Malindy Hetfeld
Contributor
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
FeatureSomeone should make a game about: Stage management
Ode to the occupational octopus.
FeatureDépanneur Nocturne: step inside a magical night-time world
Nocturnal animals crossing.
FeatureSometimes the best thing in a game is a pause
Wait for it.
RecommendedSakura Wars review - heartfelt, over-the-top anime romp
Get in the robot, Sakura.
FeatureAn introduction to Sakura Wars, the RPG series created to save the Sega Saturn
Welcome to the biggest JRPG franchise you might not have heard of.
Persona 5 Royal Will Seed locations: Where to find Red, Blue and Green Will Seeds in all Palaces
Every Seed in every Palace listed.
Persona 5 Royal review - both better and worse than the original
Joker's on you.
Persona 5 Royal Social Stats - Best ways to increase Knowledge, Guts, Proficiency, Kindness and Charm
From familar favourites to new Royal methods, here's the best ways to increase those Social Stats.
Persona 5 Royal test answers - How to ace all exams and class quiz questions
No need to study thanks to our complete list of quiz answers.
Rezzed DigitalDungeons of Naheulbeuk is an adorable XCOM-alike
But are there dragons?
FeatureUnderstanding world-building in games
And a bit about Inception.
FeatureSomeone should make a game about: Gourmet Makes
Please take a whisk.
Yes, Your Grace review - punishing, overly bleak kingdom management
Measuring a ruler.
FeatureYakuza 7 has some of the best RPG combat in a long time
Playing through the first 30 hours of Sega's new epic.
FeatureGames of the Decade: Bastion is a labour of love
A heady brew.
FeatureDisco Elysium is an RPG of overwhelming proportions
Insane in the membrane.
FeatureGames can be our time machines
Talking about games, and talking through games.
FeatureSomeone should make a game about: Birmingham New Street Station
Platform exclusive.
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.