Articles by Joshua Ostroff

The Technomancer

PS4, XB1, PC

PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2016

Set on Mars several hundred years post-colonization during the War of Water, Spiders' cyberpunk space story melds Mass Effect-y sci-fi with...

Prison Architect (Console Edition)

Xbox One, PS4

PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2016

Prison Architect is a strategic top-down builder simulator, but rather than managing a city of Sims or rollercoaster theme park, your sandb...

​Game Within A Game Time

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2016

The late, great Garry Shandling didn't invent meta humour, but he did perfect its two primary forms. In his '80s sitcom It's Garry Shandlin...

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

PS4

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2016

In the fourth chapter of A Thief's End, Naughty Dog's final Uncharted adventure, our treasure-hunting hero Nathan Drake sits down on the co...

Ratchet & Clank

PS4

PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2016

Yes, Ratchet & Clank is a game based on a movie based on a game. But don't let that ridiculous sentence dissuade you from playing this fant...

Tap, Tap Coalition

'Loud on Planet X' Merges Indie Music and Indie Gaming

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2016

You may've seen Fucked Up's Damian Abraham rip his shirt off and jump into the crowd, but did he ever land on a three-eyed blobby green ali...

Mortal Kombat XL

PS4/XB1

PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2016

Like the pop cultural mashups of Disney Infinity and Lego Dimensions, but wish they were, uh, gorier? Then Mortal Kombat XL is the fighting...

Street Fighter V

PS4, PC, Mac

PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2016

Fighting games are for purists, which is why they tend to refine mechanics rather than add extras. Street Fighter V takes this approach a b...