Hayes Madsen

Know things aren't great right now, but after a family event, I'm officially looking for freelance work again. Made a new portfolio selection, focusing on what I think I do best - interviews. Please reach out if you want to talk or are open to pitches. clippings.me/users/hayesmad…

Lies of P director Choi Ji-Wan presented Phantom Blade Zero director Soulframe with an art book, and was “very impressed” by the demo

I got to meet Lies of P director Choi Ji-Won!

You’ll be seeing some Phantom Blade stuff going up - my coverage will be rolling out over the next couple weeks. You can expect hands-on thoughts, an interview-depth interview with director Soulframe, and some behind the scenes. Taking my time to make sure it’s all just right 🙏

Would cancel the wedding on the spot if someone sent me this

Completely serious when I say seeing all three of these movies in a theater, when u was a kid, was quite literally a life changing experience

Death Stranding 2. It’s been a month since release. It seems many players have already reached the ending. Since all the “Someones” around the world are connected through SSS, we’re able to gather a variety of data. Apparently, 79% of “Someones” who reached the end of the story…

A few shots of Phantom Blade Zero’s big S-Party event

Went to a mall and found a pocket circuit tournament

Playing Phantom Blade Zero today. More coming soon

“Once more, to the place of memories” I mean, COME ON

I talked to Abubakar Salim about Dead Take. How it embodies the clashing of money and creation, building a modern FMV game, and how the games let’s them have their say. This one looks special. inverse.com/gaming/dead-ta…

FF7 Director inviting peers (and competitors) into the studio to exchange ideas, shows respect, humility, and a commitment to improving the games for fans. You don’t have to ship games together to push each other forward. Would love to see more of this. Nice work Mr Hamaguchi 🌟

My travel music for the day

16 hours of flying starts now. Oh boy.

GasBuddy shows presently zero states with stations below $2/gal

The lack of any sort of marketing for this game has me a bit worried - but I’m still intensely fascinated to see how this panned out