We asked our favourite Nintendo Leaker to send us their Top Ten Games of 2021.
Tiffany Treadmore and Dov Grey sent us a document titled “Get Back Inside!” and, yeah, that about sums this year up, doesn’t it?
All in GOTY
Review | Epic Chef - Get It While It's Hot! | Winter Spectacular 2021
What is more adventurous than trying a type of food you have never had before?
A grand adventure, you say?
Well, Marie Pritchard is here to tell us about today’s specials and a game that serves up both!
Alex Green Looks Back at Xbox's Eventful Year | Winter Spectacular 2021
When you have been in the games industry for 20 years now 12 months might not seem like a big deal. But Xbox’s 2021 felt like a bit of a landmark.
Alex Green breaks down Microsoft’s 20th year selling attitudinal big black boxes.
Alex Orona and Super GG Radio’s Best Betas and Demos of 2021 | Winter Spectacular 2021
Spiders with laser swords? Fashion law enforcement? Mounds of flesh and garbage? 2022 seem like it will be an interesting time to play games.
Alex Orona is back with his and Super GG Radio’s best betas and demos from the last year.
Oisín Kuhnke's Games of The Year (Kinda) | Winter Spectacular 2021
What is a release date if not a miserable pile of numbers?
We welcome Oisín Kuhnke back to the site to award their games of the year. Were they released this year? WHO CARES!
Metroid Dread: The Game Jon Simpson Waited 19 Years For | Winter Spectacular 2021
Dread: to anticipate with great apprehension or fear.
Jon Simpson spent 19 years waiting for this game. Its title is truly apt.
Michael Leopold Weber's Top 5 Tips For Reaching Out To Game Devs | Winter Spectacular 2021
Gamers are not social animals. Which makes all the talking to other people for work when you are a games journalist feel like nails on a chalkboard. Michael Leopold Weber has returned to startmenu to give some advice for how to, you know, ummmm, talk to people…
Dave McAdam Says Carry On My Wayward Guardians | Winter Spectacular 2021
What could sum up the holiday season better than someone making a bunch of dad-rock jokes when they are meant to be having a serious conversation? Anyway, on a totally separate note Dave McAdam is here to tell you why you shouldn’t hold out for a hero. Instead, don’t worry, be happy.
Henry Stockdale’s Four Tips for Jumping Into Full-Time Freelance Journalism | Winter Spectacular 2021
It tough old gig, and even though he’s only been at it for a year and a bit Henry Stockdale already has plenty of things he wishes someone had told him before he made the jump to freelancing full-time.
Objection! Ruth Cassidy Asks What Even Is a GOTY, Anyway? | Winter Spectacular 2021
Rules are made to be broken and a Game of The Year can be whatever you damn want it to be. At least according to Ruth Cassidy… and we tend to agree!
2021 Has Taken Marie Pritchard Out of Her Gaming Comfort-zone | Winter Spectacular 2021
Video games are a comfort for many of us, but there comes a time when you need to step outside of the reassuring safe zone and try something different. Marie Pritchard pushed her gaming tastes this year and has discovered many a fine virtual cuisine!
Games Sam Harrison Wishes He Played in 2021 | Winter Spectacular 2021
Time makes fools of us all and video game backlogs make fools of time. We welcome Sam Harrison to the site to let us know all the best games of the year… that he didn’t play.
KillJoy's Vtubing Rollercoaster | Winter Spectacular 2021
2021 felt more like an arduous trek than anything else in many ways. KillJoy certainly had his fair share of challenges but he sure has ended up in a pretty damn cool place if we say so ourselves.
What Khee Hoon Chan Learned From Six Exhausting Years of Freelancing | Winter Spectacular 2021
You can do a lot in six years, you can also learn a lot of lessons, Khee Hoon Chan certainly has, and they want to share some of those lessons with you.
Ollie Luddy's Top 10 Games of 2020 | Winter Spectacular 2020
2020 is over and things can only get bett— Sorry, what happened yesterday?
Matthew Glenn, Ollie Luddy and Will Sawyer’s Tales From the Backlog | Winter Spectacular 2020
DO YOU LIKE MEANINGLESS AWARDS?! You’re on the internet so the answer is probably yes! Ollie, Matthew and Will hand out the first annual Backlog-ies and write a bit about the games from yesteryear that resonated the most in 2020.
Jon Simpson, Michael Beckwith and Will Sawyer's Games of 2020 (and another editor note) | Winter Spectacular 2020
Hey, it’s Christmas Day and if you need something to read after sleeping off your food coma we got you covered, with three more startmenu folk here to tell you about their games of the year.
Kate Robinson, Dashiell Wood and Ferdous Joy's Games of 2020 (also a message from the editors) | Winter Spectacular 2020
2020 is almost here and it’s an all-star startmenu team-up to round up some of our favourite games of the year.
Samuel Willetts' Top Five Games of 2020 | Winter Spectacular 2020
The year is over and there has been a lot of quality games despite… *gestures at everything*. Because of that Samuel Willetts wanted to take a look back at his top five games of the year and some honourable mentions too.
HotGirlVideos69’s (AKA Tiffany Treadmore) Top Games Of 2020 | Winter Spectacular 2020
What games has video game leaker and industry insider Tiffany Treadmore been playing this year? Her answers may surprise you but also not really.