Reviews
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906.6KDiablo III: Reaper of Souls – Dungeons, Demons, and Loot done right
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls isn’t just an expansion for the series - it’s a complete revamp. With the Auction House being...
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603.1KFour buttons and a thousand bullets – Luftrausers Review
Despite gaming’s current nosedive into the uncanny valley, where the visual line between digital and actual skin has become seamlessly narrow, Luftrausers...
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805.1KMakes nine years seem like nothing — Resident Evil 4 HD (PC) review
When you think of third-person shooters, it is hard not to immediately think back to Resident Evil 4 as being one of...
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959.8KSouth Park: The Stick of Truth is awesome, mmkay?
There have been some South Park games in the past, but none of them really made you feel like you were in...
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754.1KTitanfall ain’t got nothin’ on these robots – Drunken Robot Pornography Review
I didn't know what to expect from a game called Drunken Robot Pornography (DRP). I suspected it might be based off of...
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753.3KFly, fly, die — Strike Vector
When I first started playing RageQuit’s multiplayer space shooter Strike Vector, I would fly to the edge of the map, park in...
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552.4KThe Sun at Night – A frustrating experience in a wonderful wrapper
Back In 1957, the USSR launched the Sputnik 2 into orbit. This was no surprise as it was when the space race...
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802.8KFather figure — Octodad: Dadliest Catch review
I am an impostor. My friends, my family, even the people I meet day to day don’t know who I really am....
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903.8KBroken Age is familiar in all the right ways
Long-time fans of adventure games know the name Tim Schafer and hold his work in high esteem. For years, they’ve been pining...
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853.3KBrave fencer — Nidhogg review
Combos, combo breakers, reversals, air reversals, quarter-circle forward fierce -- fighting games have become so obfuscated by increasingly complex controls and move...
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806.2KValdis Story hurts so good
Bringing classic gameplay back to life is a double-edged sword. The “Metroidvania” platformer enjoyed its heyday some 15-20 years ago when Super...
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905.8KValhalla trail — The Banner Saga review
Every action has a consequence. In order to survive, we do what it takes -- even if that survival comes at a...
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803.8KMy lightning, my prayer — Continue?9876543210 review
What is the meaning of life? Or death, for that matter? It’s the ultimate philosophical cliche. We strive for greatness -- or...
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805.0KWe take to the skies with World of Warplanes
There are 75 million people registered in World of Tanks, with 1.1 million peak concurrent players. Let that number sink in -...
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955.4KThose Endearing Old Charms – Teslagrad
If there is one emotion that games can capture better than any other medium, it is wonder. What does that button do?...
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204.8KSome Things are Better Left Behind — Blacksoul
In 2005, three games irrevocably altered the survival horror genre. Through the 90s and early 2000s, survival horror had essentially followed the...
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854.9KMectoids, Genetics, and new threats – a review of XCOM: Enemy Within
David Roberts did our original review of XCOM: Enemy Unknown on the PC, and I played it on the Xbox 360. I...
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556.6KDeadfall Adventures, dead boring
Once in a while, a game comes along that completely blows you off your lid. The credits roll, and your mouth still...
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803.8KBeauty is the Beast–Blood of the Werewolf
I’ve restarted this review about three times now because I’ve yet to find an adequate way to compose the conflicting emotions and...
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404.4KAll bark and no fright — Slender: The Arrival Review
Although die-hard horror fans will argue that it never truly went away, the genre seems to have made a resurgence in recent...
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657.1KBeautiful loser–Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Premium Edition
There’s something special about a good B movie. You know the type--that kind of hugely ambitious movie that clearly escaped the director’s...
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803.8KBattlefield 4 raises the bar for multiplayer warfare
The Battlefield franchise has a history of setting the standard for squad-based multiplayer gameplay. With Battlefield 4, DICE has done it again,...
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755.3KYou won’t like me when I’m angry… — LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
A great many games have arisen from the playtime juggernaut that is LEGO, with some classics (remember LEGO Island?) and some that...
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853.8KThis game’s anything but — FORCED
“Auuuggghh, I’m so close! Maybe I’ll just set it down for a little while, then come back to it.” This is a...
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553.0KEvolution is overrated – Defense Technica
Tower defense games have been a gaming staple for years now, and Kuno Interactive’s Defense Technica bills itself as the “the next...
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702.5KWar in the dismal future of 1989 — Armed Seven
The early days of gaming are littered with unexplained, hyper-violent death romps through space a factory a space factory, with the player...
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806.2KYou can always get better — Rocksmith 2014 “Experienced” review
I began to teach myself how to play guitar about fifteen years ago, following along with some of my favorite bands and...
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753.0KAll hail the German kings of adventure gaming! — Goodbye Deponia review
Daedalic Entertainment, a German developer based out of Hamburg, has been putting together some pretty serious (in terms of quality, not tone)...
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3.5KHand-crafted charm — The Inner World review
Okay, so here’s the thing: I don’t really like Point-and-Click adventure games. Maybe it’s because I never played Zork, or any of...
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5.9K“I accidentally a game” — Airship Dragoon review
Airship Dragoon is a turn-based strategy game that takes place in the steampunk land of Pangaea. Players must strategically conquer the land...
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3.8KMore of the same, but different — Prime World review
To define Prime World as a MOBA would be an extreme over-simplification. Developed by Nival, Prime World offers lasting hero development like...
