Joe Donato

Video games became an amazing, artful, interactive story-driven medium for me right around when I played Panzer Dragoon Saga on Sega Saturn. Ever since then, I've wanted to be a part of this industry. Somewhere along the line I, possibly foolishly, decided I'd rather write about them than actually make them. So here I am.

Gemini: Heroes Reborn Review

Set a game in a sterile underground facility, give the player physics-based powers and a first-person view, and it can…

9 years ago

The Revenant review

The Revenant is an unrelentingly beautiful film. Which is good, because it’s also unrelentingly deliberate in its pacing. Director Alejandro…

9 years ago

Gemini: Heroes Reborn is Psi-Ops and Dishonored on a budget

Back in 2013, Phosphor Games launched a Kickstarter for an ambitious, open-world, do-whatever-you-want superhero game called Project Awakened. The Kickstarter…

9 years ago

The Night Before Review

As far as comedy films are concerned, The Night Before comes with more expectations than most. It feels like a…

9 years ago

Spectre Review

Spectre has all of the ingredients audiences have come to expect from the Daniel Craig-era of James Bond films, but…

9 years ago

The Last Witch Hunter Review

The opening minutes of The Last Witch Hunter play out like the final act of a classic fantasy story. A…

9 years ago

Life is Strange Interview: How Dontnod made the most with a small budget

Square Enix held a press event at this year’s New York Comic Con to sample some of their upcoming games,…

9 years ago

Preview: Umbrella Corps is fun, tactical, and kinda stupid

I really don’t know what to make of Umbrella Corps, Capcom’s Resident Evil spin-off multiplayer shooter. It’s not that they’ve…

9 years ago

Preview: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided brings refinement over revolution

When you interview a game developer, there are always these kneejerk questions that pop out. They’re the basic bullet points…

9 years ago

Preview: Just Cause 3 is a hard game to stop playing

I wouldn’t call Just Cause 3 “essential” gaming, but I don’t mean that as an insult. In fact, at an…

9 years ago