Anthony Taormina is an original member of the Game Rant team, having been part of the publication for 15 years. He coordinates content for all facets of the site and manages its social media, PR, and ...

Whenever the question of whether games can be art comes up, the titles cited by the "pro" faction are almost invariably Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Partially, this is because the games themselves ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. The protagonist in the upcoming PS3 exclusive, The Last ...

Ico’s influence is everywhere in modern games, yet nowhere. Developer Japan Studio focused on communication between two bodies within a world. While Ico is the protagonist and the player character, he ...

Fumito Ueda, head of the now legendary studio behind Last Guardian, is considered a brilliant man by many. His works, which include Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, are now treasured PlayStation 2 ...

Shadow of the Colossus is a wonderful, ethereal game with a baffling ending which has mystified fans and casual observers alike ever since. After protagonist Wander has felled all sixteen Colossi, he ...

I started this piece as a follow up to my previous character roundup (of female protagonists) thinking “how hard can this be?” This is primarily because it’s particularly difficult to write good, ...

Continuing my three-part interview series with Josh Holmes, Halo 4‘s creative director, we delve into why the traditionally taciturn Master Chief is suddenly so chatty, the similarities between Halo 4 ...

Ico was one of the best under-appreciated games of the PS2. Some may say it’s because of the lame US box-art, but mostly it’s because Ico is a little game made from a then unknown team and released ...

While something as basic as female representation in video games is so much more than a mere "feature," Team Ico leader Fumito Ueda nevertheless revealed an utterly bewildering - if not downright ...