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

Astarion voice actor Neil Newbon offered Fallout: London modders free work, but they accidentally left him on read for nearly 2 years
By Joshua Wolens published
News Whoops.

Delta Force open beta launch times and release date
By Joshua Wolens published
Launch times Here are the official unlock times and preload info for Delta Force's open beta, so you can get shooting as soon as possible.

Russian disinfo is trying to spark a boycott of Stalker 2 by claiming it's going to draft you into the war in Ukraine somehow
By Joshua Wolens published
News A fake video claims the game is gathering IP and device data to find Ukrainian conscripts. No, that doesn't make any sense to me either.

Blizzard is delisting Warcraft 1 and 2 from GOG, but GOG says it's gonna preserve them forever anyway, hands out a discount, and announces new policy for its preservation program to boot
By Joshua Wolens published
News Good old GOG.

Brigand: Oaxaca might be the ugliest game I've ever played, and quietly one of the greatest immersive sims of all time
By Joshua Wolens published
STALKER 3 Beauty is skin-deep, but systems are forever.

No one's making a big-budget immersive sim any time soon, but you can catch up on the best ones ever made for less than the price of a single new game in the Steam Autumn Sale
By Joshua Wolens published
News You can pick up a load of games where a bomb's a bad choice for close-range combat.

Skyrim finally playable as modder invents 'coffins so comfy you'll wish you were dead'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Peace at last.

Keanu Reeves went on an intense 'internal journey' to inhabit the role of evil Sonic the Hedgehog With a Gun
By Joshua Wolens published
News Woah.

My date with an 'adorable girl who forgives all your awkwardness' went wrong when I realised I was trapped in digital hell
By Joshua Wolens published
Unhinged Think she'll call back?

Bad news for skull-havers: The Skulltaker is here to take your skull in Total War: Warhammer 3's just-announced DLC
By Joshua Wolens published
News I was using that.

We just beat a PC gaming villain: 2K removes its pointless, game-breaking launcher from its entire catalogue
By Joshua Wolens published
News Looking at you, Ubisoft and EA.

Hexcraft: Harlequin Fair is a small, bizarre mix of Deus Ex's gameplay, Bloodlines' vibe, and Morrowind's stats, and if that doesn't make you sit bolt upright we're very different people
By Joshua Wolens published
Eh? Oh, Canada.

Unlimited carry weight? Nerfing Bloodsuckers? The first mods are here for Stalker 2 and they ruin everything
By Joshua Wolens published
News Stalker without friction is like a day without sunshine.

Every game company that Tencent has invested in
By Steven Messner last updated
Guide A quick reference of how China's largest tech conglomerate has quietly expanded into videogames.

How to repair weapons in Stalker 2
By Sean Martin published
Tinker Keep your best guns in killer condition.

How to fast travel in Stalker 2
By Sean Martin published
Guided Zip around the map with help from your very own exclusion zone sherpa.

10 tips to help you survive in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl's perilous Zone
By Fraser Brown published
Survive the Zone Stalkers need to be prepared.

I've already played Stalker 2 for 50+ hours, and I promise you'll have a better time if you play with Ukrainian voice acting
By Joshua Wolens published
News Subs > dubs.

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl review: A beautiful, brilliant, but busted Stalker just like they used to make
By Joshua Wolens published
In the Zone Say it with me now: get out of here, stalker.

A War Of A Madman's Making is a quietly brilliant, totally free political sim where you have to try to survive as a deranged dictator's henchman
By Joshua Wolens published
Dear Leader We've all been there.

From extensive lore-friendly research to diabolical wordplay: All the different ways we name our beloved videogame characters
By Mollie Taylor published
Aliases Making a name for ourselves.
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