Joshua Wolens
One of Josh's first memories is of playing Quake 2 on the family computer when he was much too young to be doing that, and he's been irreparably game-brained ever since. His writing has been featured in Vice, Fanbyte, and the Financial Times. He'll play pretty much anything, and has written far too much on everything from visual novels to Assassin's Creed. His most profound loves are for CRPGs, immersive sims, and any game whose ambition outstrips its budget. He thinks you're all far too mean about Deus Ex: Invisible War.
Latest articles by Joshua Wolens
![Skyrim](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7LZeyKngaHMYeRgnBjj9Vn-320-80.jpg)
Skyrim finally truly beaten as fanatical player does 'everything that can be done' in the game, nabbing every item and perk in quest to hit level 1,337
By Joshua Wolens published
News This is how our grandparents felt watching the Moon landing.
![Let Me Solo Her](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yvbC7hqxL87tpctgHYbCRg-320-80.png)
After 1,200 hours and '6,000-7,000' Malenia kills, Elden Ring's greatest guardian angel is thinking about hanging up his jar hat: 'I've had my fill of fighting Malenias'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Let Me Solo Her might be done soloing her.
![Shadowheart looks very, very distraught in Baldur's Gate 3.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bPtCZjrPgVUbN77oNBuUdc-320-80.jpg)
You can turn Baldur's Gate 3 into Arduous Gauntlets Done Quick, speedrunning its most gruelling dungeon using a basic 2nd-level spell
By Joshua Wolens published
News Why take the time to find all those gems when you could just… Knock?
![Pharah stands in full armour in Overwatch.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LgMk7L3tsfZV8LuUDDpH2e-320-80.jpg)
Overwatch fans call for boycott and recast after Pharah voice actor calls to 'free Palestine from Hamas'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Jen Cohn's comments came as part of one of her Ask Bird Mom livestreams.
![A skull wearing a crown accumulates sand in a desert, ruined cities in the background.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/noStJrGzdVf4EJZtkgzzej-320-80.jpg)
Paradox's toe-to-toe bout with Sid Meier scheduled for March as Millennia gets a release date
By Joshua Wolens published
News History in the making.
![Faraam Knight on black background](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3DvfbLsf9B5zCTVgpkL8jm-320-80.jpg)
Vindication for Dark Souls 2 defenders as Hidetaka Miyazaki says many of its ideas 'carried the rest of the series'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Miyazaki was chatting about the black sheep of the Soulsborne family in a recent interview.
![A warrior takes on a hydra in keyart for Old School RuneScape.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aLjqfbb2bYFBYQi4UXxBGf-320-80.jpg)
Old School RuneScape players revolt after new big money owners say bots are fine, actually, devs furiously walk it back and say they banned 7 million bots last year
By Joshua Wolens published
News A quote from an anonymous source close to Jagex's new owners sent OSRS fans into overdrive.
![A strange, gaunt man inserts a long protuding stick into his eye.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kPqNfrxPbMBqp5dZQ3dN55-320-80.png)
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is over double the price of previous FromSoft DLCs, and is it weird that excites me?
By Joshua Wolens published
News As a wise man once said, just shut up and take my money.
![Deep Rock galactic survivor character in a jump ship solo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6Qty2YBNPhR5CiMfzaGHi5-320-80.jpg)
Deep Rock Galactic auto-shooter nixes upsetting 'die like your mother did' voice line so as to not 'remind some players of tragic events in their life'
By Joshua Wolens published
News But the line endures in standard DRG.
![A red-garbed fighter and her pet snake stand in a challenging pose.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Dc3ShKPJ6Pw8wAtHmTWzZ5-320-80.png)
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's reveal trailer is finally here, release date set for June
By Joshua Wolens published
News Arise, Tarnished.
![Kotone Shiomi defends Yukari in a mod for Persona 3 Reload.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9uT9o3G3HewsGEt6own4sa-320-80.png)
Modders are achieving justice for Persona 3's missing female protagonist in a way that's only possible on PC
By Joshua Wolens published
News The FeMC Reloaded Project is restoring Kotone to her rightful place.
![Man in tuxedo holding Lewis machine gun](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BnDimQHfM2BrbmJFxbpyAn-320-80.jpg)
Baldur's Gate 3's most beloved voice is joining Fallout 4's most ambitious mod as Astarion actor Neil Newbon bares his fangs on the streets of London
By Joshua Wolens published
News Fallout: London is set for an April release.
![CD Projekt Red](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sVWTXDSrGygmezht4qPhyB-320-80.jpg)
Update your spreadsheets, CDPR is out talking about the genres its mysterious non-Witcher, non-Cyberpunk game isn't going to be
By Joshua Wolens published
News Once you've eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
![Lara Croft takes a leap in the Tomb Raider 1-3 remaster.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/73igAiJTDypLcCRGwZddzf-320-80.jpg)
Lara Croft modding maestro reveals he's been missing because Saber nabbed him for the Tomb Raider 'dream team', assembling a crack squad 'of crazy people' to put together the remasters
By Joshua Wolens published
News Timur Gagiev took a break from working on Tomb Raider to go work on Tomb Raider.
![Palworld -](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w2L7FTJhZV4Q6n86SRwxH4-320-80.jpg)
Palworld players have found an ingenious bug that lets them infinitely mount and butcher the same pal for parts
By Joshua Wolens published
News Pretty normal videogame stuff. Nothing to see here.
![An NPC strikes another NPC with their left fist in Skyrim.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ny5h8jCBdwt3TdUiPaU5H4-320-80.jpg)
Ultra niche Skyrim mod lets you become the most potent mage of all: the fist wizard
By Joshua Wolens published
News That's what I'm calling it, anyway.
![Helldivers 2 two characters hugging as an explosion detonates in the background](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3srkMzCrgBNVs2PK5WwMN-320-80.png)
Helldivers 2 studio boss says it will 'never' add PvP, and for anyone looking for it 'I recommend Tarkov'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Managed democracy is about working together, after all.
![Helldivers posing](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xu5tLUrxyAqDhNcYA5BWh7-320-80.jpg)
PlayStation bosses say they want to work more 'proactively' on PC releases, and it sure sounds like Sony is gearing up for more simultaneous debuts like Helldivers 2
By Joshua Wolens published
News Sony president Hiroki Totoki says Sony wants to get "aggressive" about improving profits through things like multi-platform releases.
![Players celebrate scoring a goal in the Football Manager 24 key art.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qdCHP83DrRgWY2DR352Z3F-320-80.jpg)
Football Manager players are exploiting a bug in its naive AI to buy the best players in history for less than 1% of their value
By Joshua Wolens published
News What a save.
![Destiny 2 Lightfall release date - Guardians on Neptune](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4JXdWuMpnHJE5xKoA9XmTa-320-80.jpg)
You can pick up 5 years of Destiny 2 content at $4 per inscrutable proper noun on Humble Bundle right now
By Joshua Wolens published
News I don't know what a Lightfall, Witch Queen, Shadowkeep, Forsaken or "Light" even are in Destiny's lore, but I kind of want to buy them anyway.
![An ornithopter flies away from an Arrakis sandstorm in Microsoft Flight Sim.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oBKdEXsEUqwmGbwkkeFpGZ-320-80.png)
Microsoft Flight Sim's free DLC finally adds what we've all wanted: giant mechanical dragonflies, decolonisation, and the chance to win a magical floating Xbox controller
By Joshua Wolens published
News I just want those things in all games, actually.
![A zombie screaming on the beach at sunset](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jcmkrKmHynPRsQCRHGZKwL-320-80.jpg)
You can pick up Dead Island: Riptide free to celebrate Dead Island 2's inevitable hop to Steam
By Joshua Wolens published
News No PC videogame storefront is an island.
![Keyart of Deus Ex's Adam Jensen, showing him framed by lights resembling angel wings.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BrrkxFRPaBRLh3dfiZbAHZ-320-80.jpg)
Deus Ex seems deader than ever as Adam Jensen actor reveals Eidos asked him years ago 'to stop talking about Adam Jensen'
By Joshua Wolens published
News A conspiracy of silence.