Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation Stardock Sins of a Solar Empire wasn’t just a super-cool title, it was a game that absorbed a large portion of my life. Sins single-handedly reinvented the RTS wheel by offering gamers a real time… Read More »Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation Review – This Year’s Strategy Behemoth Just Got Grander
Killing Floor 2 Tripwire Interactive After playing Killing Floor 2 for a few hours, I had the opportunity to sit back and reflect on what I’d just experienced. Initially, my critic’s brain took over. I thought about what I would… Read More »Killing Floor 2 Review – An Orgiastic Cavalcade of Blood & Gore
Tyranny Obsidian Entertainment/Paradox Interactive I’ve been a long-time pen and paper geek ever since I could remember. I was one of those scrawny geeks who wore trench coats during entire summers, and had the skin complexion of a ghost. I’d… Read More »Tyranny Review – An Outstanding Fantasy Extravaganza of a Darker Shade
Stellaris: Leviathans DLC Paradox Interactive Having come to computer games from the pen and paper RPG as well as board game world, I have a slightly different perspective when it comes to video games. I remember having tabletop gaming sessions… Read More »Stellaris: Leviathans DLC Review – A Shot in the Arm (or Tentacle) for a Magnificent Space Opera
Hitman: Season One IO Interactive Adversity often develops one’s character as well as one’s resolution. Are we talking about Agent 47 here? We could be. But no, I’m referring to Japanese gaming conglomerate Square Enix. After the dismal performance of… Read More »Hitman: Season One Review – A Masterfully Orchestrated Comeback
Hitman Episode 6: Hokkaido IO Interactive I really enjoy stealth action games…no, I mean, really. They were some of the first games I cut my teeth on as a wee lad. Everything from the original Metal Gear game back in… Read More »Hitman Episode 6: Hokkaido Review – The Fantastic Culmination to a Brilliant Reboot
Titanfall 2 Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts Our boots hit the ground with solid thuds. I’d scanned my teammate’s weapons while we were on board the dropship moments earlier. They were carrying submachineguns and assault rifles, while I favored a sniper rifle.… Read More »Titanfall 2 Review – An Action-packed Tour de Force
Atlas Reactor Trion Worlds I still recall a conversation I had with a friend from a couple of weeks ago. “Hey man, are you going to review Atlas Reactor?” he queried. “Huh? Atlas what?” I replied. “Atlas Reactor. It’s a… Read More »Atlas Reactor Review – A Whimsical yet Gestaltic Achievement
Battlefield I Dice/Electronic Arts As a student of martial history, and an avid life-long gamer, I’ve always wondered why no one has ever created a game that features World War I as its primary backdrop. I distinctly remember asking just… Read More »Battlefield I Review – One Epic Gaming Extravaganza
Total War: Warhammer – The King and the Warlord DLC Creative Assembly/SEGA The gaming industry is in an interesting place right now. Seeming to take a cue from the film world, many game developers are making their games more episodic… Read More »Total War: Warhammer – The King and the Warlord Review – A Sturdy DLC Addition
RimWorld Ludeon Studios In my god-like omnipotence, I saw fit to have my three beginning colonists’ crash land in a tropical rain forest, this time around. I’d tried other drops in arid, desert, tundra, and even temperate woodland biomes, but… Read More »RimWorld (Early Access) Review – Emergent Storytelling at its Finest
Squad Offworld Industries My buddy Rock and I were the forward scout team of a nine-man, U.S. Army squad. We had cautiously strode ahead from the rest of our guys in hopes of locating any insurgent activity, or, more importantly… Read More »Squad (Alpha) Review – Gun-Toting Without the Glitz & Glamour