Reviews
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651.1KRise review — Getting on track
Rise is a board game about tracks. No, not railroad tracks, though it is a game set in the industrial era. We're...
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701.4KViticulture World review — Every country is wine country
Wine is enjoyed across the entire world, though those disparate cultures’ relationship with wine is very different. Viticulture: World is dedicated to...
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5511.8KChained Echoes review — Complexity is not compelling
Role-playing games often have systems on top of systems to allow the player a wealth of customization options. These can range from...
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951.1KShapers of Gaia review— We built this engine in a biome
I love games with a good arc, so a well-done engine builder that takes you from barely having enough to do anything...
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90854Asking For Trobils: Tobil Makers Review – Unlike The Scientists, You Should Do This
Asking for Trobils: Trobil Makers is an expansion to the original Asking for Trobils, so this mayhem only works in combination with...
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751.4KGates of Delirium review—in madness lies clarity
Gates of Delirium tries to meld a lot of concepts into a concise package, and it mostly succeeds at combining area control,...
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803.3KThe Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC review — End of the road
When we last left Estelle Bright, she, along with her brother and a few friends, had stopped a coup attempt to take...
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901.4KNope Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray review — The acclaimed horror film comes home in a fantastic package
Jordan Peele has become synonymous with smart thriller films and his latest feature Nope proved able to live up the high bar...
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802.2KChildren of Silentown review — Unravel the secrets of Silentown in this unique hand-drawn mystery
The premise of Children of Silentown is simple, “Fear is often the hardest disease to treat.” Silentown is a small ramshackle town...
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453.2KAmnesia Memories & Later x Crowd Switch Review – A very uncomfortable amnesia story
Every once in a while I come across a game that makes me question my sanity. But I don’t think I’ve ever...
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4.5K90ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti review — Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
If you thought NVIDIA might be resting for the holidays, you might be surprised to hear they were hard at work preparing...
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701.1KTennpenny Parks review — An exceptionally vibrant purgatory
Come one, come all, to see the magnificent Tenpenny Parks! It’s got worker placement, it’s got polyominoes, it’s got player interaction, it’s...
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901.5KAvatar The Last Airbender: Fire Nation Rising – Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked
Avatar The Last Airbender: Fire Nation Rising is a cooperative game where players build up a team of characters while they try...
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752.7KNieR Art Koda Kazuma Works review — Beauty in the apocalypse
The NieR series is very near and dear to my heart, not only for its stories and gameplay but also the incredible...
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951.3KStar Trek: Prodigy Season 1 Blu-Ray review – The new age of Star Trek
I’ve been around Star Trek my entire life. My parents are both Trekkies and have been since they were children. That being...
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902.1KValkyrie Profile: Lenneth Review – The Lofty Ideal
No one really knows what life has in store for them. We simply struggle and strive towards the path we believe may...
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652.8KSPECTRE: The Board Game review— no, Mr. Bond, I expect you to sigh
Every now and then, a game comes around that is so mechanically unique and interesting that I have to make room for...
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851.6KDisney Sorcerer’s Arena: Epic Alliances – Thrills and Chills Expansion review – It is spooky good fun
When the original Sorcerer’s Arena came to the table, I was already a fan. Not only am I a big fan of...
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652.2KHigh on Life review — A quick buzz
You’re just out of high school with no prospects or ambition when aliens invade Earth. Thanks to a sentient gun named Kenny,...
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751.3KStar Scrappers: Orbital – Building a space station one card at a time
Before Terraforming Mars was a huge hit, Jacob Fryxelius had a far more humble game called Space Station that involved taking turns...
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451.9KDragon Quest Treasures review — Fetch quest: the game
Dragon Quest has been going strong since 1986, and essentially invented the turn-based JRPG. It’s nowhere near as popular in the west...
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554.0KFar Cry 6: Lost Between Worlds Review – Lost cause
Far Cry 6: Lost Between Worlds had me asking myself a few things by the end of my playthrough: why does this...
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902.7KBlacktail review – Mushrooms, Morality, and Magic
We all grew up listening to stories. Folklore, myths, and fairy tales are some of the oldest narratives known to us. These...
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952.1KUnavowed review — Magical mystery murders
You’ve been possessed by a demon for the past year. The last thing you recall is touching an innocuous book after calming...
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803.2KGundam Evolution review — Larger than life warfare
Do you ever find yourself wondering what it would be like to pilot a 60-foot tall robot warrior? If you’re anything like...
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852.1KGamevice Flex mobile controller for Android review – Getting a grip
Playing games everywhere has been a thing for a while, but doing it as comfortably as possible is a question that still...
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802.7KRiver City Girls 2 Review — An Epic Round 2
The first River City Girls game launched in September 2019 and was one of the first games I reviewed. As such, the...
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702.6KThe Callisto Protocol review — A gorgeous yet flawed entry in the horror genre
Jacob Lee, a contracted transport carrier, has been wrongly imprisoned in Black Iron Prison, a maximum-security jail located on Callisto, one of...
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901.9KMarvel’s Midnight Suns review – A new superhero with mommy issues
I really didn’t know what to expect when I decided to take on Marvel’s Midnight Suns. From the same team that brought...
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2.0K100Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus review — Aptly named and built for speed
I’ve been using Sabrent drives for a while now. The laptop I’m writing this review on has a 2TB Gen3 Sabrent Rocket...
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455.3KNeed for Speed: Unbound review – Crash and burn
What’s the last Need for Speed game that you’ve played? It might’ve been an OG like Need for Speed: Undercover, or maybe...
