Jay AllenReckless Hate — Shadow of WarThere are two kinds of bad fanfic, and Shadow of War is both of them at once at war with each other.Apr 14, 2021Apr 14, 2021
Jay AllenCopland — Wasteland 3The world ended in nuclear fire and the only ones hard enough to survive were the cops.Oct 1, 2020Oct 1, 2020
Jay AllenThe Direction The Bullets Are Coming From — Gears 5I got completely lost in the Outsider village in Gears 5.Sep 20, 2019Sep 20, 2019
Jay AllenSome Games in the Year of 2017I didn’t have the money for AAA games this year. Game development costs creep up year after year, but while publishers look for new money…Dec 26, 2017Dec 26, 2017
Jay AllenStellaris: the cricket people kept wrecking buildings forever. They knew no other way to live.In one of my first games of Stellaris, I conquered a couple of planets from a neighboring mushroom-person empire. On one of these planets…Jun 8, 2016Jun 8, 2016
Jay AllenMillenial Pledges — Do These Things or ElseSo written are these commands from a gross old man, but not quite as gross or old as Chris Erskine of the Los Angeles Times. Heed my…Oct 11, 2015Oct 11, 2015
Jay AllenThe Myth of Objective Game JournalismA common demand of both fans and professionals in video game circles is “objective” game reviews. Often without any further explanation of…Jul 4, 20156Jul 4, 20156
Jay AllenGamerGate and the New MisogynyGamerGate is a hideous, legitimized manifestation of the mobs which have been targeting women in the video game tech world for years now.Nov 16, 2014Nov 16, 2014