RimWorld Ludeon Studios Don’t get me wrong here—when my title says “life-draining” I don’t mean that in any sort of disparaging sense. I mean it in a voluntarily addictive one. You see, to sit down and play RimWorld is to… Read More »RimWorld Review – The Life-draining Version 1.0 is Finally Here
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Reinforcement Pack Slitherine When indie developer Slitherine released Warhammer 40,000: Gladius this past July, I was pretty excited. We’ve seen all many of Warhammer 40,000 games in the past, such as RTSs (Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of… Read More »Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Reinforcement Pack Review – Elite Units Join the Fray
Destiny 2: Forsaken Bungie/Activision Gamers are a pretty picky bunch these days, and for the most part that’s understandable. Many developers out there release games that are unfinished, unpolished, or both in order to meet sometimes unrealistic deadlines. When they… Read More »Destiny 2: Forsaken Review – A Great Addition to a Relatively New Franchise
Space Hulk: Tactics Cyanide Studio/Focus Home Interactive Space Hulk is a board game that was created by Games Workshop back in 1989, and its latest iteration is in its 4th version as of 2014. I never got into the Warhammer… Read More »Space Hulk: Tactics Review – A Faithful Adaptation of the Classic Board Game
Sheltered Unicube/Team 17 Looking at the current survival games that are available out there, there just aren’t a lot of survival games that feature The Sims type of management with side-cut-away-view management. The only thing that comes close Is Oxygen… Read More »Sheltered (Early Access) Review – A Challenging Post-apocalyptic Experience
Ground Branch Blackfoot Studios It’s hard to believe that Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six debuted twenty years ago (1998). It set the bar pretty darn high as far as tactical shooters were concerned. Just as with many genres, tactical shooters have… Read More »Ground Branch (Early Access) Review – One of the Most Promising Shooters Available
Green Hell Creepy Jar The survival game genre is one of my favorites, right up there with role-playing games and military shooters. While survival horror is another spin-off of the genre, much of the time you don’t have to be… Read More »Green Hell (Early Access) Review – A Frightfully Good Survival Experience
Mist Survival Rati Wattanakornprasit With all of the zombie survival games out there right now flooding the market, when I first saw Mist Survival on Stream I thought to myself: “Oh boy, here we go with yet another watered down… Read More »Mist Survival (Early Access) Review – A Standout Zombie Survival Experience
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Obsidian/Versus Evil 2015’s Pillars of Eternity was considered by many to be the main title which heralded in the new age of classic computer role-playing games. It married the highly-detailed narratives of games like Baldur’s… Read More »Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Review – Rampaging Gods & Swashbuckling Pirates
Pillars of Eternity Obsidian/Paradox Interactive Back in 2014 when I’d first heard that Obsidian was developing an old-school isometric RPG in the same vein as Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2 (and Icewind Dale),I was ecstatic. I played those original masterpieces… Read More »Pillars of Eternity Retro Review – Obsidian’s Love Letter to Classic CRPGs
Dying Light: Bad Blood Techland It’s hard to believe that Techland’s zombie masterpiece has been out for over three years already. It’s highly intuitive parkouring and constant sense of tension are elements that helped to catapult Dying Light’s popularity to… Read More »Dying Light: Bad Blood Review – A Zombie-Soaked Battle Royal Free-for-all
Tekken 7 Season 2 Pass Bandai Namco Ah, the glories of fighting games. I remember going down to my local arcade and plunking quarters into many a fighting game when I was a kid. I played everything from weapon-based fighters… Read More »Tekken 7 Season 2 Pass (so far) Review – Hardcore Fighting Fans Rejoice!