The Escapists 2 Moldy Toof Many gamers have fantasized about escaping from a prison. I mean, who didn’t get a jolt of satisfaction when Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman escaped at the end of The Shawshank Redemption? Curiously, however, there… Read More »The Escapists 2 Review – Breaking Out, One Prison at a Time
Conan Exiles: The Frozen North Funcom I urged my veteran warrior on through the arid desert for several scorching days. As it was similar to what traversing the Death Valley must be like in the dead of summer, I had… Read More »Conan Exiles: The Frozen North Review – Fun & Frosty Times Are Here
Fictorum Scraping Bottom Games Video games are often reflective of the times that they are created in. We live in some very, very tumultuous times right now, where not only do many folks feel that their ideas and concerns feel… Read More »Fictorum Review – A Wicked Wizard’s Revenge Tale
Nex Machina Housemarque I remember my arcade forays back in the day like they were just yesterday. I’d saunter straight on in to my local arcade straight off of a busy downtown city street. My skinny, pale, geek-powered arms would… Read More »Nex Machina Review – Action Galore, Retro-Style
Space Hulk: Deathwing Streum On Studio The Warhammer 40K IP has been steadily gaining steam within the last decade or so. I’m actually pretty surprised that gaming companies weren’t exploiting the WH:40K universe long ago, however, as it’s tailor made… Read More »Space Hulk: Deathwing Updated Review – Finally Coming into its Own
Foxhole Clapfoot Lately, my friends have had to endure hearing me lament about the apparent death of the real-time strategy genre. I believe that the genre as a whole peaked around the time of Age of Empires II: The Age… Read More »Foxhole Review – A Beautiful Blending of Genres & Outstanding Sandbox Experience
Solstice Chronicles M.I.A Ironward/Nkidu I’ve always loved a good isometric game. Action RPGs in particular have been a mainstay of that top down genre, giving you a view of all of the unfolding events. Heck, I was practically raised on… Read More »Solstice Chronicles M.I.A Review – Bloody Swaths of Mutant Gibs Await Ye!
Steel Division: Normandy 44 Eugen Systems/Paradox Interactive World War II games sort of remind me of the whole zombie craze. Both reached the heights of their respective popularity years ago, yet many gaming developers clung to the notion that… Read More »Steel Division: Normandy 44 Review – Can You Say: Strategy in Spades?
Starpoint Gemini Warlords Little Green Men Games/Iceberg Interactive Okay, I’ll admit it from the get-go: I had no idea what Starpoint Gemini Warlords was all about. Well, actually I didn’t want to know much about it on purpose so that… Read More »Starpoint Gemini Warlords Review – A Worthy Spiritual Successor to Freelancer
The Forest Endnight Games Ltd. The gaming industry seems to be entering a golden age of survival games. Whereas the shooter genre is getting more and more realistic, with games such as Escape from Tarkov in development, survival games are… Read More »The Forest Review – An Open-World Survival Experience That Sets Itself Apart From the Pack
The Forest Endnight Games Ltd. Our seemingly pleasant commercial airlines flight had quickly gone south—the plane’s fuselage creaked and groaned as it began to break apart into pieces. Then the screen went black. “Wait until you see this, dude,”… Read More »The Forest Review – Harrowing, Blood-Caked Fun
White Noise 2 Milkstone Studios Unless you’re a gamer who has been living under a rock, survival horror games are everywhere these days. I think that this is partly to do with the fact that as opposed to more “pure”… Read More »White Noise 2 Review – A Frighteningly Great Time