Ryan Smith

10/6/16

Destiny hasn’t earned the nostalgia in Rise Of Iron

There’s a quest in Destiny’s new Rise Of Iron expansion that feels like a date with Destiny—and yes, that’s meant…

Ryan Smith

PublishedOctober 6, 2016

1/12/16

What is your New Year’s gaming resolution?

This week’s question is an old Gameological favorite: What is your New Year’s gaming resolution?

Drew Toal,

Zack Handlen,

Ryan Smith,

Anthony John Agnello,

Alex McLevy,

and Patrick Lee

PublishedJanuary 12, 2016

12/22/15

Our favorite games of 2015, part two

Every December, instead of searching for a group consensus, Gameological looks back at the year in games through…

Patrick Lee,

Nick Wanserski,

Drew Toal,

Ryan Smith,

Samantha Nelson,

Derrick Sanskrit,

and John Teti

PublishedDecember 22, 2015

12/11/15

XCOM 2 is full of nasty, thrilling surprises

Welcome to our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans, nagging questions, and whatever else we feel…

Ryan Smith

PublishedDecember 11, 2015

11/19/15

Try as it might, Black Ops III can’t transcend Call Of Duty’s limits

Halfway through the Call Of Duty: Black Ops III campaign, your gruff partner Hendricks—a fellow CIA…

Ryan Smith

PublishedNovember 19, 2015

10/30/15

The creators of Borderlands trade volume for variety in Battleborn

Welcome to our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans, nagging questions, and whatever else we feel…

Ryan Smith

PublishedOctober 30, 2015

10/13/15

The Taken King is Destiny at its addictive best—and worst

Deep in the bowels of a massive spaceship lodged in Saturn’s rings, I’m on the hunt for a dark alien race. Well,…

Ryan Smith

PublishedOctober 13, 2015

9/24/15

Is a month of training enough to turn a shooter zero into a head-shot hero?

Alex: It’s a strange feeling, playing these Crucible sessions in front of Ryan today. For the past month, he’s been…

Alex McLevy

and Ryan Smith

PublishedSeptember 24, 2015

9/10/15

Sometimes an obnoxious online rival is all you need to up your game

Alex: I’ve played multiplayer Destiny every night this week and have died so many times it’s starting to blur into a…

Alex McLevy

and Ryan Smith

PublishedSeptember 10, 2015

9/3/15

What’s it like to get your first taste of multiplayer glory?

Ryan: I am not a clutch player when it comes to sports. I still remember that night, over a decade ago, when I lost…

Alex McLevy

and Ryan Smith

PublishedSeptember 3, 2015

8/27/15

The Shooter Tutor’s student learns to jump, but can he learn to fight?

Alex: It’s nearly time for our second Shooter Tutor session to begin, and I’m looking forward to showing Ryan my…

Alex McLevy

and Ryan Smith

PublishedAugust 27, 2015

8/20/15

An A.V. Club staffer embarks on a quest to not suck at shooters

Alex: I’ve set up the Xbox One here in a conference room at A.V. Club HQ, so that Ryan and I will have a large…

Alex McLevy

and Ryan Smith

PublishedAugust 20, 2015

6/24/15

The good, the bad, and the decadent: Behind the scenes of our weirdest E3 meetings

It’s true that the bulk of a journalist’s work at E3 resembles standard trade show fare. You book a number of…

Matt Gerardi

and Ryan Smith

PublishedJune 24, 2015

6/20/15

Ark: Survival Evolved is a dinosaur game where you eat shit and die

Preview events offer only brief glimpses at very big games. Who knows how any given game will pan out in its final…

Ryan Smith

PublishedJune 20, 2015

6/19/15

A Skyshine’s Bedlam dev explains the qualities of a “fun apocalypse”

Last week, we asked Gameological readers to submit questions that we could pose to developers on the E3 2015 show…

Ryan Smith

PublishedJune 19, 2015

6/19/15

What E3 game do you wish you were playing this weekend?

Welcome to our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans, nagging questions, and whatever else we feel…

Matt Gerardi

and Ryan Smith

PublishedJune 19, 2015

6/18/15

Abzû is a sea of tranquility amid the chaos of E3

Preview events offer only brief glimpses at very big games. Who knows how any given game will pan out in its final…

Ryan Smith

PublishedJune 18, 2015

6/18/15

It’s hard to make people fall in VR without also making them vomit

Last week, we asked Gameological readers to submit questions that we could pose to developers on the E3 2015 show…

Ryan Smith

PublishedJune 18, 2015

6/17/15

With The Taken King, Destiny may finally add more steak to its sizzle

Preview events offer only brief glimpses at very big games. Who knows how any given game will pan out in its final…

Ryan Smith

PublishedJune 17, 2015

6/16/15

Video game culture needs something more than backward compatibility

When the wonky phrase “backward compatibility” spilled from the mouth of Xbox boss Phil Spencer at Microsoft’s E3…

Ryan Smith

PublishedJune 16, 2015