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Reviews   -   Dec 08, 2015 Full of sound and fury — Rainbow Six: Siege review
Full of sound and fury — Rainbow Six: Siege review

Tactical play is a hallmark of the Rainbow Six series. Although differing in intensity, each entry has tried to put a spin on the methodical operations of various renowned international special forces. Rainbow Six: Siege continues this trend, and though it veers more towards the modern than days of yore,

by Eric Van Allen
Previews   -   Dec 08, 2015 Taking the road less travelled with Stories: Path of Destinies
Taking the road less travelled with Stories: Path of Destinies

Every story has a branch, a “what-if” moment where the protagonist wonders if they might have been able to do something differently. Stories is a game about those moments, where one after another, the choices you make weigh upon you, either leading to your untimely death or the solution you

by Eric Van Allen
Reviews   -   Nov 23, 2015 That’s no moon — Star Wars Battlefront review
That’s no moon — Star Wars Battlefront review

Nostalgia is a powerful tool. It signifies an emotional attachment to something, and that’s valuable in its own right. Games like Shovel Knight or Pillars of Eternity wouldn’t have happened if some didn’t hold a longing for the Good Ol’ Days. Nostalgia can also be a crutch,

by Eric Van Allen
Reviews   -   Nov 23, 2015 The devil’s in the fine print — Typoman review
The devil’s in the fine print — Typoman review

Typoman is a game about the power of the pen, the strength that words have, and what can happen to a society when that right is controlled or tampered with. It is a game that extols the virtues of expression, and even if it misses in the minutia, it still

by Eric Van Allen
Reviews   -   Nov 23, 2015 A ghoulishly good time — Yo-Kai Watch review
A ghoulishly good time — Yo-Kai Watch review

Within an hour of starting up Yo-Kai Watch, I had befriended several ghouls, including a talking cat named Jibanyan who punched cars to get stronger, and a purple anteater named Baku who eats nightmares for food. If that intrigues you, then I have good news: that’s just the surface

by Eric Van Allen
Reviews   -   Nov 09, 2015 I will rise, again and again — Rise of the Tomb Raider review
I will rise, again and again — Rise of the Tomb Raider review

“When a child first catches adults out — when it first walks into his grave little head that adults do not always have divine intelligence, that their judgments are not always wise, their thinking true, their sentences just — his world falls into panic desolation. The gods are fallen and all safety

by Eric Van Allen
Reviews   -   Oct 27, 2015 Four times the chaos, four times the charm — Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below review
Four times the chaos, four times the charm — Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below review

Having no prior experience with Dragon Quest before picking up Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below, I was as intimidated by my lack of background knowledge as I was by the subtitle. Dragon Quest was a series that always stayed on my periphery – in

by Eric Van Allen
Reviews   -   Oct 27, 2015 Burning out your fuse up here alone — Rebel Galaxy review
Burning out your fuse up here alone — Rebel Galaxy review

Space isn’t always the idealistic future we paint it to be. While some portray it as a romantic opera of gallantry and humanity unified under one banner, others see it as a dismal and wild frontier, where only the strong and clever will survive. Rebel Galaxy falls squarely in

by Eric Van Allen
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