Steve Hogarty
Steve Hogarty is a London-based freelance journalist covering games and technology. His bylines have appeared in publications including GamesRadar, The Independent, Yahoo, VICE, Eurogamer, and more. He is also the co-host of the pocast, Regular Features.
Latest articles by Steve Hogarty
Is it time to let go of physical game discs?
By Steve Hogarty published
Opinion Official Xbox Magazine's Steve Hogarty reckons we should ditch the packaging and go digital for the good of humanity
Are exploding red barrels the biggest cliché in video games?
By Steve Hogarty published
Opinion It's time to take those explosive containers, currently enjoying a renaissance in The Division 2, and put them somewhere safe
Smashing the fantasy RPG trope of the all-powerful potion: let's make games more realistic
By Steve Hogarty published
Opinion
This is how to improve video game inventory screens (sort of...)
By Steve Hogarty published
Opinion
Are hacking minigames the most overused of gaming tropes?
By Steve Hogarty published
Opinion
Tackling the bottom-rung shock tactic in games: the jump scare
By Steve Hogarty published
Opinion
Morality in video games shouldn’t be about being a good turtle or evil scorpion
By Steve Hogarty published
Opinion
Here's how Final Fantasy 15 creates believable friends who live inside your television
By Steve Hogarty published
Opinion
Improve games by throwing those infuriating audio logs in the bin
By Steve Hogarty published
Opinion
How removing regenerating health brings tension and challenge back to modern gaming
By Steve Hogarty published
Opinion
This is how developers can fix stealth mechanics in games
By Steve Hogarty published
Opinion
Aliens vs Predator review
By Steve Hogarty published
Creepy, ultra-gory three-species war mostly lives up to the legacy
Aliens vs Predator review
By Steve Hogarty published
Creepy, ultra-gory three-species war mostly lives up to the legacy
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction - hands-on
By Steve Hogarty published
Two men, one co-op: taking the stealth online
Mass Effect 2 – hands-on
By Steve Hogarty published
Shepard rises from the galactic grave in gaming's biggest space opera
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty – hands-on
By Steve Hogarty published
We get elbow-deep in the campaign's spawning pool
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