Jarrett Green
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A game enthusiast since he could walk, Jarrett prides himself on his deep attraction to Japanese beat-em ups, and his god-like Bushido Blade talents. He provides insightful commentary from experienced eyes out of the deep darkness of South Jersey.

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Review

Blizzard has a knack to knowing how things should work. Across multiple genres, their legacy has been an exercise in distilling a particular type of game down to its core mechanics, and making them front and center, while adding a…

Spotlight: The Coles

Doing what you love for a living is the dream, isn’t it? Waking up everyday knowing you can put all of your energy into the things that make you happy, so that you can produce the best output, and feel…

Goat Simulator Doesn’t Deserve a Score

There really aren’t proper words to describe the real conundrum surrounding Coffee Stain’s unlikely hit. Seeing (and playing) is believing, and is truly the only way to “get it,” and even then, there’s no guarantees that you’ll find Goat Simulator…

Spotlight!: Jane McGonigal

If you’re reading this, it’s safe to say you like games. They serve many purposes to many sorts of people, be it a time occupier over long travels, a lynchpin of our social circles, or the primary form for which…

Gamers Love Earth

About Best Ofs This article is one of the “Best of Irrational Passions”, meaning it’s featured on our Best Of page. Along with it, we have both a full read-through of the article and a conversation about the article, the writing…

Woman Crush Wednesday: Morgan Webb

Television was a very important hurdle for the videogame industry to surpass. Yes, there had been game commercials on the tube since the 80’s, but games themselves didn’t become a focus until really the 00’s. I know what you’re thinking,…

Ramblet Episode 4

Michael Zack joins Jarrett Green to discuss his article “The Real Reason Nintendo is In Trouble.” We also discuss internet trolls, and how to think like a business.

Woman Crush Wednesday: Keza MacDonald

The United Kingdom is often thought as an exotically grey and rainy home of all things intelligent. It’s probably just the accents – that go-to inflection of all things powerful, space faring, or historical. The game’s scene across the Atlantic…

Luftrauser Review

Are you a score chaser, always looking for bigger, better numbers? Are you a shmup die-hard that feels right at home in bullet hell? Are you a indie fiend who can never get enough of lo-fi visuals and chiptune audio?…

Woman Crush Wednesday: Jade Raymond

Open worldliness in our games has become an underlying theme in the early years of this millennium. Especially when we look at the libraries of our PS3s and Xbox 360s, it’s sometimes difficult to find AAA titles that are linear,…

Ramblet Episode 3

In this Ramblet, Jarrett sits down with Josh Hinke to chat about his article “Scaring Away Talent in Triple-A Development.” We talk superstar game designers, the re-education of the gaming community, and how to make the ivory tower a better…

Woman Crush Wednesday: Amy Hennig

For the first time really since their Playstation 3 debut, people looked at Naughty Dog with a furrowed-brow and a sense of mild discomfort. Usually one of the industry’s do-no-wrong white knights, many were left feeling uneasy about the sudden…