Reviews
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651.9KMedieval Meddling with Fidelitas
Medieval citizens were a real pain. Whether they were complaining about taxes, rights, or the occasional bubonic plague, it seemed they were...
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903.4KShootin’ Away the Competition — Doomtown: Reloaded Review
In the town of Gomorra, California, the conflict between the Sheriff's Law Dogs and the outlaw Sloane Gang has no end in...
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502.7KRunning on rose-colored fumes — Supercharged Robot VULKAISER review
Supercharged Robot VULKAISER is at its best when playing off Saturday morning cartoon tropes and humor. Some Voltron, some Gundam, mix in...
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755.9KClever girl: Lego Jurassic World review
Lego Jurassic World is a love letter to fans of the iconic film franchise. The moment Jurassic Park's theme song started I...
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752.4KRipples on a quiet lake — Lanterns: The Harvest Festival Review
Lanterns: The Harvest Festival is one of the most purely relaxing games I have played in a long while. If first time...
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A Day in Wine Country — Viticulture Review
I enjoy the occasional glass of wine. I don’t know much about it though and truth be told I’m probably more of...
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753.7KOld school dungeon diving in New Tokyo — Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy review
At one time to get a full RPG experience you needed to be sitting in front of a TV with a console...
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852.6KBlessed by the Gods — Deus Review
Building a finely-tuned economy is important in almost all Euro-style games. The critical decision players must make is when to stop focusing...
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504.3KGive me a damn GPS – KHOLAT Review
I’ve spent a fair amount of time in video games wandering around aimlessly. Sometimes the aimlessness is due to being stuck on...
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8013.0KA slice of beauty – The Fruit of Grisaia review
The Fruit of Grisaia is a great story. I was worried about the translation, as this is an adaptation of the original...
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855.3KIn Which We Carve Our Glorious Name Into The Desert Rock- Kemet Review
The ancient Egyptian-themed Kemet is, in broadest terms, a dudes-on-a-map war game, and it’s hard to see a dudes-on-a-map war game and not...
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903.1KRelease the Kraken — A Monstrous Review
Playing a god is not a novel concept in the world of board gaming. Whether you are building an empire, expanding a...
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803.2KCelebrating ten years of inventions — Crazy Machines 2 Anniversary DLC review
Booting up Crazy Machines 2, the initial setup had me install a pre-2010 version of DirectX in order to run the game....
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909.0KNetgear ReadyNAS 200 Review
Simplicity. If there is one thing lacking from most technology, it’s simplicity. For those of you who have been reading Gaming Trend...
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803.2KWhen worlds collide — Heroes of the Storm review
I’ve dumped an inordinate amount of time into MOBAs. Starting with League of Legends, I accumulated somewhere in the ballpark of four-to-five-thousand...
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753.2KA heartbeat away from a steal — The Masterplan review
The allure of a criminal enterprise is something many people find enthralling. The reason behind that can be attributed to our innate...
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703.1KThey See Me Rollin — Nations: The Dice Game
The great thing about the current (golden?) era in boardgames is there is something for almost every situation, timeframe, preference and mood....
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753.4K“Second Offense” – The Escapists Review (PS4)
Editor’s Note: We already reviewed this game, so the review below may seem familiar. If you’re looking for what’s different on the...
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805.4KA mobile platformer done right on PC – Badland Review
I first saw Badland on a demo iPad at an Apple store in the mall. I hadn’t decided whether the iPad was...
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754.0KZen Pinball 2 – Portal: Now you’re thinking with pinballs
When I saw the first trailer for Portal, my mind broke. I couldn’t comprehend anything that was happening in the video, I...
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804.5KCaught in the middle of the squabbles of cultists and creatures – Cthulhu Wars Review
Cthulhu Wars is a game designed by Sandy Petersen through his company Petersen Games. Before I say anything about this game, I...
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9510.7KSomething ends, something begins — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt review
The finale of the Witcher trilogy has come and gone. The culmination of years of novels and games, weaving character and plot...
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753.8KIt may sneak up on you – Etrian Mystery Dungeon review
I'm going to be brutally honest, I thought this game was absolute garbage when I first picked it up. The graphics looked...
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754.6KBloody Good – The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III review
It’s been a long time since I’ve really enjoyed an ARPG. The loot grind lost its appeal after many long nights of...
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804.8KThe final round for a classic fighter — Ultra Street Fighter IV for PS4 review
There’s a sweet science to competitive fighting games. Not unlike real-life boxing, there’s a lot of careful thought and tactics underneath the...
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753.4KMighty morphin’ management rangers — Chroma Squad review
Chroma Squad evokes a lot of the same responses that many children of the 90s have to Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. The...
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703.2KPlatforming is alive — Schrödinger’s Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark review
If you put a modern platformer in a box, and you couldn’t see the mechanics and gameplay of that platformer, would the...
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804.7KA week in her service- Destiny: House of Wolves Review
This past Tuesday the much anticipated second expansion to Activision’s Destiny finally launched, bringing with it a large assortment of additions and...
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909.1KInk-redible — Splatoon review
Nintendo has never really been known for their online efforts. Usually associated with family-friendly offline affairs, Nintendo has always seemed to be...
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955.4KFilmed 100% in IMAX — Imperial Assault
Leading up to the release of Imperial Assault during GenCon 2014, many throughout the boardgame world had for a while been openly...
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903.6KOne Man’s Espionage Agent Is Another’s Freedom Fighter — Specter Ops Review
Specter Ops: Shadow of Babel is a hidden movement game for 2-5 players. It was designed by Emerson Matsuuchi, as the first...
