Articles by Joshua Ostroff

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  Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

  Wii U

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2015

  It's easy to like the hot singles off an album, but hardcore fans live for the deep cuts. So consider Kirby a Nintendo deep cut, a characte...

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  The Order: 1866

  PS4

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2015

  The Order: 1866 is built almost entirely out of blocks that I love — alternate history, Nikola Tesla, Arthurian legend, class struggl...

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  Manic Pixel Dream Girls:

  On The Importance of Playable Female Characters

  PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2015

  It's 2015 and we're finally living in a post-GamerGate world, so let's address an issue the reactionary online protest raised. (Ha ha no, n...

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  Citizens of Earth

  Multi-platform

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2015

  You know that old chestnut that drama is easy, comedy is hard? Well, shooters are even easier and funny games are nigh impossible.   At lea...

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  Grim Fandango Remastered

  PS4, PS Vita, PC, Mac

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2015

  The no-longer-late-and-lamented adventure game genre continues its revival thanks to the good folks who originally perfected it back at Luc...

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  Game of Thrones – Episode One: Iron From Ice

  Multi-platform

  PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2015

  Much like the Khaleesi herself, TellTale has carved out its own kingdom in a fiercely competitive world.   With roots in the point-and-cl...

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  Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris

  Xbox One / PC / PS4

  PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2015

  Tomb-raiding heroine Lara Croft must often chose between two paths, but publisher Square-Enix faces no such restrictions. While the main To...

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  Super Smash Bros.

  Wii U / 3DS

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2014

  Fan service gets a bad rap. So does Nintendo, at least lately. But two arguable wrongs make an undeniable right with the House of Mario's l...