Joshua Wolens
One of Josh's first memories is of playing Quake 2 on the family computer when he was much too young to be doing that, and he's been irreparably game-brained ever since. His writing has been featured in Vice, Fanbyte, and the Financial Times. He'll play pretty much anything, and has written far too much on everything from visual novels to Assassin's Creed. His most profound loves are for CRPGs, immersive sims, and any game whose ambition outstrips its budget. He thinks you're all far too mean about Deus Ex: Invisible War.
Latest articles by Joshua Wolens
![TOPSHOT - Volunteers, including medics, help emergency and rescue personnel to clear the rubble of a destroyed building at Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital following a Russian missile attack in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on July 8, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DjKbavkhV9BoWV4qgeuLNn-320-80.jpg)
Indika publisher, Frostpunk dev to donate $50,000 to 'support Ukrainian kids' in wake of Russian missile strike on the country's biggest children's hospital
By Joshua Wolens published
News 11 bit had announced plans for such a donation last year.
![The entire Persona 4 party faces off against an enemy in a slightly foggy arena.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NmXQagPZftPzDpTUuiGR2K-320-80.jpg)
Persona 4 Golden mod turns it back into your granddaddy's Shin Megami Tensei, fixing the gravest aesthetic crime of its non-PS2 version
By Joshua Wolens published
News Fogging up your glasses.
![Jedi Master Atris wields a lightsaber next to Sith Lord Darth Nihlus in keyart for KOTOR 2.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RsoSwmLDGzeaiY7HXb5Xx7-320-80.jpg)
You can pick up the best Star Wars RPG ever made on the most forgettable launcher ever made for free if you're a Prime Gaming sub
By Joshua Wolens published
News Apathy is… ah, whatever.
![A shot of a two-page artwork from Grace Given, an Elden Ring lore book.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/u2nHWRWojUjMMPwhEZpZEM-320-80.jpg)
Alright, who wants to spot me $1,000 for this absurdly sumptuous Elden Ring lore book?
By Joshua Wolens published
News That's not a serious question. I will probably get into trouble if people take that as a serious question.
![Elden Ring's Let Me Solo Her standing in Liurnia](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TzGQdwDTJnEsn6d6yvhJFc-320-80.jpg)
Rechristened 'Let Me Solo Them,' Elden Ring's greatest hero has overcome his first-time jitters and is now clowning on Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss
By Joshua Wolens published
News He's beginning to believe.
![A shot of the control panel and planetary defence cannon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HefDnQnLzGpxRfPQNa3AoJ-320-80.jpg)
PVKK's full title is literally too big for our website, and the devs say it's 'Space Invaders, but the cannon you fire is really complicated'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Being a planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant is almost as complicated as saying it.
![A shot of a figure in a repurposed power armour helmet, from Fallout Yesterday.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xM8i5iG3Y5KtRsBBUT472T-320-80.jpg)
Fan effort to recreate the lost Fallout 3 we never got from the original devs gets a big update, goes open-source, and you can finally find it on Nexus Mods
By Joshua Wolens published
News Over and over, I keep going over the world we knew.
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yvy4YEwQQRceyAXemiB8Am-320-80.jpg)
Spelunky creator comes out against god modes in brutal games like his because 'The amount of satisfaction one gets from succeeding eventually is incredible'
By Joshua Wolens published
News But he reckons it's reasonable to include god mode in "most games."
![MissMikkaa celebrates a moment of triumph as she finally beats Shadow of the Erdtree using a dance pad.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KV3mmQdZPX7w5p7KCR8wN5-320-80.png)
'I hope Miyazaki is proud of me': After 325 deaths and a 7-hour bossfight slog, streamer fulfils prophecy and beats Shadow of the Erdtree with a dance pad
By Joshua Wolens published
News The guilty set has, it turns out, got rhythm.
![Mei and Snowball in Overwatch](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HAWBQngMTProrat6PNhpGF-320-80.jpg)
Steamy 'Overwatch cabaret club' where you can pay to have women fall asleep on voice chat with you gets obliterated, is immediately replaced by even steamier Apex version
By Joshua Wolens published
News What a world.
![A fierce-looking warrior in a hooded helmet with blazing eyes, featured in Avowed.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b4Lhx8Gp83JH3DpUgGcctT-320-80.png)
Obsidian says Larian's experience let it knock Baldur's Gate 3 multiplayer out of the park, but it wouldn't have been possible for Avowed
By Joshua Wolens published
News In Eora we go solo.
![Avowed screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XrYfkKMeyoVMdLacEWbdHf-320-80.jpg)
Obsidian went back and made Avowed's combat 'more juicy' because we all collectively winced at its underwhelming first showcase
By Joshua Wolens published
News It's a shame PCG doesn't do itemised review scores because you just know I'd be giving that gameplay a "juicy" rating.
![Watch Dogs](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dFFaCY6c8AqAQdSCgiPwmn-320-80.jpg)
Who wants a Watch Dogs film? Too bad, you're getting one anyway
By Joshua Wolens published
News To be fair I also regularly announce commitments I only hazily remember a decade later.
![A small Master Sword replica compared against a ruler, measuring 6 inches.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bcDSE83C3ERqjBX4AP9sAF-320-80.png)
UK man imprisoned for 4 months after walking up to cops wielding 6-inch Master Sword
By Joshua Wolens published
News Anthony Bray will also have to pay a victims' surcharge of £154.
![Chris Redfield fights a zombie in 1996's Resident Evil.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pwrksahcSY9y8WDsMMoFL4-320-80.jpg)
I spent the last week roaming the Spencer Mansion and I'm here to tell you not to sleep on the new GOG release of 1996's Resident Evil
By Joshua Wolens published
Resurrected Imagine an old game, but good.
![Let Me Solo Her](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yvbC7hqxL87tpctgHYbCRg-320-80.png)
Let Me Solo Her adds fashion icon to his resume as Star Wars showrunner credits 'Elden Bling' for the design of The Acolyte's villainous Sith
By Joshua Wolens published
News Warrior, hero, star of the catwalk.
![Larry the cat as depicted in Roblox.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/p6HkNjbkNRyzH89ioRxSWn-320-80.png)
The BBC dons its game dev cap to combine 2 things I fear and don't understand: The UK General Election and Roblox
By Joshua Wolens published
News Politics? In videogames?
![Jade and friends sneak about a secret base.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/skVwDjbx2hdpWi6EgWuxnY-320-80.jpg)
The Beyond Good and Evil remaster settles 20 years of debate over Jade's parentage in a new prequel tie-in sidequest
By Joshua Wolens published
News Can't wait to find out more in Beyond Good and Evil 2, due any day now.
![Baldur's Gate 3 - Karlach in her starter gear at camp](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BGDFMfjSBLK9Dv3goWbGCc-320-80.jpg)
Race to uncover the Bigfoot of Baldur's Gate 3 cutscenes hots up as YouTuber dangles $500 carrot in front of anyone who can find it
By Joshua Wolens published
News You can use it to buy one and a half collector's editions.
![Resident Evil 1 zombie](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ge3Tfs9EyFxR6JhCSNn8tV-320-80.jpg)
GOG is bringing the original Resident Evil trilogy back from the dead, and to digital PC storefronts for the first time
By Joshua Wolens published
News Feeling pretty itchy tasty right about now.
![Jade equips a disc-launching glove.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dhXpZfNP8YAEbpjaUcufpH-320-80.jpg)
Beyond Good and Evil's remaster is the easiest way to play the game in 2024, just a shame it's also the ugliest
By Joshua Wolens published
Old and Jaded Less is more.
![Keyart for League of Legends' Vampire Survivors-like Swarm mode, showing heroes battling a horde of enemies.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pVvUNL5f2DQjfKuS8yS5eS-320-80.jpg)
Riot unveils League of Legends' summer event and, by jove, I think that's just Vampire Survivors
By Joshua Wolens published
News I mean that as a compliment.
![Artwork created by CD Projekt of Geralt slaying Mohg, from Elden Ring.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4TkPrAscMnceJxxzk4M6Pj-320-80.jpg)
CD Projekt sends in Geralt to help its devs kill Mohg as it congratulates Shadow of the Erdtree on eclipsing Witcher 3's record review scores
By Joshua Wolens published
News Even Blood and Wine has fallen under Erdtree's shadow.
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