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

Hideo Kojima Reassures Scaredy Cats That They, Too, Will Be Able to Play OD

This may very well end up being the best news I'll hear all week. As a fan of Hideo Kojima's works — I have...
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The Steam Machine’s $1,000 Price Tag Is Disappointing, But I Get It

Back when Valve first announced the Steam Machine in November 2025, I was excited about it. I'm certainly not the target demographic for this...
A man with a red scarf and hat against a blue sky backdrop. Cover image for our Adventures of Elliot review.

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales: The Retcon Review

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is Square Enix's attempt at applying its 2D-HD aesthetic to the Zelda-like action RPG genre in a...
A woman holding a glass. Cover image for our Pluribus Season 2 story.

Pluribus Season 2 Gets an Update; “We’ll Learn More About the Atom Bomb”

Pluribus thoroughly impressed me with its debut season and I, like many others, am getting extremely antsy waiting for a second season. Well, here's...
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Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Gets a Teaser Trailer in...

Falcom's popular JRPG series got its start with Trails in the Sky, which is famously a duology and requires you to play two games...
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Game of Thrones Prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Will...

Perfect timing, as I've just completed an ill-advised rewatch of HBO's Game of Thrones and am in the middle of an ill-advised reread of...
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Stardew Valley’s Switch 2 Upgrade Will Be Free of Charge

As if Stardew Valley could be even more awesome than it already is. Turns out, it can. During this week's Nintendo Direct, it was...
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A green haired girl sitting on a stone chair in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave.

It Seems Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Wants to Keep Us Trapped...

The Fire Emblem series saw a massive surge in popularity with the release of Fire Emblem: Awakening on the 3DS, and the ball just...
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Neil Druckmann Will Still Be Involved With HBO’s The Last of...

The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann was very heavily involved with the first season of HBO's adaptation of the show, but took a...
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A girl with orange hair standing under a blue sky. Cover image for Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

I’m Finally Ready to Immerse Myself in Trails in the Sky...

The Trails series has always been a bit of a blind spot for me, a person who considers herself a JRPG sicko. Truthfully, I'd...