Offworld Trading Company Stardock I just love me space-based strategy games. There’s nothing like a good ol’ space 4X title that lets you e(x)plore your surrounding areas and scout out new territories and star systems, e(x)pand your fledging empire—usually by… Read More »Offworld Trading Company Review – The Wolf of…Mars Street
Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear Beamdog I must admit that I’m a proud undercover role-playing geek. “How can you be proud of something that makes you want to be undercover about it, Ian?”—I can hear you all collectively asking right… Read More »Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear Review – The Last Gasp of a Dying Breed
Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part 2 Paradox Interactive Back in March of last year (2015), Paradox Interactive swept the PC gaming world by storm with its crowd funded modern classic hit, Pillars of Eternity. Supporters of indie… Read More »Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part 2 Review – A Singularly Strong Second Act
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns ArenaNet People sometimes ask me if I am familiar with MMOs and if so, why I don’t play them as much as other genres. That can be summed up quite quickly. The answer is… Read More »Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns Review – It’s Finally Here, But Does it Deliver?
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition Larian Studios The summer of 2014 saw some serious heat records broken all across the world, but that wasn’t the only thing that was hot. One of a slew of successful Kickstarter games that took… Read More »Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition—Epic Adventure: Updated
Insurgency New World Interactive Glass shattered behind us as we ran down the wide hallway, and large caliber 7.62 rounds whizzed through the air all around us. We dove behind a desk for cover as the fully automatic PKM machinegun… Read More »Insurgency—A Thinking Person’s Shooter
Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide Fatshark Games I stared ahead, above the shiny bald pate of my stubby dwarven ranger companion, Bardin. I was playing as Markus, a human Empire soldier, war-weary and eager to return to his simple family… Read More »Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide – A Pretty Fun Romp through Familiar Waters
Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part 1 Obsidian Entertainment Last month, when I reviewed Pillars of Eternity, I was in the process of building up my main character, a two-handed sword wielding Fighter named Sturmgor the Slayer. As… Read More »Pillars of Eternity: The White March – Part 1 – A Decent, Fun Expansion but Nothing Jaw-Dropping
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone CD Projekt RED A couple of months ago when a fellow gamer relayed to me that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was getting an expansion pack, I was a little confused and bewildered.… Read More »The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone – A Flashback to the Days of Bonafide Expansions
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. It must be made clear from the beginning that I am a big time Tolkein-phile. I’ve read all of his works (except for the upcoming 100 year old never before published The Story… Read More »Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — 4k Gaming at its Best?