Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns ArenaNet People sometimes ask me if I am familiar with MMOs and if so, why I don’t play them as much as other genres. That can be summed up quite quickly. The answer is… Read More »Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns Review – It’s Finally Here, But Does it Deliver?
Dirt Rally Codemasters Here’s an actual excerpt from a conversation I had recently with a gaming friend of mine: “Hey man, you know that Codemasters have a new racing game on Steam Early Access?” he asked me. I grumbled.… Read More »Dirt Rally Review – Codemasters gets Down & Dirty
Just Cause 3 Avalanche Studios/Square Enix The original Just Cause game came out a pretty long time ago (at least in gaming PC years), way back in 2007. It was billed as an action/adventure title and featured a (for the… Read More »Just Cause 3—Zipping From Fireball to Fireball
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition Larian Studios The summer of 2014 saw some serious heat records broken all across the world, but that wasn’t the only thing that was hot. One of a slew of successful Kickstarter games that took… Read More »Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition—Epic Adventure: Updated
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 Each of them is set in various disparate timelines, some overlapping, and feature quasi-historical references and environments.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