Jared McCarty

72 posts published

PAX West 2025: An Interview With Travis Erikson, Executive Director at Child’s Play

PAX West 2025: An Interview With Travis Erikson, Executive Director at Child’s Play

When gaming does good

PAX West 2025 - STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expedition Is the Sequel We Deserve

PAX West 2025 - STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expedition Is the Sequel We Deserve

A spacefaring sequel

PAX West 2025: Mistfall Hunter - An Extraction Game for the Fantasy Fans

PAX West 2025: Mistfall Hunter - An Extraction Game for the Fantasy Fans

Fantasy extraction action

PAX West 2025: An Indie Showcase

PAX West 2025: An Indie Showcase

Indies are the real stars of PAX

PAX West 2025: Project ATOM - How Much Can We Fit in One Game?

PAX West 2025: Project ATOM - How Much Can We Fit in One Game?

All the gaming things

PAX West 2025: The G’AIM’E Light Gun Is Bringing Arcades Back to the Living Room

PAX West 2025: The G’AIM’E Light Gun Is Bringing Arcades Back to the Living Room

Nostalgia in the barrel of a (light) gun

PAX West 2025: God Save Birmingham – an Ambitious Take On the Zombie Genre

PAX West 2025: God Save Birmingham – an Ambitious Take On the Zombie Genre

It's the peasant living dead for thee

PAX West 2025: A Place for Horror

PAX West 2025: A Place for Horror

Spooky Season comes to PAX West

Aaero 2 Is Revitalizing a Lost Genre

Aaero 2 Is Revitalizing a Lost Genre

Feel the beat

Gravity Rush and What Handheld Gaming Has Lost

Gravity Rush and What Handheld Gaming Has Lost

What the future leaves behind

Games Like Project Tower Are Pushing the Industry Forward

Games Like Project Tower Are Pushing the Industry Forward

Dodge and fight your way through a beautiful and dangerous sci-fi future

How Should We Think About Game Dev Redemption Arcs?

How Should We Think About Game Dev Redemption Arcs?

How do we judge games that released broken, but became great?

A Brief History of 3D Graphics on the Game Boy Advance

A Brief History of 3D Graphics on the Game Boy Advance

The iconic little handheld was capable of some incredible feats

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Feels Like a New DnD Campaign, For Better or Worse

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Feels Like a New DnD Campaign, For Better or Worse

When playing it safe isn't the safe option

Screenshot from the game - a red-skyed low-poly world. A scientist's house sits atop a cliffside.

The Beauty of Simplicity in Dread Delusion

How a world of monsters can be complex yet simple

The Dichotomy of Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem

The Dichotomy of Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem

Good luck staying sane

Resident Evil 2 (Nintendo 64): A Weird and Wonderful Achievement

The Zombie White Whale

PAX West 2024: Kingsisle Entertainment

PAX West 2024: Kingsisle Entertainment

Wizards everywhere

PAX West 2024: Pizza Bandit

PAX West 2024: Pizza Bandit

Gotta bake 'em all

PAX West 2024: Atari 7800+

PAX West 2024: Atari 7800+

The classic console returns for an encore

PAX West 2024: Shovel Knight Dig: Wicked Wishes and Mina the Hollower

PAX West 2024: Shovel Knight Dig: Wicked Wishes and Mina the Hollower

More digging and hollowing are right around the corner

PAX West 2024: Rogue Climber

PAX West 2024: Rogue Climber

Can you get to the top?

PAX West 2024: Spiral

PAX West 2024: Spiral

Celebrating life as we near the end

PAX West 2024: A Horror Showcase

PAX West 2024: A Horror Showcase

A horror-fying time at PAX West 2024