Will Borger

New York

Journalist and Writer at Freelance

Words: MLR, Purple Wall, ASP, The Rupture, YourTango | Games: IGN, Shacknews, Into the Spine, TechRadar, Unwinnable, Nintendo Life, Lifebar + | Pushcart Nom.

Articles

The Midnight Walk Review

6 days ago | nordic.ign.com | Will Borger

In the beginning, the story goes, there was the Dark, and then there was Fire. In Judeo-Christian myth, the first thing that God does is make light to drive out the nothingness of the darkness. Much of human achievement is based on the harnessing of fire: the ability to cook food, to stay warm, and travel to space. Something to sit around and tell stories.
The Midnight Walk Review

1 week ago | ign.com | Will Borger

In the beginning, the story goes, there was the Dark, and then there was Fire. In Judeo-Christian myth, the first thing that God does is make light to drive out the nothingness of the darkness. Much of human achievement is based on the harnessing of fire: the ability to cook food, to stay warm, and travel to space. Something to sit around and tell stories.
Conquest Dark Hands-On Preview: Vampire Survivors + Cosmic Horror + Conan the Barbarian = YES

2 weeks ago | ign.com | Will Borger

My first ritual was ended by a large man with two morningstars swinging around him in a circle. Think the hands of a clock — one short, one long — but spikier and much, much more deadly, and equally inevitable as time, at least to the novice. I was playing a Barbarian that run; I didn’t understand what I was doing yet, or how to avoid them. My dodges weren’t dodging.
The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 3 Review

2 weeks ago | butwhytho.net | Will Borger

The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 3, “The Path,” opens with fire. The ashes of the world, thousands of clicker corpses at the gates, still burning. A broken watch. The cleaning of Joel’s body. If you’ve never seen a dead body after the fact, it stays with you. It’s the little things. The way they fell. The way they will be now, forever, in your mind. I found the body of a friend of mine who died before he was 60, with no warning, a few years ago.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review: Until the end of the world

3 weeks ago | shacknews.com | Will Borger

Already have an account? Login Now We find art when we’re meant to; the right thing, created by the right people, at the right time, can pass into the hands of someone who needs it most.
Steel Seed review: Spare parts

3 weeks ago | shacknews.com | Will Borger

Science fiction author Daniel Keys Moran once wrote that technique, and mastery of technique, was the difference between mediocre and good artists, but that even that probably wasn’t as important as conviction. Steel Seed is a game without the conviction to be its own thing, something assembled out of spare parts from a variety of different games, combined together without much thought of whether they work.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves review: one last show in South Town

3 weeks ago | digitaltrends.com | Will Borger

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves MSRP $60.00 “Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is a slick fighting game with an uncomfortable catch.” Pros A (largely) excellent cast Looks and sound wonderful Excellent netcode A wide variety of modes Cons Questionable guest characters Lobby problems Poor user interface Table of Contents Very few fighting game series get a second act. Most fade. For a series to get there twenty-six years after its first big moment, after the company behind that series has been...
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves review: one last show in South Town

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Will Borger

1 hour agoSaudi Arabia: Sandstorm Disrupts Life in Al Badayea, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - April 21, 2025 A powerful dust storm swept through the city of Al Badayea in Saudi Arabia’s Al-Qassim Region, significantly reducing visibility and disrupting daily life. Residents reported strong winds and dense clouds of dust, forcing many to stay indoors as local authorities issued warnings for drivers and individuals with respiratory conditions.
The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 2 Review

3 weeks ago | butwhytho.net | Will Borger

Context is everything. The same actions, in different contexts, mean completely different things. This week’s episode of The Last of Us makes some remarkable creative decisions because it diverges substantially from the game on which it’s based. While certainly more bombastic than its source material, the creative decisions here do more than make The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 2 compelling television. It changes who certain characters are.
The Talos Principle: Reawakened is a reminder that remasters can and should be more

1 month ago | shacknews.com | Will Borger

What’s the point of a remaster? What should it be? What purpose should it serve? What can a developer accomplish by going back to an old game besides slapping some new paint on it? Why do it? The Talos Principle has always grappled with big questions: What do we owe each other? How should we live? What does it mean to be human? The Talos Principle has always been interested in human existence; it makes sense that Croteam, when deciding to remaster it, would be interested in what this remaster should be.