Kirk Hamilton's posts

We live in an age of sequels, but not all sequels are created equal. Are you playing a true sequel, or are you…

Boy, do people love Final Fantasy Tactics. They love it so much they’d marry it, if human-video-game marriage were…

I guess everyone eventually writes one of these posts, and today it’s my turn. At the end of December, I’m leaving Ko…

There were loads of good video games in 2018, and I sure played a lot of them.

Over the last few years, I’ve started playing more difficult video games. Unfortunately, tough video games tend to…

Usually when I play a single-player game, I go through it from start to finish. I play each new level after the last…

This week, Destiny 2 got a big machine gun that chews through aliens while summoning lightning from the sky. It’s…

Red Dead Redemption 2 is an absurdly big game, full of secrets, systems, and hidden surprises. It’s possible to just…

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Red Dead Redemption 2 are both big open-world games, and they both came out in October…

From tip to tail, Red Dead Redemption 2 is a profound, glorious downer. It is the rare blockbuster video game that…

Of the many differences between last year’s Assassin’s Creed Origins and this year’s Odyssey, the changes to…

One could be forgiven for thinking Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was an action-packed mix of 300 and Wonder Woman, all…