We are in the moments of 2023 before the title card, when things are still preparing to be defined. I love it—from here, the next few months look magical, like there’s infinite time to do anything, or ...

Video games have an important job in their opening moments to try and convince players that this game is worth playing past the first few minutes of pressing that start button on the controller. The ...

When I think of my favorite opening scenes in video games, plenty of blockbuster moments come to mind: Uncharted 2’s unforgettable train sequence, Resident Evil 4’s tense village shootout, and, of ...

Jason Wojnar started his gaming life with the original PlayStation and the Commodore 64, despite being way too young to know what the was. He started writing about video games in 2018 and hasn't ...

It’s also one of the better intros to any James Bond film. The opening sequence in 007 First Light feels like it belongs in the official Bond catalog, with an original song written and composed by ...

But some games do it differently. They give you a ‘taste of power’, instead: introducing you to the world as an extremely powerful character, usually with an over-potent weapon or ability, and put you ...

I love video games—that much should be clear based on my job. Every aspect of the medium, from its storytelling capabilities to its seemingly endless potential for mechanical depth, captivates me, but ...

A great example of the simple-but-effective first-person wasteland intro, 2010 action role-playing game Fallout: New Vegas shows you a ruined America, as gray and hostile as an undiscovered planet.