Category: Video Games

Best Of 2022: “No Man’s Sky Will Never Run On That” – Sean Murray Talks Defying The Odds On Switch

“I have a good history of being right sometimes and totally wrong other times”.

Over the holidays we’re republishing some choice features from the last 12 months. A mix of talking points, interviews, opinion pieces and more from NL staff and contributors, you’ll find our usual blend of thoughtfulness, expertise, frivolity, retro nostalgia, and — of course — enthusiasm for all things Nintendo. Happy holidays!

Anyone who has played or has even been remotely interested in No Man’s Sky over the past six years will most likely have heard of Sean Murray. The founder of development studio Hello Games and creator of No Man’s Sky’s ever-expanding universe, Murray’s name sits above the game’s official Twitter account – a fitting reminder that he is one of the lead brains behind the intricate operation.

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The RPS Selection Box: Hayden’s bonus games of the year 2022

2022 Advent Calendar, and mine is also a useful reminder that I didn’t just spend the entire year playing Elden Ring. Lots of time was spent as a lowly tarnished, getting smacked around by big fucken madlads with a dragon for an arm, sure. But I also got lost in a thrilling narrative adventure, laughed at flatulent renditions of our national anthem, swept up loot in Al Mazrah, and became enamoured with a lil gator. Here’s to 2022, everyone.

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Talking Point: What Game Do You Replay Every Year?

New year, old game.

We did it everyone! 2022 is finally behind us and 2023 stretches happily into the great beyond. This is to be a year full of promise, a year of hope, a year of enough Nintendo releases (with any luck) to squeeze out an almost literal cry from our bank accounts.

But for the moment we’re not thinking about the future, we’re looking to the past. Ah, the good old days. The days of yore. Back when life was easy and games were easier (because we were better at them, not because they were actually easier, you understand). Back when we were first playing the touchstone titles which would go on to inform our every comparison today.

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