Jessica has written for online outlets since 2008, and she joined Engadget in 2015 after four years as senior reporter at Joystiq. As Engadget’s primary video game editor, her work spans reviews, interviews with prominent developers, in-depth articles about indie creators, and videos on industry trends. She’s published several tech-industry features, including a breakdown of nuclear technology and an investigation into a metaverse scam. Jessica has a B.A. in digital media from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and has appeared on Al Jazeera, Reply All, Spawn On Me, Tech News Today and other platforms. She has moderated multiple panels at venues including CES, E3 and the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. Jessica is also a novelist currently working on her second near-future, sci-fi-adjacent book.
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Kind Words 2 takes cozy letter-writing to the city on October 7
If anyone can create a troll-free anonymous social network, it’s Popcannibal.
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iPhone 16 Pro has a DSLR-like camera button and a slightly bigger display
Say hello to the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max.
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Astro Bot PS5 review: One of the best games Sony has ever made
Astro Bot highlights the importance of play. It’s Super Mario Bros. for a new generation of video game fanatics, at once an introduction to common video game mechanics and also a significant challenge for seasoned players.
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Razer's first controller with Hall effect joysticks is the $200 Wolverine V3 Pro for Xbox and PC
The Wolverine V3 Pro introduces Hall effect joysticks for the first time in a Razer gamepad, and it’s also the company’s first fully wireless controller for Xbox consoles.
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How The Crush House turns procedural generation into social manipulation
The Crush House was a jumble of random dialogue and code for a long time before its procedural generation systems had enough information to produce a rational, powerful experience.
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has a Nazi-slapping mechanic
Parts of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle are in third-person, and there are plenty of cutscenes for players to admire Troy Baker's spot-on Harrison Ford impression.
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle hits Xbox and PC on December 9, PS5 in spring 2025
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming to Xbox Series X/S and PC
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Gamescom 2024 Opening Night liveblog: How to watch and what to expect from Xbox, Capcom and more
It's Gamescom time! Follow along with Senior Reporter Jessica Conditt, Contributing Reporter Kris Holt and Executive Editor Aaron Souppouris
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CIA brainwashing experiments helped make Outlast an iconic horror series
The Sleep Room in The Outlast Trials is named after a real-life space at McGill University’s Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal, where from 1957 to 1964, doctors conducted mind-control experiments on patients as part of the CIA’s MK-Ultra initiative.
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I really want to like Star Wars Outlaws
There’s plenty to look forward to here, but I can’t forget the frustration that’s seemingly built into the parkour mechanics, grappling hook and navigation systems.
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'Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess' review: Demonic delights
Kunitsu-Gami balances beauty and gore with supreme skill, and introduces a novel combat loop that feels fantastic.
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Still Wakes the Deep is a modern horror classic
In Still Wakes the Deep, horror comes in multiple forms.
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Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Summer Game Fest Play Days 2024
After E3 collapsed on itself like a sad soufflé, Summer Game Fest has emerged as the home of mid-year video game goodness, offering a little more room for smaller studios and plenty of space to grow.
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Skate Story hands-on: Kick, push, shatter
Skate Story encourages you to enter a peak state early on, only so you can chase that feeling the rest of the game.
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Astro Bot is a supremely silly and incredibly smooth platformer
Astro Bot is as precise as it is ridiculous, and this is exactly what makes it so damn delightful.
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Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess feels as luscious as it looks
After playing for nearly an hour at Summer Game Fest, it’s clear that Kunitsu-Gami is much more than a beautiful screenshot.
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Mixtape brings a killer '80s soundtrack to Xbox, PS5 and PC in 2025
Mixtape is a coming-of-age story about the reality-bending adventures of three teenage friends on their final night of high school.