Tom Clancy’s The Division Ubisoft A few gaming friends and I carefully navigated our way down a dilapidated avenue near Manhattan’s once grand Grand Central Station, now a burned out shadow of its former glory. We’d just emerged victorious from… Read More »Tom Clancy’s The Division Review – A Bodacious, Highly-Ballistic Bonanza
Need for Speed Ghost Games I remember playing the original game in the Need for Speed series, which featured a title lifted from the film, Top Gun. The Need for Speed was a big mess of pixelated graphics, but was… Read More »Need for Speed Review – Speeding the First Place?
The Culling Xaviant Games Now that the zombie frenzy is finally beginning to abate a little, a new craze is emerging: competitive survival games. Since visual media (film/TV) and the gaming industry are essentially joined at the hip these days… Read More »The Culling (Alpha) Review – A Blood-soaked Free-for-all
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen Capcom Ever since I played my first game of pen and paper Dungeons & Dragons, I was hooked. There was nothing like either designing an entire world from the ground up (as a Dungeon Master) for… Read More »Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen Review – A Truly Unique RPG Extravaganza
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition The Coalition “Dude, you never played Gears of War?” my gaming buddy asked me, incredulously. “Uh…no. I thought that it was only for consoles back then,” I replied a bit defensively. My friend snorted under… Read More »Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Review – An Outstanding Remake of a Classic
It was near dusk as I entered onto the Golden Gate Bridge. The sun glinted warily over the foothills near South San Francisco and I dared a long look over the rails of the bridge and across the wide expanse… Read More »American Truck Simulator – Trucking + Open Highways = A Meditative Experience
I was sneaking through the underbrush as rays of sunshine cascaded in intricate patterns through the forest canopy high above. I was stalking a rare deer-like animal (at least that’s what it looked like from a distance) for its hide… Read More »Far Cry Primal – Primitive Yet Polished Fun
“Hey man, I got the new X-COM game, X-COM 2,” my gaming friend said. “Yeah, can’t wait to play it myself. Like you, I’m a big X-COM fan and have been playing the games since the original,” I replied giddily.… Read More »XCOM 2 – Your Time is Up
First of all, I must say that it was hard for me to review Street Fighter V after playing it for a while. I was one of those kids who used to go to the arcades back in the day,… Read More »Street Fighter V – More of Less
Dying Light: The Following Techland Let me start by saying any of my gaming friends or anyone who reads my reviews on a regular basis knows that I’m not the biggest zombie fan. For me, zombies fit right in-between wolfmen… Read More »Dying Light: The Following Review – Thankfully Not Following The Bozak
Firewatch Campo Santo Let me start this review off by letting all of you know that I’ve played quite a few First Person Exploration games (or FPX’s for short) recently, including Dear Esther, The Stanley Parable, and the spectacular Gone… Read More »Firewatch Review – Rise of the FPX
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak Blackbird Interactive A few months ago, a gaming friend of mine reminded me that the “next great” Homeworld game was looming large on the horizon: “So you remember that that new Homeworld game is coming… Read More »Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak Review – As Desolate as it’s Setting