Ryan Scott’s Writing

Since I left IGN Entertainment in September 2011, I’ve forged quite a successful career as an independent editorial consultant. This page is a comprehensive list of links to the writing I’ve done for various online publications, for anyone who’s interested in reading my thoughts on games and technology.

Note that — in addition to all the stuff I’ve linked here — I do some work for print publications, and other stuff that isn’t easily classifiable with a web link. I’ve handled all downloadable game coverage for Best Buy’s @GAMER Magazine since issue #16 (January/February 2012), in addition to writing numerous game previews and reviews for the magazine. I’ve written a couple of features for PC Gamer. I contribute heavily to the ongoing strategic development of gaming-related coverage at Metacafe. I was the editor-in-chief of the E3 Show Daily and E3 Insider publications for the E3 2012 trade show, in collaboration with the ESA and IDG World Expo. And, I take on occasional mock review consulting assignments via Gun (if you’re a game publisher or developer, and you’d like me to create a mock review of your game, please get in touch with Gun about it!).

I’ve been covering video games and technology professionally since 2003. Hit my LinkedIn page for a full resume and more about my professional history.

(List last updated on December 28, 2012)

Game Previews and Features
1UP — The Dark Souls Survival Guide (October 4, 2011)
Joystiq — Breaking down Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma press demo (October 31, 2011)
Joystiq — Cross-examining Phoenix Wright in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (November 2, 2011)
Joystiq — Mario Kart 7′s impressive commitment to community (November 15, 2011)
1UP — Why Dota 2′s Golden Age May Be Over Before it Begins (November 29, 2011)
EGMi — Gotham City Impostors cover story (January 3, 2012)
IGN — World of Warcraft: Cataclysm? (January 26, 2012)
GameSpy — Prime World: A Class Act (March 21, 2012)
Nvision — Guild Wars 2 Beta Impressions (May 5, 2012)
Nvision — Hands-on with The Secret World (May 17, 2012)
Nvision — Hell Yeah, Diablo III! (May 22, 2012)
Nvision — E3 2012 Predictions (May 31, 2012)
Nvision — Nvision’s E3 2012 Wrap Up (June 11, 2012)
Nvision — Video Games Live Celebrates Gaming’s Greatest Music (June 12, 2012)
Nvision — Which Guild Wars 2 Class is for You? (July 28, 2012)
Nvision — Guild Wars 2: The World vs. World Landscape (September 5, 2012)
Nvision — MechWarrior Goes Online (August 6, 2012)
Nvision — Team Fortress 2 Manns Up (August 26, 2012)
GameSpy — A Chat With League of Legends’ Head of Design (October 15, 2012)
GameSpy — League of Legends’ Road to Glory (October 19, 2012)
PC Gamer #223 — State of the Game: EverQuest II/EverQuest: Veil of Alaris (February 2012 issue)
PC Gamer #224 — Prime World: Primed for carnage (March 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #17 — PlayStation Vita Launch Guide (March 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #18 — End of Nations (April 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #18 — Port Royale 3 (April 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #18 — Raven’s Cry (April 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #19 — SimCity (May 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #25 — SimCity (December 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #25 — Wii U Launch Guide (December 2012 issue)
GameQ #2 — SimCity (Summer/Fall 2012 issue)

Game Reviews
@GAMER Magazine #14 — Disney Universe (November 2011 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #15 — The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (December 2011 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #15 — Might & Magic Heroes VI (December 2011 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #15 — Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (December 2011 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #16 — Download Digest review spread (January/February 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #16 — Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL (January/February 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #16 — Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (January/February 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #17 — Download Digest review spread (March 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #18 — Download Digest review spread (April 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #18 — Silent Hill: Downpour (April 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #19 — Download Digest review spread (May 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #19 — Kid Icarus: Uprising (May 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #20 — Download Digest review spread (June 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #21 — Download Digest review spread (July/August 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #21 — LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (July/August 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #22 — Download Digest review spread (September 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #22 — Sleeping Dogs (September 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #23 — Download Digest review spread (October 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #23 — Guild Wars 2 (October 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #24 — Download Digest review spread (November 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #25 — Download Digest review spread (December 2012 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #26 — Download Digest review spread (January/February 2013 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #26 — Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault (January/February 2013 issue)
@GAMER Magazine #26 — Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (January/February 2013 issue)

MOBA-related Columns
IGN — LeagueCenter #1: Breaking Down Dominion (November 15, 2011)
IGN — LeagueCenter #2: Rumble in the Jungle (December 7, 2011)
IGN — LeagueCenter #3: A 2012 Wish List (January 6, 2012)
GameSpy — MOBAholic #1: Dota 2 for Dummies (March 5, 2012)
GameSpy — MOBAholic #2: You Know More About How to Play MOBAs Than You Think (April 2, 2012)
GameSpy — MOBAholic #3: Heroes of Newerth’s New Player Problem (April 30, 2012)
GameSpy — MOBAholic #4: The Support Problem (June 25, 2012)
GameSpy — MOBAholic #5: The Simple Complexity of Awesomenauts (July 20, 2012)
GameSpy — MOBAholic #6: The MOBA Countdown (August 16, 2012)
GameSpy — MOBAholic #7: The Burden of Knowledge (September 5, 2012)
GameSpy — MOBAholic #8: The Whats, Hows, and Whys of the Metagame (October 5, 2012)
GameSpy — MOBAholic #9: LoL Slashes and Burns Twisted Treeline (October 29, 2012)
GameSpy — MOBAholic #10: ‘Tis the Season for Sweeping Changes in LoL (December 10, 2012)

Entertainment Features
Nvision — Marvel vs. DC: Crisis on Infinite Movie Screens (May 28, 2012)
Nvision — The Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Movie Hits Stores (October 6, 2012)
Nvision — Disney and Lucasfilm: What’s Next for Star Wars? (November 5, 2012)

Mobile Gaming Features
Nvision — Draw Something: Accidental Thought Experiment? (April 9, 2012)
Nvision — Battleheart: Into the Squishy, Adorable Heart of Battle (April 14, 2012)
Nvision — Cut the Rope: Best Mobile Game Ever? (April 17, 2012)
Nvision — Scoreloop vs. OpenFeint (April 21, 2012)
Nvision — Kairosoft’s Adventures in Babysitting (April 26, 2012)
Nvision — Spinning Plates in Anomaly: Warzone Earth (April 28, 2012)
Nvision — Death Is Final in Delver (May 10, 2012)
Nvision — Adventure Time (May 13, 2012)
Nvision — Fortune and Glory in Temple Run (May 19, 2012)
Nvision — An Open Letter to PopCap Games (June 3, 2012)
Nvision — Games that Need to Be on Android (June 15, 2012)
Nvision — Kinectimals for Android: Take That, Nintendogs! (June 17, 2012)
Nvision — Final Fantasy III: Expensive, Yet Exciting (July 1, 2012)
Nvision — Cthulhu Saves the World (July 18, 2012)
Nvision — The Dark Knight Has Risen… Now What? (August 2, 2012)
Nvision — First of the Final (Fantasies) (August 4, 2012)
Nvision — (More) Games that Need to be on Android (August 13, 2012)
Nvision — The King of Fighters: Ruling in Mediocrity (August 18, 2012)
Nvision — Hero Academy: The Best Game You’re Not Playing on Android (Yet) (August 25, 2012)
Nvision — The Impossible Game on Android Lives Up to its Name (August 27, 2012)
Nvision — Hittin’ the Old Organ Trail (September 1, 2012)
Nvision — Why Bad Piggies Surpasses the Angry Birds Series It’s Spun From (October 1, 2012)
Nvision — Rayman Jungle Run: Platforming at Its Finest (October 4, 2012)
Nvision — The Bard’s Tale is Still Worth Listening To (October 7, 2012)
Nvision — PlayStation Mobile: Launch Impressions (October 9, 2012)
Nvision — Wipe Out the Human Race in Plague Inc. on Android (October 13, 2012)
Nvision — Zen and the Art of Pinball (October 15, 2012)
Nvision — The Devil You Know (October 20, 2012)
Nvision — Chaos Rings: The Best Square Enix RPG on Android (October 23, 2012)
Nvision — Nerding Out with Knights of Pen & Paper on Android (October 27, 2012)
Nvision — Hands-on: Wild Blood on Android (October 31, 2012)
Nvision — Why Polara Might be 2012′s Best Mobile Game (November 5, 2012)
Nvision — On the Pixel-Slick Precipice of Nostalgia (November 12, 2012)

Mobile Tech Features
Nvision — Tegra 3 Phones That Do it All (March 6, 2012)
Nvision — Amazon vs. Google: Whose Android App Store Wins? (April 2, 2012)
Nvision — What Android Phone Should You Buy Right Now? (April 12, 2012)
Nvision — Are We Ready for a Mobile Payment System? May 7, 2012)
Nvision — Smart Devices for Dummies (June 24, 2012)
Nvision — Rooting 101: A How-To Guide (June 30, 2012)
Nvision — Mobile Viruses Are Out to Get You (July 9, 2012)
Nvision — What We Want from the Ouya Android Console (July 17, 2012)
Nvision — One-on-One With OUYA’s CEO (July 24, 2012)
Nvision — Review: The Nexus 7 – The Best Mini-Tablet on the Market (August 7, 2012)
Nvision — The History of Android (September 26, 2012)
Nvision — Android Modding for Dummies (September 30, 2012)

Android Coverage: Mobile App Columns
Nvision — Five Android Apps To Save You Time (March 5, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #1: Android Apps You Must Own (March 16, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #2: Android Apps You Must Own (March 23, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #3: Android Apps You Must Own (March 30, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #4: Android Apps You Must Own (April 6, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #5: Android Apps You Must Own (April 13, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #6: Android Apps You Must Own (April 20, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #7: Android Apps You Must Own (April 27, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #8: Android Apps You Must Own (May 4, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #9: Android Apps You Must Own (May 11, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #10: Android Apps You Must Own (May 18, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #11: Android Apps You Must Own (May 23, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #12: Android Apps You Must Own (May 30, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #13: Android Apps You Must Own (June 8, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #14: Android Apps You Must Own (June 16, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #15: Android Apps You Must Own (June 20, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #16: Android Apps You Must Own (July 1, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #17: Android Apps You Must Own (July 8, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #18: Android Apps You Must Own (July 15, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #19: Android Apps You Must Own (July 22, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #20: Android Apps You Must Own (July 29, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #21: Android Apps You Must Own (August 5, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #22: Android Apps You Must Own (August 12, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #23: Android Apps You Must Own (August 19, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #24: Android Apps You Must Own (August 26, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #25: Android Apps You Must Own (September 2, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #26: Android Apps You Must Own (September 9, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #27: Android Apps You Must Own (September 16, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #28: Android Apps You Must Own (September 23, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #29: Android Apps You Must Own (September 29, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #30: Android Apps You Must Own (October 7, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #31: Android Apps You Must Own (October 14, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #32: Android Apps You Must Own (October 21, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #33: Android Apps You Must Own (October 28, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #34: Android Apps You Must Own (November 4, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #35: Android Apps You Must Own (November 11, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #36: Android Apps You Must Own (November 18, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #37: Android Apps You Must Own (November 25, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #38: Android Apps You Must Own (December 2, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #39: Android Apps You Must Own (December 9, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #40: Android Apps You Must Own (December 16, 2012)
Nvision — App Essentials #41: Android Apps You Must Own (December 23, 2012)

Android Coverage: Mobile Gaming Columns
Nvision — Play by Play #1: Five Android Games Worth Playing (April 6, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #2: Five Android Games Worth Playing (April 11, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #3: Five Android Games Worth Playing (April 18, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #4: Five Android Games Worth Playing (April 25, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #5: Five Android Games Worth Playing (May 2, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #6: Five Android Games Worth Playing (May 9, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #7: Five Android Games Worth Playing (May 16, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #8: Five Android Games Worth Playing (May 25, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #9: Five Android Games Worth Playing (June 1, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #10: Five Android Games Worth Playing (June 6, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #11: Five Android Games Worth Playing (June 17, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #12: Five Android Games Worth Playing (June 22, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #13: Five Android Games Worth Playing (June 30, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #14: Five Android Games Worth Playing (July 7, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #15: Five Android Games Worth Playing (July 14, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #16: Five Android Games Worth Playing (July 21, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #17: Five Android Games Worth Playing (July 28, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #18: Five Android Games Worth Playing (August 4, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #19: Five Android Games Worth Playing (August 11, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #20: Five Android Games Worth Playing (August 18, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #21: Five Android Games Worth Playing (August 25, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #22: Five Android Games Worth Playing (September 1, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #23: Five Android Games Worth Playing (September 8, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #24: Five Android Games Worth Playing (September 15, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #25: Five Android Games Worth Playing (September 22, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #26: Five Android Games Worth Playing (September 29, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #27: Five Android Games Worth Playing (October 6, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #28: Five Android Games Worth Playing (October 13, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #29: Five Android Games Worth Playing (October 20, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #30: Five Android Games Worth Playing (October 27, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #31: Five Android Games Worth Playing (November 3, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #32: Five Android Games Worth Playing (November 10, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #33: Five Android Games Worth Playing (November 17, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #34: Five Android Games Worth Playing (November 25, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #35: Five Android Games Worth Playing (December 1, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #36: Five Android Games Worth Playing (December 8, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #37: Five Android Games Worth Playing (December 15, 2012)
Nvision — Play by Play #38: Five Android Games Worth Playing (December 22, 2012)