Mollie L Patterson

  • After the Storm: How Life Is Strange 2 Overcame the Pressures of Popularity

    After the Storm:
    How Life Is Strange 2 Overcame the Pressures of Popularity

    Dontnod Entertainment talks about avoiding the sophomore slump.

  • EGM’s Best of 2019: Mollie L Patterson’s Picks

    EGM’s Best of 2019: Mollie L Patterson’s Picks

    If 2018 was a year in which I had games that I liked but maybe didn’t exactly love, 2019 has provided me way too many choices when nailing down my top five. From major big-budget releases, to smaller indie hits, to plenty of stuff in between, there were just so many titles that caught my…

  • EGM’s Best of 2019: #3 Resident Evil 2

    EGM’s Best of 2019: #3 Resident Evil 2

    When loading a save file in the original Resident Evil, players would see a slightly strange message displayed on screen: “You have once again entered the world of survival horror.” While it certainly wasn’t the first game that asked players to survive in a world filled with horrors, the game—and that simple line of text—would…

  • Bee Simulator impressions

    Bee Simulator impressions

    It’s hard for me to explain just how strange playing Bee Simulator can be, especially as it flew further and further away from the expectations I had going in.

  • Google Stadia review

    Google Stadia review

    Google Stadia is a technically impressive candy center covered in a whole lot of awful tasting chocolate.

  • Death Stranding review

    Death Stranding review

    No matter what you end up thinking of it, Death Stranding is a work that can truly claim to be something different in a time of overwhelming sameness

  • Ring Fit Adventure review (in progress)

    Ring Fit Adventure review (in progress)

    A few weeks into Ring Fit Adventures has, so far, proven that adventure RPGs and exercise do indeed mix.

  • Toshihiro Kondo talks Nihon Falcom, Trails of Cold Steel III

    Toshihiro Kondo talks Nihon Falcom, Trails of Cold Steel III

    We sit down with Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo to talk about the early days of the developer, Trails of Cold Steel III, and his days making Falcom fansites.

  • Nintendo Switch Lite review

    Nintendo Switch Lite review

    The Nintendo Switch Lite is a new, more portable Switch that makes a lot of promises, but which frustratingly doesn’t live up to some of them.

  • Code Vein review

    Code Vein review

    Code Vein ended up being a complete surprise for me, both in how decent the game turned out, and how engrossed I ended up becoming in it.

  • Sega Genesis Mini review

    Sega Genesis Mini review

    While the promise of a perfect Sega Genesis Mini remains unfulfilled, the system is still one of the best plug-and-play consoles around.

  • The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan review

    The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan review

    While it feels like a step down from Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan still serves up some compelling thrills and chills.