Writing Samples

What follows is a hand-picked list of some of my writings, categorized and placed in reverse chronological order. I can be reached the following address if these spark your interest in freelance work:

watts [dot] steven [at] gmail [dot] com

Thanks, and enjoy.

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Reviews:

• Game & Wario (6/24/2013)
• Star Wars: KOTOR iOS (5/29/2013)
• Soul Sacrifice (5/7/2013)
• Mr. Crab (4/23/2013)
• Bookworm Heroes (4/23/2013)
• Guacamelee (4/9/2013)
• Disney’s Mittens (4/8/2013)
• Lego City Undercover (3/19/2013)
• Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (2/11/2013)
• Fire Emblem: Awakening (1/30/2013)
• Life is Magic (1/14/2013)
• PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale (11/21/2012)
• The Walking Dead: Season One (11/20/2012)
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown (10/9/2012)
• Borderlands 2 (9/18/2012)
• LittleBigPlanet Vita (9/12/2012)
• Dust: An Elysian Tail (8/15/2012)
• Darksiders 2 (8/14/2012)
• Wreckateer (7/23/2012)
• Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor (6/20/2012)
• Mario Tennis Open (5/18/2012)
• Journey (3/7/2012)
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (1/30/2012)
• Minecraft (12/16/2011)
• Duke Nukem Forever (6/14/2011)
• Critter Crunch (10/30/2009)

Features:

• Challenging the Old Wisdom: The Keiji Inafune Story (8/6/2012)
• Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-Channel (7/9/2012)
• Something Other Than Soldier (5/29/2012)
• Portable Gaming’s Race to Zero (5/8/2012)
• Fighting for Loyalty (4/8/2012)
• When Work Feels Like Play (3/22/2012)
• Smithsonian’s ‘Art of Video Games’ gallery (3/20/2012)
• You’re a War Criminal (12/20/2011)
• How to Survive the Fallout Apocalypse (6/30/2011)
• Hitting Close to Home (6/16/2011)
• How Historically Accurate Was Red Dead Redemption? (2/28/2011)
• The Video Game Industry’s Day in Court (10/26/2010)
• Trade-In Face-Off (4/5/2010)
• Reality Check: Mirror’s Edge (12/17/2008)

Interviews:

• Anthony Burch (1/2/2013)
• Mark Lamia (11/12/2012)
• Corey May (9/25/2012)
• Jenova Chen (8/28/2012)
• Steve Downes (8/13/2012)

Previews:

• Killer is Dead (6/17/2013)
• Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (6/17/2013)
• Shovel Knight (4/16/2013)
• Transistor (3/27/2013)
• The Elder Scrolls Online (3/19/2013)
• Gears of War: Judgment (12/12/2012)
• Assassin’s Creed 3 (9/24/2012)
• Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation (9/24/2012)
• Hitman: Absolution (9/6/2012)
• Guardians of Middle-Earth (9/5/2012)