This is an autobiographical video essay about how I've gotten to the point in my life where I'm a video game critic living in a Volkswagen Bus. It talks about how the common thread in my life is a ...
FRANCHISE SPOILERS. This is a video critique of the 2016 Homeworld Prequel from Blackbird Interactive. The idea is to place it in context with the spacefaring titles that came before and pin down i...
This is a video examination and critique of the Dishonored games by Arkane Studios. It looks at what makes them compelling as stealth titles, and why they have such huge appeal outside the subgenre...
[TOTAL SPOILERS] This is a video retrospective and critique of the three open-world crime dramas on the Mafia game series. It follows Tommy, Vito, and Lincoln as well the narrative themes and mecha...
In this video I outline the big plan to leave town with my fiancee Kendra and our dog Simon for a more or less permanent road trip in our 1973 Volkswagen Bus.
This is a video critique of Clive Barker's two major attempts to explore horror in the medium of video games. It talks about what makes each game Clive-Barkery in the first place and how both gaes ...
This is a video critique and review of the linear shooter Homefront and its open-world sequel Homefront: The Revolution. It looks at how each game imitates a Red Dawn scenario with very different m...
This is a video critique of No Man's Sky, a procedurally generated science-fiction adventure title. It talks about how difficult it is to cram a whole universe into six gigabytes, and how well the ...
While making my latest video on Baldur's Gate, I had to make room on my computer for all the files I needed, and that meant deleting my No Man's Sky footage. Rather than just toss it out, I made th...
This a video critique and retrospective of the whole Baldur's Gate franchise, including Baldur's Gate 1, Tales of the Sword Coast, Siege of Dragonspear, Baldur's Gate 2, and Throne of Bhaal. It loo...
This is a video exploration of the early-access road game Jalopy. It looks at how the game's focus on mundane detail and mechanical process sets it apart from the design goals of most automotive ga...
This is a look at Terminal Reality's 2009 release "Ghostbusters: The Video Game" and how it compares to the recent reboot. It focuses on how the elements that made the original movie so memorable a...
This is a video overview and critique of the DLC to come out for Fallout 4 post-release. It talks about Automaton, Wasteland Workshop, Far Harbor, and Survival Mode as well, reflecting on what they...
This is a video review and critique of the 2016 DOOM reboot. It looks at what makes this reboot unique and how it distinguishes itself from and tethers itself to the older games.
This is a video examination and comparison of two games about wilderness: Firewatch, a narrative-focused adventure title, and The Long Dark, an open-world survival adventure. It focuses on the trad...
This is a video retrospective of Doom 3 and its two expansions, Resurrection of Evil and Lost Mission. It goes back and looks at what made Doom 3 special, as an individual horror shooter and as par...
This is a video survey and critique of 17 great single-player mods for the original Half-Life. It tries to show the wide spectrum of creative output by some of the best and most interesting modders...
This is a video retrospective of Starcraft 1 and 2. It discusses what makes the games appealing to players of both high low skill, and why it remains so visible in a dwindling real-time strategy ma...
Hi! I'm Heather. I play video games, talk about them and I write about them on websites. This channel is devoted to critical or experiential Let's Plays, as well as miniature critical videos. If you l
This an in-depth retrospective and critique of all the major Wolfenstein single-player release, 1981-2015. It talks about the games historically and from a player's perspective.
A huge, huge thanks to everyone who's contributed on Patreon this past year! It's completely transformed my channel and my life. This video talks for a few minutes on the past year, plans for the n...
This is a low spoiler video looking at how to make the most of a Fallout 4 playthrough, from the perspective of a franchise fan who didn't feel like they hit the right rhythm of the game the first ...