Uncharted: The Lost Legacy review – Nathan who?

The Lost Legacy

Nathan Drake is the charismatic heart of the Uncharted series. At least, he was until Chloe Frazer and Nadine Ross swung into town for their own standalone game, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. We go treasure hunting with this new dynamic duo to see what golden gameplay we can uncover.

Cuphead video sparks ‘get good’ gamer storm

Cuphead video

Dean Takahashi posted a video of himself playing Cuphead badly and the internet lost it. Chella looks at the obsession with games being hard and gamers having to ‘get good’ as another form of gatekeeping.

Why I’m in favour of shorter video games

Shorter Video Games

Too many 30-hour games just use filler to distract the player. Chella examines the benefits of shorter video games and the need for developers to respect the player’s time.

Talking Tacoma and Hellblade

Tacoma Hellblade

This week Argue The Toss discusses Fullbright’s space exploration game (no wait, not that kind of space exploration) Tacoma, and Ninja Theory’s unique Celtic/Norse psychological action-thriller (yes, really) Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice.

The must play August games of 2017

Best August games

Chella’s surprised by the amount of great games coming out this August. If you’ve been caught napping, have no fear because here are the must play August games of 2017.

Best trailers of San Diego Comic-Con 2017

San Diego Comic Con 2017

This week on Argue the Toss, Drew and Chella have distilled the 50 or so new trailers released at San Diego Comic-Con 2017 to the eight or nine that you should really care about. Thor Ragnarok, Star Trek Discovery, Dirk Gently and more.

The average gamer: cultured, educated and female

average gamer

New research from Nesta shows that the average gamer is educated, cultured and a woman of 43. Chella says it’s time to stop asking ‘do women play games?’ and focus on becoming an industry that encourages more women to make games.

The zombie legacy of George A. Romero

George A. Romero

Drew and Chella offer an in-depth discussion of Night of the Living Dead, in honour of George A. Romero who died this week. The ATTeam look at the evolution of zombies from films to games.