Ron Burke

Age of Empires was a game that defined my early PC gaming days, and its sequel is the stuff of legends. AoE II was one of the games that got me started in the RTS genre, rich with story and strategy from start to finish, and I have fond memories

You guys know I’m a huge fan of Deep Learning Super Sampling because…well, it’s literally free frames.  Thanks to the neural network that NVIDIA has built, our favorite games (including more than a few upcoming goodies like Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy), owners of an RTX

Elden Ring, Halo Infinite, Guardians of the Galaxy — there’s a LOT to be excited about this holiday season, but one of my most anticipated is Metroid Dread running on the Nintendo Switch OLED. Nintendo has had the number one selling console for literal years in a row since its

I love city builders. I’ve spent plenty of time shaping waterways and building environmentally friendly sustainable housing, only to destroy it when boredom sets in. Taking a fledgling city, or even a greenfield patch of land and turning it into a massive metropolis is rewarding. So…what if we

It’s not wrong to want better for your people. You spend tons of money on research, and with the income from your cancer-busting crop, Vivero, you can change the lives of your fellow Yarans. So why do your people resist? Sure, some folks are forced to live as slaves,

Welcome back, Ghosts. Recently I got to take a brief look at the next project in the Ghost Recon universe, entitled Ghost Recon: Frontline. In active development at Ubisoft Bucharest, the game is breaking into the massive multiplayer world, with maps supporting over 100 players. A blend of quite a

Being a peasant sucks. There are some real opportunities afforded to a peasant, though. You can starve to death, freeze to death, die of dehydration, be poisoned by improperly prepared food, be eaten by wolves, mauled by bears — the choices are endless! Just surviving for a year is a challenge.

Diablo II released to critical acclaim in the year 2000, with fans embracing the isometric looter wholeheartedly. The Lord of Destruction expansion pack released a year later amped the 8-player craziness to a new level, adding two more classes in the Assassin and Druid, a vastly expanded stash, a fresh