a painted response to 4 small. unsettling. games.

Review by paint – flavour? discomfort.

Fallout: New Vegas, a review in paint

That Dragon, Cancer: ‘Legitimacy’ and pace of play.

This piece is a response to the prompts in NoEscape’s great post about the legitimacy of non-play game experiences, where they detail their interaction with games through other people’s play experiences. I’d say firstly that I totally believe these are legitimate experiences, since the question of legitimacy that is repeatedly brought up with non-play games […]

Quantic Dream’s Infinite Stream of Piss

Finished? Well don’t worry, you can go again. And go again. And again. As much as you want. Wear those kidneys right out, and you can still come back for more.

Mass Effect 2: Commander Shepard can see through walls

It’s no secret, at least not to the player, that Commander Shepard knows what’s in the next room. In fact it’s clear from the first moments of Mass Effect 2, as you experience your own supposed death on the ambushed and wrecked spaceship Normandy. Heading towards the shielded cockpit, through a hull breach that reveals […]

Narcolepsy on Bayonetta’s Route 666

Bayonetta may want to let the road speak for itself, but its grey mega-architecture is instant fatigue when I get involved.