Mike Diver
Founding senior editor of this very site.
It’s Worth Waiting Until 2018 for ‘Ni No Kuni II’
Based on its combat, Level-5’s RPG remains one to look forward to, even with a slight delay.
‘Serial Cleaner’ Is a Great Idea Wrapped In An Infuriating Game
AKA: When a terrific on-paper pitch is let down by frustrating design in practice.
Gaming's Greatest, Romero-Worthy Zombies
With the late George A Romero claiming games have done more to popularize the (mostly) brain-hungry undead, let’s look at some of the best.
‘Rez’ Designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi Wants to Make Magic
Waypoint catches up with the always-optimistic creator at Brighton’s Develop conference.
Inside ‘Snatcher’, Hideo Kojima’s Cyberpunk Masterpiece
Of all the adventures of its ilk, of its era, it’s the one that stands up as a classic today.
A Perfect Score in this Darts Game Briefly Became My Gaming Everest
So many arrows, so many 140s. Which made me think about the challenges that we’re all chasing in our playtime.
Episode 15 of the Waypoint UK Podcast is a Sega vs Nintendo Showdown
It’s 2017, so obviously we’re talking about which was better: the Super Nintendo or the Sega Mega Drive.
This is the Year I Switch From Pro Evo to FIFA
And that’s entirely because Nintendo’s portable version of EA’s football behemoth is a darn good interpretation of the beautiful game.
Mario Tennis Is the Best Kind of Tennis
It’s Wimbledon, so here’s a little love letter to the best virtual version of the famous racquet sport.
Mario vs Sonic in 2017 Is Looking Mightily One-Sided
Seeing ‘Super Mario Odyssey’ and ‘Sonic Forces’ at the same time does not leave the hedgehog looking especially healthy.
The Invincible Hero of ‘Monkey Island’ Was an Adventure Game Masterstroke
Lucasfilm Games revolutionised a genre by making Guybrush Threepwood an inept, but unbeatable, pirate wannabe.
A Brief Lament for the Witcher Game That Never Came to Consoles
We’ve all got them—games on other systems that we’ll never play on ours. And the consoles-ducking ‘The Witcher’ is foremost amongst mine.