Jake Tucker

Indie Gaming

Meet The Devs Who Made Indie Games on the Original Playstation

We speak to three developers who started on Sony’s PlayStation dev kit—Net Yaroze—and what it meant to share their expertise and experiences online.
Jake Tucker
4.13.17
Waypoint

What It's Like to Curate an Indie Gaming Event

It’s a testing world, individualism necessarily tempered by accessibility. We speak to three organizers about their efforts to have us playing differently.
Jake Tucker
3.28.17
Indie Gaming

What It's Like to Curate an Indie Gaming Event

It’s a testing world, individualism necessarily tempered by accessibility. We speak to three organizers about their efforts to have us playing differently.
Jake Tucker
3.28.17
First Person Shooters

Why ‘SWAT 4’ Remains a Shooter That Compellingly Plays Against Type

Irrational’s pre-‘BioShock’ shooter, re-released this month, still feels unique for its genre, although the subject matter has become more controversial.
Jake Tucker
1.30.17
Gaming

It's Not You, 'Dota,' It’s Me: Why I've Finally Quit My MOBA Habit

We had our good times, Troll Warlords and all, but you were turning me into a toxic monster.
Jake Tucker
10.4.16
Dota

It's Not You, 'Dota,' It’s Me: Why I've Finally Quit My MOBA Habit

We had our good times, Troll Warlords and all, but you were turning me into a toxic monster.
Jake Tucker
10.4.16
Gaming

The Rise and Fall of Competitive ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’

As 'Modern Warfare Remastered' approaches, we look back on how the game's original release both benefitted eSports but failed to capitalise on its boom.
Jake Tucker
9.20.16
Gaming

‘Rainbow Six Siege’ Might Be the Best Multiplayer Shooter, Ever

IMO, obviously—but then again, everyone else I've introduced to Ubisoft's shooter has fallen for it, too.
Jake Tucker
8.5.16
Gaming

If I Could Talk to the Planets: On the Inviting Loneliness of ‘No Man’s Sky’

This other life forms in this game don't give a shit about you, so you might as well find your fun on the worlds instead.
Jake Tucker
8.4.16
no man's sky

If I Could Talk to the Planets: On the Inviting Loneliness of ‘No Man’s Sky’

This other life forms in this game don't give a shit about you, so you might as well find your fun on the worlds instead.
Jake Tucker
8.4.16
News

Here’s What You’re Getting Wrong About People With Asperger's

'All people with Asperger's are socially impaired, reclusive, obsessive and really fucking good at maths, right?'
Jake Tucker
7.26.16
What We've Been Playing

My Struggle to Survive at the Cannibal Frontier of ‘The Forest’

The mutants-filled survival sim was rusty on release, but in 2016, it's one of the best multiplayer horror games around.
Jake Tucker
7.22.16
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