Doom: The Dark Ages Review: Rip and Tear (and Parry) | Restart
A review for Doom: The Dark Ages for Restart.run
Hello, I'm Sam
I’ve been in the games journalism industry since 2015, with byline at nearly all major outlets, including IGN, Kotaku, and PC Gamer, among many others. I ran GameDaily.biz for several years where I sourced news, scheduled and published interviews, handled a small pool of freelance writers, and mediated sponsorships between the site and Meta’s Facebook brand. I maintain a list of contacts in the industry across the journalism, PR, and developer/publisher sectors.
Email: sdesatoff@gmail.com
Bluesky: @sdesatoff.bsky.social
Work Samples
Civilization VII Review: The Age of Change
A review of Civilization VII for Restart.run
GameDailydotReview: Tunic
A review of Tunic combined with an interview with its developer Andrew Shouldice
The Xbox Series X: GameDailydotReview
A review of the Xbox Series X combined with statements from various developers
The importance of diversity in games
A feature about diversity in the games industry, featuring interviews with people from the developer and press sectors
Firaxis Games on Civilization VI's New Frontier pass, and keeping the game fresh four years on
A feature detailing Firaxis' support strategy for Civilization VI featuring a developer interview
How Dragon Quest XI Tells An Entire Story With Haikus - Kotaku
A chat with a Square Enix translator about how almost an entire Dragon Quest XI questline was delivered via haiku.
How Blizzard transforms its characters into Heroes of the Storm heroes
Heroes of the Storm was my favorite MOBA, so I interviewed Blizzard about the process of designing new characters
How Board Games Handle Slavery
One of my first big pieces, this feature examines the theme of slavery in board games.
