I spent some time this morning just cutting trees in Crimson Desert. Very fun!

One of my absolute favorite VR games got a new release on other platforms. It's so cool and I'm happy more people will see it now! medium.com/analog-stick...

My LEGO Batman review is here. It got swallowed by my many frustrations with the game's sound design. medium.com/analog-stick...

Well, I got upset about a game remake again. medium.com/analog-stick...

Another piece is live! This time a headset review in which I recommend a different headset I don't normally post twice in a day but they're coming to pressure wash my building for the rest of the week so today was my only guaranteed non-chaos writing time till Friday. medium.com/analog-stick...

I started out writing a piece predicting tomorrow's Sony State of Play, and ended up with whatever this is. medium.com/analog-stick...

I'm more intrigued by game writing and design than I am by new graphics tech. medium.com/analog-stick...

I meant to write this several weeks ago but it's here now! It's the perfect time to revisit an Assassin's Creed classic. medium.com/analog-stick...

I've joined the chorus of voices frustrated about recent Switch 2 game delays. Also, yes, I caved on 007. It's pretty cool. I still have Batman and AC articles in my work queue! medium.com/analog-stick...

Rachel Addison brings her incomparable voice back to Analog Stick once again, this time with a story about the ever-shifting personal meaning of Square Enix's iconic Final Fantasy X. medium.com/analog-stick...

Rachel's story on Cyberpunk 2077's game design is one of my favorite @medium.com pieces, and I'm happy to now feature it on Analog Stick! She perfectly picks apart Cyberpunk's struggle between its sprawling narrative and its big pile of mechanics. medium.com/analog-stick...

I've had the honor of publishing an absurdly in-depth review of the PC management sim News Tower on my new Medium gaming pub. Please check it out! I'm hoping to highlight all sorts of games from all genres/eras! medium.com/analog-stick...

I've already started thinking about my game of the year list. The first and third entries on my list surprised me! medium.com/analog-stick...

I wrote the welcome post I probably should have had ready for when I launched my new Medium pub earlier today. Don't tell anyone but this all came in kind of hot! medium.com/analog-stick...

Okay fine! I started a @medium.com publication about gaming! It's called Analog Stick, and you can find it right here. It's early yet but I'll be adding stuff every day. I'm accepting submissions! medium.com/analog-stick

The Cloud Jet is one of those products that just kind of...exists. It's fine! But it's not a standout in any way, good or bad. I'm always surprised when this happens. xander51.medium.com/hyperx-cloud...

Sometimes I literally do the cliché thing of writing a story with one specific reader in mind. But hopefully this helps other people, too. :) xander51.medium.com/the-best-gam...

Do you ever go back and look at older games again when a sequel comes out? I've realized that I do this to an almost obsessive degree. xander51.medium.com/do-you-revis...

I've been replaying some of the old Lego Batman games in the lead-up to next week's new one. I forgot just how weird they got. xander51.medium.com/lego-batmans...

Crimson Desert got me back in with its comical and impressive patch schedule. xander51.medium.com/crimson-dese...

Your eyes do not deceive you. I've written a classic Alex Rowe Review of a gaming audio product, and it's totally free to read! Everything old is new again as I continue my ever-evolving quest for online engagement and eyeballs! xander51.medium.com/razer-hammer...

The new Star Fox lit a fire inside my brain. The bad kind of fire, not the good kind! xander51.medium.com/the-new-star...

In honor of Star Wars Day, I've posted this! I still love Star Wars games, but they could be so much cooler. xander51.medium.com/star-wars-vi...

I’ve posted some thoughts on the Diablo IV expansion. It feels like it wasn’t made for my tastes at all…but I’m still probably going to play it for at least the next week. xander51.medium.com/the-new-diab...

What if instead of running the newest/latest stuff on my PC, I just kept playing Vampire Crawlers? xander51.medium.com/i-keep-playi...

I ignored Alienware's headset at my own peril, and learned something about my biases in the process. xander51.medium.com/the-alienwar...

You can use this link to check out my new Big Old Boy about Assassin's Creed for free. Afterwards, please consider signing up for a @medium.com membership so you can enjoy all of my other stories...and perhaps post your own piece to disagree! xander51.medium.com/whats-the-be...

From the deepest depths of my drafts comes this new Medium piece about the year where *three different games* from major publishers were all kind of about the same thing. xander51.medium.com/the-ragnarok...

You ever play a game that's so creatively bizarre you just can't look away? xander51.medium.com/the-best-inc...

I've written a new rant about Windows and HDR, and you can read it for free at this link if you'd like! Thanks for your time and support! xander51.medium.com/my-tiniest-w...

For the first time in years, I have nice things to say about Xbox. This is a weird feeling. xander51.medium.com/xbox-did-a-s...

I wrote up a little guide to help you cut through all the marketing noise around gaming headsets. xander51.medium.com/the-gaming-h...

If you're waiting for me to write some more bonus content over on my personal site's blog, I have some bad news for you. xander51.medium.com/i-finally-sh...

My latest story, this time about Assassin's Creed Origins, is now live over on Medium! xander51.medium.com/assassins-cr...

Dragon's Dogma 2 is still pretty good.

I'd be even deeper into Starfield's PS5 version if I hadn't spent a bunch of my weekend gaming time on the Switch 2 version of Ball X Pit. Got an article about the former going up later tonight, and the latter sometime soon!

I wrote about Samson...and the weird string of apologies put out by its director. He should be more confident about the cool parts and less worried about the bad parts. xander51.medium.com/i-wish-this-...

I was planning to cover the Starfield update today, but instead I decided to go on an odyssey through Yoshihisa Kishimoto's games in honor of his passing. I think he's one of the best designers to ever live. xander51.medium.com/one-of-my-fa...

I found a gaming ear bud that I like and that I can wear for hours without pain. I didn't think that would ever happen! xander51.medium.com/the-best-ste...

I totally beefed it in trying to predict the future of the gaming hardware market. At least the Switch 2 is good? xander51.medium.com/i-was-totall...

Buying a better HDR screen only further exposed me to how middling the HDR support is on the Nintendo Switch 2. xander51.medium.com/the-most-dis...

This morning as I deal with yet another broken link image preview on Meta social platforms...I'm very close to just posting on BlueSky exclusively.

I'm starting to lose my momentum on Crimson Desert after thirty five hours, though I'm still planning to finish it. I wrote up some impressions if you'd like to read them! xander51.medium.com/crimson-dese...

Nine months later, I still can't get enough of Donkey Kong Bananza's amazing map. xander51.medium.com/the-coolest-...

I tried out Pragmata's demo on Switch 2, but I couldn't deal with its cut down graphics. xander51.medium.com/im-a-total-g...

Kena turned out well on the Switch 2, and it got me thinking about the old days when every game was trying to "look just like a movie." xander51.medium.com/the-cool-ind...

I think the new version of PSSR has totally saved the PS5 Pro. xander51.medium.com/the-ps5-pro-...

Voxel-based destruction is probably my favorite game mechanic? I will happily break things in games, and these two titles do it so well. xander51.medium.com/sometimes-i-...

I'm enjoying my new monitor so much that I'm replaying old games! xander51.medium.com/the-best-gam...

Logitech took a second go at updating one of my favorite headsets, and it's so much better than their previous attempt. xander51.medium.com/my-favorite-...