his dream of surviving the zombie apocalypse hit the wall of the Zomboid Project. Both funny and well considered. CORALLL! (That’s the only Walking Dead joke I know of.)
Video game characters recreated in OlliOlli World
Obviously Bredy have a job or something, so not much to contribute right now, but this is my favorite thing he’s done for us this year because it makes me laugh a lot.
A LIS fan with mixed feelings about the Remastered Collection
Rebecca has done so many good things for us (I show you Works by Stephen King Halloween last year, but this year I especially enjoyed her heartfelt post about Life Is Strange and the Remastered Collection.
A Steam Deck Interview with Gaben . himself
Gaben doesn’t communicate with the ground very often, but I think the hardware has been tweaked. James broke it out of the park with this interview, covering a lot of different topics around talking about the Steam Deck.
Dear Esther’s 10th Anniversary
Belter’s interview with Dan Pinchbeck, by Jay Castello, about the 10th birthday of one of the original and most famous walking simulators. It was strange to think that Dear Esther was so old and young at the same time.
What kind of pot is Elden Ring’s Pot Boy?
I love seeing me get emails from Nic Rueben, because he always presents me with something both silly and fun. This has the benefit of applying actual expert analysis to Pot Boy, a walking meme. Exquisite.
Paradise Killer thrives on the benefits of being really weird
Paradise Killer is a singular game, both in style and content. It’s been interesting talking to the people who work at Kaizen, especially since they’re all so weird (and, as noted, I’ve never heard someone say “normie” in an interview). before).
How Eastshade Can Teach You Mindfulness Without You Realizing
Rymarr’s discussion of his experience with Eastshade, a quiet game about life, self, and art, is truly a kind of zen in its way of contemplation. A real tonic after a tough couple of years.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is the ultimate frontier of the video game union movement
It’s hard to choose from the work Edwin Evans-Thirlwell has done for us, but this article on workers’ rights and unions as described in Hardspace: Shipbreaker is both engaging and timely.
Cyberpunk 2077 becomes true cyberpunk in its vertical limits
Siobhán Casey wrote us a fantastic, dreamy, unrealistic piece about how you’ll get as high as you can in Cyberpunk 2077 – and then even higher.
Dive into PAX .’s Pinny Arcade community
This is cheating because it’s a video and Liam made it video compilation separate, but I find this look at the Pinny Arcade collectors utterly fascinating.
The production process of Martial Arts 2
Rick Lane has done some in-depth articles for us this year, but for my money, this look at the most beloved weird medieval war simulation game on PC is in development, after Mirage’s defeat, was the best.
The trials and horrors of benchmarking The Cycle: Frontier
James’s job is usually an invisible one, but he spends a lots of of the time benchmark. This will give you a glimpse into his life as a hardware editor (and it’s funny too).
Extremely thorough classification of the best rain in video games
Tutorial editor Ollie sometimes texts me “can you please check this article for me” and ignores “it’s five thousand words long”. In this case I don’t mind. It’s usually Ollie, I mean thorough and worthwhile.
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Dead Pets Unleashed is a chaotic punk rock drama that gives me flashbacks to the crisis of a quarter of my life.
Rachel hasn’t been with us long at this point, but her writing about how she feels about Dead Pets Unleashed is funny and refreshing, so I said “Ah, good.”.
A Year Of Springs developer npckc “never planned” to make a game
Alicia Haddick has done some great BitSummit news for us this year, but I think this interview with npckc about telling kinder LGBTQ+ stories is my favorite.
Night Call developers are swapping taxis for tech-fueled gas stations in Flat Eye
Katharine has become a preview expert this year, especially the preview interview. This one on Flat Eye is super fun.
Terra Invicta is too much for an article, and possibly a lifetime
It is difficult to choose one of the columns of the strategy game Sin’s Rally Point, but if you must choose, choose this one.
Why are some games disappearing from Steam
This is why games were removed from Steam. Sometimes by choice and sometimes by necessity, and sometimes by compulsion. One of the most fun we’ve run.
Has World Of Warcraft become too big for its own good?
This is a companion to Ed and Liam’s excellent Warehouse Space on WOW. God knows Ed has done a lot of excellent articles and reviews this year, but this marks a big note between nostalgia and reality.
[Pre-emptive backlash to backlash to positive reviews for Judas]
It was this or the lack of pants in Lost Ark that got a lot of people mad at me for no rational reason, so consider yourself lucky.
Nightingale’s closed alpha tests revealed a glaring omission: doors
CJ is breaking news for us, but this rare foray into feature territory makes for a very interesting interview about how alpha players have changed Nightingale during development.
Turning Duke Nukem 3D into a joke about British culture can be good for your mental health
Daniel Lipscombe did this candid interview with Dan Douglas, about how Douglas’ now-popular Duke Smoochem mod has helped his mental health over the past few years.
