Posts By Varun Karunakar

Ranking the Silent Hill Games: From Forgettable Nightmares to Masterpieces

Ranking the Silent Hill Games: From Forgettable Nightmares to Masterpieces

We take a look at some of the best, and worst, Silent Hill games and try to rank them based on the unique twists they brought to the franchise's already innovative take on the survival horror genre.

Dying Light: The Beast Guide – 15 Best Tips and Tricks

Dying Light: The Beast Guide – 15 Best Tips and Tricks

Our early hours in Techland's latest adventure for Kyle Crane could have gone a whole lot smoother if we'd known that this survival horror title was built around using both his brains and brawn.

Silent Hill f Is Quietly Becoming 2025’s Biggest Horror Hit

Silent Hill f Is Quietly Becoming 2025’s Biggest Horror Hit

From familiar thematic influences to new additions that could very well become the game's best features, Silent Hill f has me convinced that Konami and NeoBards have been cooking, and doing it pretty ...

Dying Light: The Beast Review – Always Angry

Dying Light: The Beast Review – Always Angry

A solid title that brings the best of the franchise to the table while offering more than enough to stand on its own merits.

Silent Hill f – Everything You Need to Know

Silent Hill f – Everything You Need to Know

Konami and NeoBard seem to have created an experience that's going to be Silent Hill like you've never seen before. But will that new approach be enough? Time to find out.

EA Sports FC 26 vs FC 25 – 13 Biggest Differences

EA Sports FC 26 vs FC 25 – 13 Biggest Differences

EA Sports seems to be pulling out all the stops in its effort to make FC 26 a good shot at redemption for the football simulator franchise after a rather disappointing outing from last year.

Metal Gear Solid: Delta Snake Eater – 10 Amazing PC Mods

Metal Gear Solid: Delta Snake Eater – 10 Amazing PC Mods

Looking to make a few fun changes to your playthrough of Konami's popular remake of a cult classic? Snake Eater's modding community has you covered with some additions that make the adventure even bet...

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of the Giants DLC Review – More Indy, Less Innovation

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of the Giants DLC Review – More Indy, Less Innovation

Indy is back for another adventure and while this new chapter does a lot of things very well, it could have been so much more.

Ghost of Yotei vs Ghost of Tsushima – What’s New?

Ghost of Yotei vs Ghost of Tsushima – What’s New?

Sucker Punch's upcoming addition to the Ghost franchise is poised to make changes both big and small to the narrative and technical powerhouse that was Ghost of Tsushima, a brand new protagonist and t...

Metal Gear Solid 5 – Ten Years Later, I’m Finally Free of The Phantom Pain

Metal Gear Solid 5 – Ten Years Later, I’m Finally Free of The Phantom Pain

Diving back into the lore of the Metal Gear franchise has opened my eyes to my own lack of nuance when I first played Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Things have changed since then, and so have ...

The Complete Mainline Metal Gear Ranking You’ve Been Waiting For

The Complete Mainline Metal Gear Ranking You’ve Been Waiting For

It can be quite hard to pick a favorite title from a franchise that has given us so many great ones to choose from. Nevertheless, we follow in the shoes of Metal Gear's best protagonists and attempt t...

Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater: Why Gamers Can’t Put It Down

Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater: Why Gamers Can’t Put It Down

For those who understand that Metal Gear isn't just a game but an emotion, Delta: Snake Eater's success isn't much of a surprise. But why does it elicit such a passionate reaction from its players? We...

Dying Light: The Beast – Everything You Need to Know

Dying Light: The Beast – Everything You Need to Know

Techland's upcoming survival horror title is one that seemingly takes the best of its predecessors and builds on those strengths to deliver a very solid experience featuring the return of a familiar, ...

How Lost Soul Aside Lost Its Way

How Lost Soul Aside Lost Its Way

Ultizero would certainly have wished for a better response to its debut title, but as things stand, the studio has a lot of work to do if it aims to bring Lost Soul Aside up to scratch.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater vs Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain: Which Game Did It Better?

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater vs Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain: Which Game Did It Better?

We try to compare two vastly different experiences that remain grounded in the roots of the Metal Gear Solid franchise's stealth-action formula, and see which one better aligns with its tenets.

Cronos: The New Dawn Review – Lingering Memories

Cronos: The New Dawn Review – Lingering Memories

The Bloober Team's latest outing is a trip to places of the past you might not choose to visit. But duty calls, and the Travellers must answer.

Hollow Knight: Silksong Could Be the Defining Indie Game of the Year

Hollow Knight: Silksong Could Be the Defining Indie Game of the Year

The insightful and intuitive insectoid adventure is back in the spotlight but does it deserve to be the star of the show? The answer is a resounding yes for a multitude of reasons, all of which point ...

The Next Metal Gear Solid Remake: Which Entry Should Konami Choose?

The Next Metal Gear Solid Remake: Which Entry Should Konami Choose?

We ponder about the future of Konami's effort to bring Metal Gear Solid back into the fold, and speculate on what the studio could be cooking in the runup to the release of its much anticipated remake...

Metal Gear Solid Delta: 15 Hidden Mechanics and Tricks You Probably Missed

Metal Gear Solid Delta: 15 Hidden Mechanics and Tricks You Probably Missed

There are a lot of nifty tricks Naked Snake can pull off as he makes his way through various challenges in Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. We put a few of them together to help you get started.

Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion – Everything You Need to Know

Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion – Everything You Need to Know

Marvelous USA's follow up to its successful take on mech-action has made several important changes that up the ante by a considerable margin while improving on the experience in meaningful ways.