Malindy Hetfeld
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Malindy is a freelance writer whose equally torrid love affairs with literature, Japan and Guybrush Threepwood have led to her covering video games.
Featured articles
RecommendedGreedfall review - technical shortcomings are overcome by an abundance of heart
A shipload of adventure.
World War Z review - a schlocky, slim Left 4 Dead-a-like
Shuffle dance.
Tropico 6 review - a gentle revolution
Havana great time.
FeatureInside Tomb of Horrors, the hardest D&D module ever made
It challenges players, and it challenges different design philosophies.
FeatureChanges of perspective are vital to representation in games
There are so many stories to tell.
FeatureWhat games can learn from surrealism
Play and disrupt.
FeatureMoments of 2018: The closure of Telltale Games
The human cost of game development.
FeatureThe brilliance of video game maps
Press X to mark the spot.
Darksiders 3 review - a pale imitation of itself
Apocalypse now.
FeatureA day trip to Yakuza 6's Onomichi
City by the sea.
FeatureHow game design encourages order and chaos in equal measure
From Spelunky to Spider-Man.
FeatureThe state of blackness in games
From Yakuza to Oxenfree.
FeatureThe distractions in recent games make it hard not to fall behind
From No Man's Sky to Monster Hunter.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 review - a stylish and fun if overly formulaic remake
Gangster paradise.
FeatureDungeons & Dragons helped me appreciate narrative game design
The dungeon master and Margarita.
FeatureAfter I stepped into Yakuza's world, Yakuza's world seeped into mine
Travel and memory as the real meets the virtual.
FeatureWe are living in a new golden age of video game music
Child of leitmotif.
FeatureEdith Finch and finding meaning in materialism
First-person possessive.
FeatureVideo game romance is broken
A look at love, from Dream Daddy to Mass Effect.
FeatureHow video game heroes struggle with their identities
The hero's journey.