Joshua Wolens
One of Josh's first memories is of playing Quake 2 on the family computer when he was much too young to be doing that, and he's been irreparably game-brained ever since. His writing has been featured in Vice, Fanbyte, and the Financial Times. He'll play pretty much anything, and has written far too much on everything from visual novels to Assassin's Creed. His most profound loves are for CRPGs, immersive sims, and any game whose ambition outstrips its budget. He thinks you're all far too mean about Deus Ex: Invisible War.
Latest articles by Joshua Wolens
Old School RuneScape icon emerges into the light after 8-month, 2,500-hour grind of killing a mole to acquire a mole
By Joshua Wolens published
News Is there anyone who just plays this game normally?
Helldivers 2 looks a lot like Metal Gear Solid 5 sometimes, but devs and fans alike agree that's great: 'More games should directly copy stuff'
By Joshua Wolens published
News From Big Boss to Bug Boss.
Legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu doesn't 'have the physical and mental strength' to create full game soundtracks anymore: 'I'd rather use the time I have left to work on other projects I love'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Uematsu's last full soundtrack was for 2021's Fantasian.
Alright, which of you scurvy dogs is averaging 'over 4 hours' of daily Skull and Bones playtime?
By Joshua Wolens published
News Players are more engaged than (almost) ever, says Ubisoft.
Palworld's devs are very sorry for deploying a patch that 'inadvertently fixed a bug'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Well, just don't let it happen again.
Italian soulslike drops 'suicidal' June release date after realising it was set to come out the same day as Shadow of the Erdtree
By Joshua Wolens published
News Enotria's experience of the Shadow of the Erdtree trailer was a bit more shocking than ours.
Skyrim finally truly beaten as fanatical player does 'everything that can be done' in the game, nabbing every item and perk in quest to hit level 1,337
By Joshua Wolens published
News This is how our grandparents felt watching the Moon landing.
After 1,200 hours and '6,000-7,000' Malenia kills, Elden Ring's greatest guardian angel is thinking about hanging up his jar hat: 'I've had my fill of fighting Malenias'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Let Me Solo Her might be done soloing her.
You can turn Baldur's Gate 3 into Arduous Gauntlets Done Quick, speedrunning its most gruelling dungeon using a basic 2nd-level spell
By Joshua Wolens published
News Why take the time to find all those gems when you could just… Knock?
Overwatch fans call for boycott and recast after Pharah voice actor calls to 'free Palestine from Hamas'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Jen Cohn's comments came as part of one of her Ask Bird Mom livestreams.
Paradox's toe-to-toe bout with Sid Meier scheduled for March as Millennia gets a release date
By Joshua Wolens published
News History in the making.
Vindication for Dark Souls 2 defenders as Hidetaka Miyazaki says many of its ideas 'carried the rest of the series'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Miyazaki was chatting about the black sheep of the Soulsborne family in a recent interview.
Old School RuneScape players revolt after new big money owners say bots are fine, actually, devs furiously walk it back and say they banned 7 million bots last year
By Joshua Wolens published
News A quote from an anonymous source close to Jagex's new owners sent OSRS fans into overdrive.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is over double the price of previous FromSoft DLCs, and is it weird that excites me?
By Joshua Wolens published
News As a wise man once said, just shut up and take my money.
Deep Rock Galactic auto-shooter nixes upsetting 'die like your mother did' voice line so as to not 'remind some players of tragic events in their life'
By Joshua Wolens published
News But the line endures in standard DRG.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's reveal trailer is finally here, release date set for June
By Joshua Wolens published
News Arise, Tarnished.
Modders are achieving justice for Persona 3's missing female protagonist in a way that's only possible on PC
By Joshua Wolens published
News The FeMC Reloaded Project is restoring Kotone to her rightful place.
Baldur's Gate 3's most beloved voice is joining Fallout 4's most ambitious mod as Astarion actor Neil Newbon bares his fangs on the streets of London
By Joshua Wolens published
News Fallout: London is set for an April release.
Update your spreadsheets, CDPR is out talking about the genres its mysterious non-Witcher, non-Cyberpunk game isn't going to be
By Joshua Wolens published
News Once you've eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Lara Croft modding maestro reveals he's been missing because Saber nabbed him for the Tomb Raider 'dream team', assembling a crack squad 'of crazy people' to put together the remasters
By Joshua Wolens published
News Timur Gagiev took a break from working on Tomb Raider to go work on Tomb Raider.
Palworld players have found an ingenious bug that lets them infinitely mount and butcher the same pal for parts
By Joshua Wolens published
News Pretty normal videogame stuff. Nothing to see here.
Ultra niche Skyrim mod lets you become the most potent mage of all: the fist wizard
By Joshua Wolens published
News That's what I'm calling it, anyway.
Helldivers 2 studio boss says it will 'never' add PvP, and for anyone looking for it 'I recommend Tarkov'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Managed democracy is about working together, after all.
PlayStation bosses say they want to work more 'proactively' on PC releases, and it sure sounds like Sony is gearing up for more simultaneous debuts like Helldivers 2
By Joshua Wolens published
News Sony president Hiroki Totoki says Sony wants to get "aggressive" about improving profits through things like multi-platform releases.