Zhiqing Wan

Zhiqing began her video game journey in 1996, when her dad introduced her to Metal Gear, Resident Evil, and Silent Hill — and the rest, as they say, is history. She was an editor at The Escapist, Destructoid, and Twinfinite before starting up Retcon.
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Gaming

Identity and Self-Actualization: How Silent Hill f Is About More than Just Marriage

Silent Hill f is poised to be one of, if not the most polarizing entry in Konami's beloved survival horror franchise. And no, it's...
A blue haired boy with a fairy next to him in Metaphor: ReFantazio.

Metaphor: ReFantazio One-Year Anniversary Livestream Set For this Weekend

It's already been almost a year since the release of Atlus' critically acclaimed JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio. To celebrate the game's one-year anniversary, the company...
A suited figure with a gun in Marathon.

Marathon Closed Technical Test to Run this Month, Applications Open

In the middle of 2025, Bungie ran several alpha tests for Marathon, their upcoming shooter game, and even launched an ARG to get players...
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Town to City Is the Prettiest Town-Builder I’ve Ever Played

The city-building genre is not one that I'm particularly good at. Things start out fine but I always get too stressed. Too many things...
Fieldnotes
Zhiqing Wan

Starting Cyberpunk 2077 The Way God Intended — As a Corpo...

Fieldnotes is a weekly column where I drop into a new (or old) game and report back with raw notes, sharp takes, unfiltered, and sometimes...
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Batman: Arkham Shadow: The Retcon Review

Rocksteady's Arkham Asylum was lauded as quite possibly the best superhero video game ever made when it released in 2009. Featuring a compelling story...
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Gachiakuta Probably Has Something Meaningful to Say Under All the Garbage

I can be really hard to please when it comes to anime, especially with shonen anime. All the shouting, the minutes-long exposition required before...
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Death Stranding 2 Complete Weapons Guide

Death Stranding 2 may be all about the deliveries, but you can't escape combat either. Whether you're fighting humans or BTs, you're going to...
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A woman in a dress as the Artist Lauren Tsai in Death Stranding 2.

Death Stranding 2 Artist Location (Lauren Tsai)

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach features a fair number of celebrity cameos and appearances, but some of them are missable. In particular, Lauren...
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Hades II Has Just Gotten Patch 10 — The Final One...

It's almost time! Just a few weeks ago, Supergiant Games released The Unseen Update for Hades II, which brought about quite a lot of...