Ron Burke

Terminator, Jaws, Alien, The Matrix, Spider-Man, X-Men, Superman, Transformers — what do all of these items have in common? The third iteration absolutely obliterated any good feelings we had about their predecessors. Eight years ago I absolutely loved a little game called Overlord. Spurred by its success, Overlord II released two

Dungeons & Dragons has likely been around longer than you, the reader, has been alive. It has gone through many iterations and forms, full revisions, and even a few lawsuits, yet somehow has emerged as a mainstream product that permeates movies, games, and of course tabletop. There has always been

Pandora, Google Music, Slacker, Netflix, Hulu — the people have spoken. They are done waiting. While there are still hold-outs like me who still enjoy the benefits of physical ownership, it is clear that the way media is consumed has changed drastically. Built on subscription models, people enjoy their content streamed

There are products that you can expect that you’ll never see a sequel. Whether the IP got gobbled up by a larger company, abandoned, or otherwise relegated to history, sometimes the stars just will not align. But then there’s Kickstarter. Kickstarter gave fans the ability to put their

Nearly every Sunday since the original Rock Band came out, my family gets together for dinner, a movie, and some clicky-plastic-instrument fun. Hundreds of songs, and nearly seven years later, Harmonix has brought the series to a new generation of consoles in Rock Band 4. Having spent hundreds of hours,

I’m gonna start off this review with an odd angle. Bear with me and it’ll all make sense. My wife and I have decided to sponsor a kid. He’s 16 years old and,despite the fact that Star Wars is popular enough to have spawned its own

Ever wanted to try your hand at an 8-bit ghost busting semi-roguelike platformer?  Probably not as there hasn’t been one.  Well, you can’t say that anymore.   The team at Golden Ruby Games has built said bizarre platformer.  You take on the role of Mae Barrons, an Extreme Exorcist

The Underdark is one of the most popular, yet least understood, settings in the Forgotten Realms universe. It’s also a setting that most players are usually completely unprepared to tackle. The dangers that lie in the Underdark aren’t just her denizens, though. The political machinations of the Drow