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
Rise of the Tomb Raider Crystal Dynamics Let me kick things off here by saying that I played the original Tomb Raider when I was much younger. I’m not really into playing female characters but was trying to impress a… Read More »Rise of the Tomb Raider Review – The Real Lara is Back
Metal Gear Online Kojima/Konami “Hey man, The Phantom Pain’s online component comes out for gaming PCs next week,” my gaming friend thoughtfully reminded me a couple of weeks ago. “Yeah, that’s what I hear,” I said. “So hopefully it’s better… Read More »Metal Gear Online Review – Something for Everyone
H1Z1 Daybreak Game Company I’m not the biggest fan of the whole over-exploited zombie genre, in any medium. There’s just nothing altogether scary about corpses shambling around which move so slowly that you can practically dance around them and not… Read More »H1Z1 (Early Access) Review – The Same ol’ Zombie Stuff, or Something More?