Ryan Smith

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…

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?

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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's posts

Destiny hasn’t earned the nostalgia in Rise Of Iron

What is your New Year’s gaming resolution?

Our favorite games of 2015, part two

XCOM 2 is full of nasty, thrilling surprises

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

The creators of Borderlands trade volume for variety in Battleborn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Abzû is a sea of tranquility amid the chaos of E3

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

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

Video game culture needs something more than backward compatibility