Ron Burke

When the Crystal Dynamics team tackled Rise of the Tomb Raider they knew that they wanted to take the harrowing experience Lara endured in the previous title and build on it to transform her from survivor to the world-traveled tomb raider we all know and love. Serving as almost a

For those of you who are longtime readers, you know that I’ve been on a personal quest to fill the bucket list of all the toys my mom never let me have. Helicopters, sharp objects, and especially beanbag chairs. The Sumo Titanium likely gave my delivery guy his workout

I am a migraine sufferer. If you don’t know what that is like, imagine having an ice pick stabbed directly into your eye, and then having it gently tapped with a hammer every few seconds. Suffice it to say that it’s the worst pain you will likely ever

If there is a setting in Dungeons & Dragons that deserves its own book to showcase the amazing stories found therein, it has to be The Sword Coast. The Baldur’s Gate and Icewind Dale series of games, recently-released Sword Coast Legends, Neverwinter Nights, and its MMO counterpart Neverwinter are

Insight Editions has gotten to run with one of the largest flags in the industry the past few years, and this year is no different as they deliver The Art of Halo 5: Guardians to a throng of eager fans. If you read our Editor Travis Northup’s review of

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty rebuilt a great deal of the StarCraft formula. Cutscenes were better, interactions within missions were more frequent, and the mission structures were vastly improved, but some fans were unconvinced by James Raynor’s story. Heart of the Swarm shored up the story, giving us an

We all wanted Japan, but Ubisoft wanted to make another trip to Europe for a pivotal event in modern history — the Industrial Revolution. In the period between 1760 and 1840, everything changed. It sounds hyperbolic, but it couldn’t be more true. The basis for manufacturing of goods moved from

As I hold my Day One controller from my launch Xbox One, it occurs to me that it has been two years since I’ve been able to chat with my readers via my console without frustration. My trusty Xbox 360 Chatpad was the key to my sanity entering in