Syndrome Camel 101/BIGMOON Entertainment There have been a whole plethora of survival horror games that have come out in recent years. This new wave of horror was spurred on by the Penumbra series by Frictional games almost a decade ago,… Read More »Syndrome Review – Boilerplate but Manages Some Creepiness
Oriental Empires NTronium Games/Iceberg Interactive Growing up, I watched my fair share of kung-fu films, as well as epic period movies that were based in ancient China. You probably already know the ones that I’m referring to—the time capsule pieces… Read More »Oriental Empires (Early Access) Review – An Excellent Strategy Entry
Mortal Kombat XL Netherrealm Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive First off, I just have to say that back in the day when people still used to pump quarters into video game consoles in the old, now defunct video game arcades, more often… Read More »Mortal Kombat XL Review – A Near-Flawless Victory
How to Survive 2 EKO Software/505 Games As you may have noticed, unless you’ve been living underneath a rock, the whole zombie craze has really overstayed its welcome and ran its course quite some time ago. To many game developers… Read More »How to Survive 2 Review – A Unique Spin on a Near-Dead Genre
Rust Facepunch Studios My gaming buddy and I began our recent game of Rust as we normally did—or rather, as everyone does on a typical Rust server. Waking up naked on a random shoreline, somewhere on an island, with no… Read More »Rust (Early Access) Review – A Game I Love to Hate
Titan Quest Anniversary Edition Review Ironlore/THQ Nordic Ever since my early days I’ve been a fan of pen and paper RPGs. In fact, I still am, as nothing can quite compare to their organic feel as you play through a… Read More »Titan Quest Anniversary Edition Review – The Version We’ve All Been Waiting for
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander Massive Damage Inc. 4X science fiction games have been around for longer than most people think. 1993’s Master of Orion was the defining game for the entire 4X genre (explore, expand, exploit, & exterminate), while Master… Read More »Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander – Retro-tastic Fun
Recore Armature Studio, Comcept/Microsoft Studios Sometimes when I critique games, I refer to them as being a premise or concept in search of a game, but Armature Studios and Comcept’s new game Recore is different. It’s the first time that… Read More »Recore – A Whole Lot of Hoppin’
Redout 34BigThings A little while back I was waxing melancholic about the old school, now classic racing games of the 90s. Sure, you had your more contemporary racers such as Ridge Racer (loved that game!), the Need for Speed series,… Read More »Redout Review – The New King of Zero G Racers
No Man’s Sky Hello Games When I was a kid I used to always visit a used book store around the corner from our house. After perusing the numerous dusty books for an hour or so, I’d usually settle in… Read More »No Man’s Sky Review – Infinite Replication
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 (Early Access) Review – Galaxy-Sized Fun