Being committed to a fiction requires more than a slick veneer to pull your audience in. It requires a great deal of...
This is how it’s done. There are art books that I’ve checked out in the past that give you the journey from...
I’m a dork. I have a Magic Galleon punching hand puppet from Lunar the Silver Star, pilsner glasses from the original Burnout,...
Nintendo has long held down the fort by re-envisioning their catalogue of titles. A company with a long history in gaming, Nintendo’s...
Wrestling is an art form that is constantly evolving, be it sometimes for the worst and sometimes for the better. The same...
Throughout Mario’s many adventures, he has encountered many allies and enemies, but if there’s one character who usually stands out as being...
Kingdom Hearts is a series that holds a special place in a lot of gamers’ hearts, but particularly mine. I was just...
Anyone who has played the LEGO video games over the years has probably noticed that each game has endeavored to be even...
Before the simulator, before the platformer, and before whack-a-mole, there was pinball. Forever lurking somewhere in the corners of the gaming world,...
World of Warcraft has been around so long it surprises me that it’s still something so many people are playing and thinking...
It’s been exactly two years since Nintendo released the Wii U, a console that gamers have had a difficult time embracing. In...
The dungeon crawl is nothing new to gamers. The dark, damp dungeon often sets the mood for adventurers in the video game...
I’m not a huge fan of third party controllers. There are a few companies that can do it right, but for every...
If you rewind back to this time last year you might recall that Matt Buckley and I did an in-depth review of...
The Far Cry series has long been an eclectic one. The series started off as a fairly basic first person shooter, but...
As bizarre as it might sound, I consider Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth to be the first game to give me...
War. It’s a common thing in video games as is the violence that results from it. Very few games remember the horrors...
Assassin's Creed Rogue at once shows the series at its most derivative, as well as its most inventive. Rogue is an incredibly...
In the world of boardgames, it seems as though zombies are divisive. You either love them, or you hate them. I understand...
The original LittleBigPlanet was one of those rare gems that immediately became an instant classic the moment it hit the shelves. With...
Bringing sports to board games has been a difficult proposition. The Strat-o-matic series allowed people to create their teams using real baseball...
The latest offering from Zen Studios could be one of its best yet. South Park: Super-Sweet Pinball is the newest table available...
As the sweeping score of Valkyria Chronicles rushed to meet my ears and the introduction sequence started to roll, sweet memories of...
Alright, hang on a second. I thought that we all got together and decided that we don’t like dice. I thought dice...
If you're waffling back and forth, wondering whether or not you should pick up Grand Theft Auto V on next-gen consoles, and...
I thought everything was perfect. I had strategically placed turrets and healing modules along my path to freedom. I had the rooms...
Frogs make for good video game fodder, as strange as that still may seem. Whether in battle, or crossing traffic, or assisting...
THQ had a fire sale of their licenses when they went out of business. The big publishers snapped up their biggest franchises...
The platforming genre was what defined my early childhood. I have some fond memories of playing each and every Super Mario Bros....
I'm going to try out an analogy here, so please, bear with me if it starts to get away from me. Buying...
For all of Assassin's Creed Unity's posturing as a next-gen, connected, online experience, it still remains just as entrenched in its own...