Author: Jack Slater

  • The Crunch Article on Polygon

    Polygon has published an excerpt from a book by Walt Williams, their headline: “Why I worship crunch”: When I worship at the unholy altar of Crunch, everything outside of the work fades away. By design, my world is reduced to where I sleep and where I work. Every day must be fast, focused, and above…

  • Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Released

    I loved Uncharted 4 (my review) and Naughty Dog were quick to follow up with Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. Game Informer’s Andrew Reiner: The Lost Legacy was originally intended to be a bonus episode for Uncharted 4, but ends up being a legitimate sequel that is every bit as fully featured as any of Drake’s…

  • What Would Make You Want to Upgrade Your Console?

    Yours truly back in June writing during Microsoft’s E3 presentation for the Xbox One X: …it feels like Microsoft is less interested in challenging Sony with this high-end console than harvesting their hardcore Xbox fans for yet another console purchase. I don’t doubt that this console will live up to its technical promises, but it…

  • Rez Infinite on Steam

    Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s Rez Infinite came out on Steam for Windows recently. It’s the classic music shooter from the PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast updated with a new area. Rez Infinite supports, but doesn’t require, a VR HMD and is already on the PlayStation 4. The Windows version on Steam is $25 while the PS4 Rez Infinite…

  • SuperHot Review

    The first time I saw SuperHot, it was a simpler game for the 7-Day FPS game jam. Although it was simple, it demonstrated a singular, sound, question: What if there were a first-person-shooter that was more of a puzzle than a game about reflexes? Time in the game only moves when your character moves. The…