Reviews
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1003.5KA Song of War — A Game of Thrones: The Board Game, 2nd Edition
As a late-thirty something, I grew up when strategy board gaming reached its zenith of popularity and execution. Diplomacy remains the gold...
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502.2KTake two cloves of garlic and call me in the morning – Gothic Doctor review
Medical school never prepared you for this. You are well versed in state-of-the-art 1850s medical treatment - prescribing arsenic for cholera patients,...
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852.8KWe marvel at the updates that Heroes 2015 brings
Marvel Heroes 2015 isn't a new title so much as a patch to Marvel Heroes, so why are we reviewing it? Well...
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303.5KDis-Kinected : Sports Rivals sets the bar too low.
If you’re one of the millions of owners of the Xbox One console, you might find it odd that the Kinect camera...
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852.5KEstablishing your very own crime syndicate – Dominare
Any good black box conceals the nasty insides that make it work. The city of Tempest is no different. Such a prosperous...
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9010.9KA dream within a dream – Dixit Origins review
Dixit may be the only Spiel des Jahres winner named after a logical fallacy. The Latin phrase "ipse dixit" refers to the fallacious...
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756.2KOut of formation- Ace Combat Infinity review
When I tallied my first impressions of Ace Combat Infinity a few months ago, I admitted that while I’d come to a...
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802.0KTreads, Lasers and Gears, Oh My! – Volt
I love everything about robots, from their motors to their circuit boards, mapping algorithms and motion planning algorithms. Both real and fictional...
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906.3KFighter’s Union — Ultra Street Fighter IV review
When you were young, you only had two real outlets for releasing the innate violent urges which dwell deep in each and...
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754.0KWilliam Wallace with a bazooka – Duel of Ages II Basic Set and Master Set review
Blackbeard the Pirate is on a mission. He cautiously descends the slope of the mesa until his goal, Lith's Lair, is in...
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604.7KNot just a game but a state of mind – Entwined review
Entwined is the latest member in a growing family of games that are less about the objective and more about the emotional...
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755.2KEA Sports UFC: Winner by Split Decision
Winning a fight is 90% preparation. Diet, cardio, weights, grappling, hitting the pads, sparring, cuts, bruises, sprains - and that’s just Monday....
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503.5KFighting the zodiac — Mugen Souls Z Review
Creating quality RPGs must be a difficult task. Creating a unique story deviating from the young hero with a chip on his...
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804.9KLife, or something like it – Tomodachi Life review
Tomodachi Life is difficult to encapsulate without actually playing it. It’s not really a game. Like Nintendo’s other life sim Animal Crossing, Tomodachi...
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903.3KHitman GO — A perfect crime
The Hitman games have been headed in a logical direction over the past few years. A simple stealth-em-up formula that has been,...
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755.0KFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn — Fine-al fantasy
If you had told me in 2000 that I’d be reviewing Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn on PS4, I would’ve whizzed...
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703.9KMurdered: Soul Suspect review
Murdered: Soul Suspect reminds me of a bygone era – the PS2 era, specifically. It was a time when mid-tier development was...
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854.1KPushmo World review
When the original Pushmo was released on the 3DS almost 3 years ago, it was one the system’s killer apps. It was...
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753.8KThe Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II PC Review – much more for the man in the hat
A little over a month ago you might have checked out our hands-on preview of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II...
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652.9KThat is not how I roll – Unita
Often when discussing games people will focus on either the theme or the mechanisms included. Like that one time you played a...
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904.3K“Everybody calls me a racketeer. I call myself a businessman.” – Bootleggers
The title of this review is a quote from Alphonse Gabriel Capone, leader of The Chicago Outfit. Al was a "businessman" specializing...
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752.2KSteelseries Stratus review
iOS controllers haven’t exactly had the best run of luck lately. Whether they’re too damn expensive, or just plain not up to...
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603.8KWorms Battlergrounds Review
The Worms Series started nearly twenty years ago and spans more than 20 titles available on nearly every platform along the way,...
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505.0KSingin’ in the rain (of blood) — Drakengard 3 review
Unless you’re an only child, to which I say “hurrah”, you most likely understand the concept of sibling rivalry. Sisters and brothers...
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254.4KPop Star Manager: The Game — Hyperdimension Neptunia PP Review
Occasionally you hear of a concept so crazy that you think that there’s no way that it can work. When Final Fantasy...
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755.7KStealing your heart – Sly Cooper Collection review (Vita)
Sony hasn’t exactly had the best run of luck in porting its classic games to its versatile handheld. The Vita is capable...
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9010.3KWatch Dogs Review – Digital Parkour in the best sandbox I’ve ever played
eBay was breached, Heartbleed is running rampant, Sony’s passwords were compromised, DDoS assaults are exceeding 100s of Gigabits of traffic per second,...
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705.0KParadise by the rum distillery light – Tropico 5 review
There must come a time in the life of every dictator where they’ve just had enough. If the Communist Party leader asks...
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853.5KEntirely mostly intriguing- Always Sometimes Monsters review
Much like the film industry it often imitates, in the videogame world the definition of an “independent” creation operates on a sliding...
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759.1KRemake? Sequel? Both? – Soul Sacrifice Delta review
Have you ever heard that old saying that an artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it? Well, it would...
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902.7KMonsters of Mass Destruction — Rampage Review
The only sport I enjoy participating in is bowling. Sure I enjoy watching football, but knocking down pins, or seeing them remain...
