The Talos Principle is a calm, reflexive game that wants you to question the very nature of existence. It’s a big ask...
I’m not going to lie: I almost hung up my spurs and quit within the first ten minutes of playing Westerado: Double...
2014 was… Well, it was a lot of things. It was a period of transition, both for video games as well as...
Never has a game made me question my own existence. Now, it wasn’t anything so grandiose as me wondering if I’m even...
I stare at the quandary before me, its various tools strewn about in such a way as to be difficult to attain,...
Assassin’s Creed Rogue at once shows the series at its most derivative, as well as its most inventive. Rogue is an incredibly...
If you’re waffling back and forth, wondering whether or not you should pick up Grand Theft Auto V on next-gen consoles, and...
I’m going to try out an analogy here, so please, bear with me if it starts to get away from me. Buying...
For all of Assassin’s Creed Unity’s posturing as a next-gen, connected, online experience, it still remains just as entrenched in its own...
Nidhogg is deceptive in its simplicity. Characters seemingly ripped from an Atari game do battle on a two-dimensional plane. There are only...
I’m tired of fighting monsters. Now, I love a good dragon slaying or eldritch defeat like everyone else, but there’s more to...
You know what’s weird? We live in a world where Nintendo has not only published a Legend of Zelda/Dynasty Warriors hybrid, but...
Oh, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, you disappoint me so much. Two years ago, you came out for PC and consoles, and no...
My first reaction toward Skylanders Trap Team is one of deep, unmitigated cynicism. “I know exactly what you’re trying to do to me,”...
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is probably the most literary game I’ve ever played. I’m not saying that’s it’s the most artistic...
It’s weird to think that mobile devices like phones and tablets are getting their own dedicated gaming controllers. “Why even bother,” you...
Did you know that airplane tires are filled with nitrogen? Apparently, it’s so the tires don’t burn up when the plane lands....
Hyrule Warriors is really, truly, fantastically stupid. And it’s some of the most ridiculous fun I’ve had with the Legend of Zelda...
I recently got to sit down for a hands-on preview of Skylanders Trap Team, and walked away confident that the series will...
I wasn’t sold at first. Skylanders Trap Team looked like a gimmick—a neat looking game with a dumb reason to buy a...
The worst part about Infamous: First Light is that it doesn’t have anything important to say. It’s a prequel to Spring 2014’s...
New consoles bring with them new experiences, but they also give us a chance to improve those games we really loved most....
It’s hard to write about The Last of Us without sounding a bit like a crazy person. On its surface, it seems...
Tomodachi Life is difficult to encapsulate without actually playing it. It’s not really a game. Like Nintendo’s other life sim Animal Crossing, Tomodachi...
Murdered: Soul Suspect reminds me of a bygone era – the PS2 era, specifically. It was a time when mid-tier development was...
iOS controllers haven’t exactly had the best run of luck lately. Whether they’re too damn expensive, or just plain not up to...
Sony hasn’t exactly had the best run of luck in porting its classic games to its versatile handheld. The Vita is capable...
Season Two of TellTale’s The Walking Dead is shaping up to be quite the excellent package of narrative delight. The game is...
The Last of Us was a fantastic achievement in storytelling and art direction – in fact, we liked it so much that...
The Mario Kart franchise values slight upgrades and iteration over massive sweeping changes. Mario Kart 8 is no exception. No, Nintendo is...
I remember God of War being dark, but I don’t remember it being this dark. Sony released an HD compilation containing the...