Street Fighter X Tekken Capcom I must say outright that I used to be a big fighting game fan. Not quite at any sort of official competitor level (although I was pretty competitive while playing them), but let’s just say… Read More »Street Fighter X Tekken—Finger Pads May be Required
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Ubisoft “Okay, drones out, let’s…[indecipherable] and then [indecipherable], okay guys?” our team leader ordered, during the preparation phase of the round. My five man crew of elite counter-terrorist operators were about to attempt to rescue… Read More »Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege —Teamwork Required
The Crew: Wild Run Ubisoft “Hey, have you tried the new expansion for The Crew yet?” a gaming buddy recently asked me. “Nope,” I replied, nonchalantly. “Yeah, it’s called Wild Run and it’s way better than last year’s original game.… Read More »The Crew: Wild Run—Raucous Racing Mayhem
Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate Ubisoft The Assassin’s Creed series has quite an extensive catalogue of games by now, over twenty in all. Each of them is set in various disparate timelines, some overlapping, and feature quasi-historical references and environments. The mainline,… Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate—Bounding Back into Proper Form
Star Wars Battlefront EA/Dice I was at a gigantic super-store recently, which carries just about everything you could ever think of (I won’t name it but I’m sure you know which chain I’m talking about), and was walking down an… Read More »Star Wars Battlefront—Spaz-tastic Star Wars Shenanigans
StarCraft II: Legacy Of The Void Blizzard Entertainment A few months back when some of my gaming developer contacts reported to me that the next installment of the StarCraft II franchise was finally nearing a release, I have to admit… Read More »StarCraft II: Legacy Of The Void —A Worthy Successor to the StarCraft Legacy
Call of Duty: Black Ops III Treyarch Studios Everyone knows that I am very upfront and vocal in my vehemence and general distain for the Call of Duty franchise. Running around haphazardly like some sort of spastic orangutan, leaping this… Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops III—A Nonsensical Overload on the Senses
Fallout 4 Bethesda Software My adopted canine companion and I carefully navigated through the rubble-strewn Boston suburb, scavenging for anything of value. I was role-playing Fallout 4’s main protagonist to the extent that I’d decided that ultimately, he wanted to… Read More »Fallout 4—A Compelling, Story-Driven Experience
Titanfall Respawn Entertainment I have to admit that I wasn’t exactly chomping at the bit when I’d first heard of Titanfall. I’d read some first impression reports that just said meh to me. Here’s a conversation that I had at… Read More »Titanfall—Fleeting Fun for Fast Twitchers
Split/Second Black Rock Studio/Disney Interactive I was facing an upper tier “episode” called Splashdown, which featured mainly waterfront-based maps. This track in particular, Ferry Wharf, consisted of a sprawling course laid out amongst cargo ships, old dusty docks, and—you guessed… Read More »Split/Second—Hold On to Your Adrenal Glands
Tranformers: Devastation Platinum Games/Activision The 80s Transformers cartoon was an exercise in some of the loftiest exponents of philosophical dogma I’ve ever encountered. To me it was the embodiment of Aikido, the Gentle Way, where a martial artist seeks to… Read More »Tranformers: Devastation—A Love Letter to 80s Cartoon Nostalgia
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