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Horror is an interesting genre in video games. Often, the play is to scare players straight up. Foreboding music, high-pitched stings, the classic...
As a kid growing up in the 90’s, time spent with your grandparents was often spent running errands and sitting at home watching various daytime TV...
December 15, 2009, is the worst yet most important day of my life. I lost my Grandma that day. She was everything to me. The person who I felt...
I recently reviewed Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and I loved it. It was a true love letter to the franchise and a perfect entry into the series...
I love the Roguelike genre. It’s the perfect mix of challenge and intelligence. So, when I had the chance to play [REDACTED], I was anticipating a...
I’ve been an Indiana Jones fan my whole life. My Dad introduced me to the movies when I was a kid, and it was on from there. Gaming-wise, there were...
The best thing about Game of the Year contender and platforming king, Astro Bot, is that it’s a reminder of an era of gaming that straight-up...
A weird thing happened on the way to this era of gaming. Sony magically found its footing as the AAA-narrative focused company. For me, the beginning...
I’m vaguely familiar with Death Note at least enough to know who Ryuk is and what the Death Note itself is. My main experience with the titular book...
This series is a chance for us here at Waypoint to talk about why we love gaming and even some of the funnier stories we’ve experienced. For me,...
The Game Awards announced their list of nominees recently. While I’m generally excited for this and Summer Game Fest each year, I can’t help but...
Offset had to be held back during a brawl with French rapper Gazo. The incident took place in Paris and was all caught on camera. In footage shared...
If your elder-emo sense is tingling, it’s probably because of Coheed And Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez’s new cover of The Cure’s “Just Like...
Early video games are interesting because there’s no explicit story. At least, not in the way we consider a narrative in gaming now. A lot of what...
In some ways, I take great pride in aging myself as a gamer. This is one of those times. A true “you had to be there” moment but if you were...
There are games that I am certain children should not have been playing. Let’s leave Doom, Mortal Kombat and others out of the question. Yeah, they...
There was a time where every major movie that came out had to have a game that tied into it. I don’t mean that in the metaphorical sense, I mean...
Music is very important to me and has been since I was a kid. My first musical memory is hearing Billie Jean for the first time when I was 5. I’ve...
Well, it seems to be almost that time. Xbox has recently started their “This is an Xbox” marketing in which they list anything with a screen as an...
I do love racing games. But as I’ve said before, it’s a very specific style that catches my eye. I’m more into arcade racers than anything else....
There’s an iconic scene in “Game of Thrones” during the Battle of the Bastards where Jon Snow unsheathes his sword in the face of an oncoming...
When It Takes Two won Game of the Year at the 2021 Game Awards, I wasn’t someone who questioned it. I love indie games, so I was glad to see one...
Up top: I am not a FromSoftware guy. That’s not to say I think the games are bad. I value myself as a gamer too much to say something asinine like...
There are very few games that left an impression on me the way that Dishonored did. From a gameplay perspective, it’s one of the most unique...
Racing games are one of my favorite genres in gaming. But I’m very specific about which games resonate with me. Need For Speed: Underground 2,...
Nintendo has a habit of branching out in interesting ways. The Wii, Zelda II, Metroid Prime, and Hyrule Warriors — just to name a few. But the...
As a proud member of the FOH Army, I want to note that Shea Serrano was a huge inspiration for this series, where we’ll be looking at gaming from a...
We’ve seen classic games in the superhero world. The Batman: Arkham trilogy, Insomniac’s Spider-Man series, and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance just...
You kids. You just fire up Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and get to play as Sonic. No real struggle, just character select screen and have fun. I can’t...
Playing Doom has made me acutely aware of something: My dad and I are two completely different people. He’s very outgoing and will talk to pretty...
Before I get into this, I used to work for Untold Tales, the publisher of What Lies in the Multiverse. I spent 9 months with them this year after...
I’m a huge wrestling fan. And I have been since I first saw Sting in his “Crow” character when I was a kid. I eventually moved on to be a fan of...
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We’ve officially reached the point where we’re depending on remasters to play games we loved in the past. Owning an older console and picking up...
Nintendo just announced that the Switch successor will be backwards compatible with the Switch and that Nintendo Switch Online will remain available....
My original Mass Effect 2 playthrough is legendary in my friend circle. I was so locked in on the story that it didn’t dawn on me that doing the...
Welcome to Waypoint’s coverage of the UEL! Since we’re coming through in the middle of the season, check out my introductory article on UEL...
Stay with me here. I did not wholly enjoy my time with the Wii U. It did a couple of solid things, but overall, it was just not good. The Wii U...
I am a huge Batman fan. I have been ever since I first heard Kevin Conroy voice the World’s Greatest Detective in “Batman: The Animated Series”....
Long ago, when the gaming industry cared about something other than big budget first party games, Capcom released a classic of a game called Viewtiful...
I love basketball. It was my first love growing up, I played AAU ball, and I’ve mentioned before that Kobe was my favorite player ever. So...
The Zelda series is iconic for multiple reasons. Characters, story, lore, and gameplay come together to create an undeniable package of classic...
Over the last couple weeks, I’ve seen meme after meme of people getting their butts handed to them by the Great Ape Vegeta in DBZ: Sparking Zero....
The early to mid 2000’s were some of the best years in gaming. The Big 3 of Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft were knocking it out the park with their...
The industry is in a bad place. Successful dev teams are seeing layoffs the same as those who aren’t. The AAA side of the gaming industry is being...
I’m a huge wrestling fan. I have been since I was about 6 years old, watching WCW with Big Mama. Combine this with my love of video games and the...
I remember the Avengers game’s announcement trailer. How hyped I was the moment I realized what it was. This was coming off the success of the...
Back in February, I connected with Titus Walker on LinkedIn. Titus is the CEO of the Ultimate Endgamers League, an Esports league based in Virginia. I...
As I was writing down a list of topics I wanted to cover for my opening pieces here at Waypoint,one game kept popping up in my head: Gex. I remember...