Patrick Dane Archives

Making video games is incredibly hard. It's a ludicrously fiddly artform and one I can only admire from a far. As somewhat of a critic in the medium, I

Nintendo's E3 Direct last year was quite bizarre. The games shown were quite hotly debated, but what really made it charming were the puppets used during

There has been a long running question about Link's gender in the upcoming Zelda game. Some thought the first appearance looked like a woman, but we've

Ark is trundling towards its proposed final release date, with content being put into the game at a rather blistering rate. We seem to get new creatures

No Man's Sky is still somewhat shrouded in mystery, so any detail that sneaks out is gobbled up. Especially those details that tell us what it's like to

Attack On Titan's game by Koei Tecmo has been getting a lot of play recently, especially as we came closer to the game's Japanese release. Of course, this

The BAFTA Game Awards are one of the highlights of my calendar each year, and the award show I put the most stock in, as it's amazing to see an

House of Cards has had a long running relationship with video games. Monument Valley, The Stanley Parable and Agar.io have featured in later series.

We got word not so long ago that Lionhead Studios would be ceasing production on Fable Legends, with the developer also likely shutting down. Well, it

Mega Man is known as one of the most masterful challenging platformers of the 8 bit age. Creator Keiji Inafune is certainly well revered when it comes to

And here we go. Take a look at our first extended look at what a Star Wars anthology movie looks like. As promised yesterday with a tease, here is the

By most accounts, Street Fighter V is an excellent fighting game. I've heard so much about the mechanics of the title and how they have pleased fans of

Final Fantasy 7 Remake came under a lot of fire when we first learnt that the game was being split up into several parts. Unsurprisingly, many would have

We've heard a lot about Uncharted 4 in terms of its finality. Naughty Dog has not shied away from touting this as the final ride, at least for them. That

Star Wars: Rogue One is getting a trailer tomorrow, which should be a genuinely interesting reveal. It will ask how do these anthology stories fit in to

Gears of War 4 is Microsoft's big exclusive come fall this year. The franchise is making its next gen debut after a bit of a hiatus, and we have slowly

Rock Band 4 on the PC was something that fans had asked for for a long time. The port of the game had followed the franchise around for a long time, and

The Vive is officially 'out now', even if it has a staggered release so only those who ordered really early (and whose pre-orders weren't suddenly

Splitscreen is a dying artform. So many games want to use all the power of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for processing an image, meaning the art of

While I found the conversation about's Tracer pose over the last week genuinely quite interesting philosophically, the political debate surrounding it has

Outlast 2 has been very quiet since it was announced that the game was coming. Besides the initial reveal which revealed south US setting and religious

Dota 2 is one of the things I have really come to enjoy as a mainstay of my rotational gaming schedule. While games come and games go, Dota 2, has been

Quantum Break is out today, which will please the Xbox One, PC (although I've heard the game has problems on the platform) and Remedy Entertainment fans.

Fallout 4's DLC schedule is trundling on, with the first bit of DLC hitting out last month. That one let you take on a robot army and also use parts to

This isn't the first time I've heard this rumour. God of War went there and back with its focus on Greek Mythology, pushing Kratos into most of the major

Bioware are a company known for their diverse characters, with quite a few of them representing different races and sexual orientation. At least socially,

We've heard a lot about the Uncharted 4 ending. Things about it being an end of Drake's era, and that it will be a significant resolution for at least

Uncharted 4 edges ever closer, with easily Sony's biggest exclusive this generation just over a month away now. Everything we have seen from the game has

Beyond Good and Evil 2 has been dangled in front of fans since 2008 now. The game is often sought after, yet, updates on any progress for the game have

Overwatch is slowly making its way here, and I for one am really quite excited. While I'm waiting though, I am finding these animated shorts about the