Articles by Joshua Ostroff

Trine 2

PS3 / Xbox 360 / PC

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2012

The ongoing now-gen revival of side-scrolling platformers continues with this Scandinavian sequel to Finnish studio Frozenyte's 2009 indie...

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Wii

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2012

Mario may get most of the credit, but Link, the non-titular star of the Zelda series, is equally responsible for Nintendo becoming the crea...

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

PS3

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2011

The Uncharted series has, appropriately enough, always been built of scavenged parts. Its globe hopping, treasure-hunting protagonist owes...

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

PS3 / Xbox 360

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2011

The thing about trilogies – and although this is technically the fourth entry in the studio's flagship franchise, the Florence-based...

World of Lorecraft

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2011

Climbing up an icy ridge, one of a seemingly endless supply here in Skyrim, the northernmost province of the sprawling continent of Tamriel...

Dark Souls

PS3 / Xbox 360

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2011

The rapid expansion of the gamer community in recent years has left the hardcore heads battling the casual hordes at the gate. In the wake...

Driver: San Francisco

Multi-platform

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2011

Old-school racers – y'know, the kind your dad used to sit in at the coin-op arcade – simply circled around tracks. And even the...

Story Time

Are Videogame Narratives Levelling Up?

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2011

There are great challenges to writing a videogame versus other art forms. In books, comics, movies and TV, the writer is an omnipotent unsp...