Adrian ChmielarzBeyond “Beyond the Aquila Rift”Only one episode of Love, Death + Robots is rated higher on IMDB than Beyond the Aquila Rift, and that’s a Lovecraftian, David…Aug 2, 2022Aug 2, 2022
Adrian ChmielarzCrunch: The Reality Check“Not sticking to deadlines is the management’s fuckup, and never the fault of the graphic artists, programmers and others working on the…Oct 16, 2020Oct 16, 2020
Adrian ChmielarzMetro ExodusThe most intriguing thing to me in Metro Exodus is how the game ignores it’s a threequel.Feb 25, 20191Feb 25, 20191
Adrian ChmielarzThe Puzzle of True Detective Season 1True Detective resonated with me the way no other TV series ever did.Jan 15, 20192Jan 15, 20192
Adrian ChmielarzBloodborne, Part 1: How One Sentence Defined Your Entire ExperienceI cannot stop thinking about Bloodborne, and I reckon that any game designer who finished the game feels the same way. It’s not just one of…May 2, 20184May 2, 20184
Adrian ChmielarzGod of War did many things wrong, and it does not matterIt’s been a year since I wrote anything here, but finally a certain game inspired me enough to jump to the keyboard again. That game is, of…Apr 30, 20187Apr 30, 20187
Adrian ChmielarzWhat Remains of Edith FinchDespite my current fascination with mechanics, emergent gameplay and player freedom, I still try a narrative game — that’s a walking…May 11, 2017May 11, 2017
Adrian ChmielarzAre Video Games Political?Good question, but let’s start one floor higher. Some people claim that:Mar 2, 20177Mar 2, 20177
Adrian ChmielarzVirginiaFirst I liked Virginia, then it turned to be kind of meh, and then I hated it with the power of a thousand suns.Jan 18, 20171Jan 18, 20171
Adrian ChmielarzFirewatchThe moment I knew that me and Firewatch were not going to be friends happened very early in the game.Jan 16, 20173Jan 16, 20173