Thomas Wilde, Author at Hard Drive

January 24, 2025

I didn’t intend for this to happen, but the first game I played from 2025 was about rich folks getting…

January 17, 2025

I’ve been a reporter in and around the video game industry for over 20 years. When I pitched this column…

January 17, 2025

LOS ANGELES — Acclaimed director David Lynch was laid to rest today in a funeral that attendees called “a kaleidoscopic…

January 10, 2025

Neva is the video game equivalent of Oscar bait. It’s in no way bad, but it’s part of a specific…

January 4, 2025

My original plan for this week’s column was to end the year by breaking out the pile of shame: the…

December 27, 2024

There was a unique strata of 16-bit 2D platformer in the ‘90s. Super Mario World and the various Sonic games…

December 20, 2024

Whenever I complain about the random factor in a roguelike, especially the deck-builders, someone comes out of the woodwork to…

December 13, 2024

In my experience, if you’re into horror at all, there are a couple of things that can and will scare…

December 6, 2024

My buddy’s daughter is a huge fan of everything about Pokémon except the violence that’s inherent to the premise. She…

November 29, 2024

Dungeon Inn is a surprisingly hardcore game that’s masquerading as a casual-friendly “cozy life sim.” It initially looks like one…