Chris Morris

Nov 1, 2024 | gamespot.com | Lucy James |Richard Li |Chris Morris

Tons of great lore. The Dragon Age series has a long and storied history, with loads of lore, wars, and Darkspawn invasions to cover. Given that it’s been ten years since the release of Dragon Age Inquisition and with Dragon Age: The Veilguard finally launching, we’re going to cover the timeline of Thedas, from the founding of the Chantry all the way up to the Dread Wolf’s latest misdeeds. This is the Dragon Age timeline explained.

Oct 30, 2024 | gamespot.com | Kurt Indovina |Chris Morris |Dave Jewitt

Alexander Kriss is a clinical psychologist and author based in New York, and has written extensively about games, and the effect games can have on their players. He's also a lifelong fan of Silent Hill 2, and has written about the game and its characters in his book The Gaming Mind. Today he's breaking down each of the game's endings, including the two new endings in the 2024 remake, and analyzing what the methods used to unlock them say about the player.

Oct 24, 2024 | gamespot.com | Kurt Indovina |Chris Morris |Dave Jewitt

Alexander Kriss is a clinical psychologist and author based in New York, and has written extensively about why we play games, and the effect games can have on their players. He's also a lifelong fan of the original Silent Hill 2, and has written about the game and its characters from the perspective of a psychologist. Today he's breaking down some of the characters and themes from Silent Hill 2, and seeing how the 2024 remake stacks up against the 2001 original.

Oct 16, 2024 | gamespot.com | Chris Morris |Phil Hornshaw

Weird anomalies, spooky mutants, and humans likely to gun you down repeatedly await in Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, and it all works to make the Zone an oppressive but fascinating place. Like the 2008 original, developer GSC Game World's long-awaited sequel is a punishing affair, because life is difficult and fleeting in the Zone--the irradiated area around Chornobyl filled with deadly, physics-defying anomalies, mutants, and various people who will kill you for just about any reason.

Oct 10, 2024 | gamespot.com | Dave Jewitt |Adam Mason |Chris Morris

Tobias Capwell is an independent scholar, curator, an expert on arms and armor, as well as a historical advisor for movies and TV. Today he’s breaking down some of the customisable weapons and armor of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's multiplayer Operations and Eternal War modes. What does a historian think of the Tactical, Vanguard, Bulwark, Sniper, Heavy and Assault classes? What inspirations can he find within the designs of the Imperium's wargear and the arsenals of the traitor astartes?