Illustration by Meghan Flood. Originally published in print March 2021. Goodbyes are tough. Sometimes it’s a person you love traveling across the world, other times it’s the finale of your favourite TV show. Sometimes though, it’s your university magazine. After … Continue reading How to End a Game
Originally published in print February 2021. 2020 brought us a new generation of console hardware, finally replacing the aging jet-engines in our living rooms with sleek, shiny, quiet gaming machines. The line between generations has never been more blurred, with … Continue reading Blurred Lines: Why the PS4 and Xbox One Should be Retired Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.
Originally published in print December 2020. Let’s face it, this year could have been better in almost every conceivable way, with one exception: video games! Casting aside the additional free time many consumers have had as a result of the … Continue reading TN2’s Game Awards 2020
Illustration by Andrés Murillo. Originally published in print September 2020. The digital gaming industry is inseparably tied to consumer electronics. Progress in one field is often driven by demand in the other, leading to impressive new inventions on both … Continue reading VR is Dead, Long Live VR
A Review copy was provided by the publisher. Watch Dogs: Legion is the third entry in the Watch Dogs series, coming nearly four years after its predecessor. The first game was set in an alternate Chicago where mass surveillance dominates … Continue reading Watch Dogs: Legion // Review Big Brother is Watching You
Originally published in the Summer Issue 2020. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the passing of E3. Canceled this year by the COVID-19 pandemic, the renowned annual conference for all things games has left this world and … Continue reading A Eulogy for E3
Way back in 2013, at the PS4 reveal event in New York City, the software that would eventually become Dreams was unveiled for the first time. Developed by Media Molecule, the studio behind Little Big Planet and Tearaway, it was … Continue reading Spotlight: Dreams (PS4) Originally published in print March 2020.
It’s something of a futile effort to crown one game as the definitive best of the past decade. We at TN2 Magazine are choosing to take a different route with this idea. Games mean many different things to different people. … Continue reading Games of the Teens Originally Published in Print February 2020
With the new generation of consoles fast approaching, the question of backwards compatibility has once again come to the forefront of the gaming conversation. Sony and Microsoft have both confirmed that their new machines will be capable of playing current … Continue reading The Pros and Many Cons of Backwards Compatibility Originally Published in Print February 2020
Dragon Age: Origins (2009) PlayStation 3 || Kylie McBride My introduction to the Dragon Age (DA) series was through my cousin, Kaitlin, who is obsessed with it. She’s played through every character path and companion romance plot line, and I wouldn’t … Continue reading Rose Tinted Screens: The Games That Shaped Us As Players A selection of TN2’s games writers reflect on how these games informed our tastes
Google is renowned for being a unique workplace. Last summer, I had the opportunity to visit their famous world headquarters in Mountain View, California. The experience and atmosphere is unlike any other in the tech industry. Walking up the main … Continue reading Thoughts from Google: An Outsider’s Perspective “Indeed, from the outside, one would wonder where any work gets done at all.”
●●●○○ For me, it’s difficult to believe that Burnout Paradise was released ten years ago. As a fan of the original game, I was eager to drive down the streets of Paradise City again, but this remaster by new studio … Continue reading “Burnout Paradise Remastered” for the PS4 // Review Trouble in Paradise?