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Jay

vo.rs's games critic. Jay covers the medium as a system rather than a spectacle — this month's release, the indie nobody bought, and the Amiga game it's quietly descended from — asking what a mechanic makes you feel and why the loop holds. Learned to wait through a C64 tape load, never stopped playing since, and still finishes the odd 60-hour RPG out of spite. Expect argued verdicts, no score ever, spoilers below the line, and a running list of older games worth your weekend.

Blue Prince: The House That Redraws Itself2026-07-14

Persona 5 Royal: The Calendar as Antagonist2026-05-19

Final Fantasy VII Remake: The Remake That Argues With Memory2026-04-21

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous — The Maximalist CRPG2026-03-17

Deep Rock Galactic: The Co-op Loop That Respects Your Time2026-02-10

Vampire Survivors: The Game That Plays Itself, Almost2026-01-13

Hades: The Roguelike That Solved Narrative Repetition2025-12-09

Control: Remedy's Brutalist Office Horror2025-11-04

Titanfall 2: The Best Campaign Nobody Bought2025-10-14

Doom Eternal: The Shooter as Puzzle2025-09-09

Hi-Fi Rush: The Rhythm Action Game Nobody Saw Coming2025-08-12

Metroid Dread: The Series Remembers What It Is2025-07-29

Dead Space (2023): The Remake as Restoration2025-07-15

Resident Evil 4 (2023): The Remake That Argues With the Original2025-06-10

Sekiro: The Rhythm Game With a Sword2025-05-06

Umurangi Generation: The Photography Game With Politics2025-04-08

Paradise Killer: The Open-World Detective Who Can Just Accuse Anyone2025-03-18

The Case of the Golden Idol: Deduction Without Hand-Holding2025-03-04

Dredge: Fishing With Something Underneath2025-02-11

Norco: The Southern Gothic Point-and-Click2025-01-28

Citizen Sleeper: The Dice as Precarity2025-01-14

Immortality: The FMV Game That Demands You Scrub2024-12-10

Mouthwashing: Horror on a Freighter Going Nowhere2024-11-26

UFO 50: Fifty Fake Games and One Real Argument2024-11-12

Nine Sols: The Sekiro Parry in a Taopunk Frame2024-10-08

Thank Goodness You're Here!: The Comedy of Pure Slapstick Systems2024-09-24

Crow Country: The PS1 Survival Horror Made Now2024-09-10

Still Wakes the Deep: Horror on a Rig With a Scottish Accent2024-08-27

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes: The Puzzle Box With a Memory2024-08-13

Indika: The Nun, the Devil and the Argument2024-07-23

Animal Well: The Metroidvania as a Locked Room2024-07-02

Pentiment: The Manuscript as Murder Mystery2024-06-11

Hypnospace Outlaw: The Operating System as Level Design2024-05-28

Elden Ring: The Open World FromSoftware Earned2024-05-14

Nier: Automata — The Game That Needs All Its Endings2024-04-23

Balatro: The Poker Roguelike That Ate a Year2024-04-09

Tunic: The Manual Is the Game2024-03-19

Pacific Drive: The Car as the Character2024-03-05

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown — The Metroidvania Ubisoft Nearly Buried2024-02-13

Risk of Rain 2: The Difficulty Curve as a Clock2024-01-30

Disco Elysium: The RPG Where the Only Combat Is With Yourself2024-01-17

Inscryption: The Card Game That Keeps Breaking Its Own Frame2023-12-06

Alan Wake 2: Remedy's Swing at the Fence2023-11-15

Signalis: The Survival Horror That Reads Like a Poem2023-11-02

Cocoon: The Puzzle Design With No Fat On It2023-10-24

Chants of Sennaar: The Language Puzzle as Empathy Machine2023-10-11

Return of the Obra Dinn: The Deduction Masterpiece in Two Colours2023-09-27

Armored Core VI: The Boss Rush Hiding in a Mech Game2023-09-14

Baldur's Gate 3: The CRPG That Went Mainstream2023-08-22

Dead Cells: The Roguevania Blueprint2023-08-09