Conan Exiles Funcom As certain members of my family will attest to—me love Conan long time. Not in some twisted, creepy, obsessive way. It’s only that I used to read Conan novels (the original Robert E. Howard ones and… Read More »Conan Exiles (Early Access) Review – Tons of Potential yet to be Realized
Stars in Shadow Ashdar Games/Iceberg Interactive I’m a pretty big science fiction nerd. So much so that I use the proper terminology for the genre, Science Fiction, not the more cutesy term, Sci Fi, which is carelessly bandied about by… Read More »Stars in Shadow Review – A Love Letter to the 4X Classics of Yore
The Culling Xaviant Games I’ll make no bones about it—I used to be a huge fan of The Culling. Around the time that it debuted (March 2016) I’d just become disillusioned by the big H1Z1 split—into two separate games,… Read More »The Culling (Early Access) The Big House Update Review – Turning Around the Titanic?
The Culling Xaviant Games Survival games have been all the rage for some time now. The vast majority of them are of the craft items, build bases, combat other players and/or AI opponents variety. Among these, almost all of them… Read More »The Culling (Early Access) Review – The Biggest Surprise of 2017 So Far
M.E.R.C. TinyMob Games I’ll admit it right off the bat—I’m a big fan of any form of media featuring dystopian, near-future backdrops. Unlike more far-into-the-future settings (Star Trek, Star Wars), in cyberpunk settings, you can see bits and pieces of… Read More »M.E.R.C. (Early Access) Review – The Next Big Syndicate Experience?
7 Days to Die The Fun Pimps Unless you’re a gamer who has been living under a rock somewhere, survival games are all the rage right now. I was just perusing the Steam store, and it seems that every other… Read More »7 Days to Die (Early Access) Review – Many Nights to Die
7 Days to Die The Fun Pimps I have to say right off the bat that I initially had rather mediocre hopes for 7 Days to Die. But boy, was I wrong for assuming that it would be just another… Read More »7 Days to Die (Early Access) Review – Many Gory Deaths to Die
Empyrion – Galactic Survival Eleon Game Studios I haven’t played Empyrion – Galactic Survival for a number of months now—or should I say, hadn’t. Although I thought it was an amazing game when I initially tried it out, I became… Read More »Empyrion – Galactic Survival (Updated Early Access) Review – Galaxy-Sized Fun
Battle Brothers (Early Access) Overhype Studios When you begin a typical game of Battle Brothers, you are presented with an opening screen which asks you to choose a banner from pre-rendered designs, as well as name your company of mercenaries.… Read More »Battle Brothers (Early Access) Review – Gritty, Filthy, Fun
Total War: Warhammer – Realm Of The Wood Elves Creative Assembly/SEGA When I was younger I was an avid pen and paper role-playing geek, and it took me a long time to get into video games, besides ones that I… Read More »Total War: Warhammer – Realm Of The Wood Elves Review – A Nimble, Yet Fragile Hurricane
Dead Rising 4 Capcom/Microsoft Studios Back when the original Dead Rising debuted way back in 2006, we were in the midst of the whole zombie craze. Personally, I never felt that zombie were particularly scary—just as I don’t think that… Read More »Dead Rising 4 Review – Gore Aplenty
Dawn of Andromeda Grey Wolf Entertainment/Iceberg Interactive I’m a big sucker for 4X strategy games, particularly ones within the science fiction realm. Ever since I first sat down and played Master of Orion II, I was hooked. For the first… Read More »Dawn of Andromeda Review – Into the Outer Reaches