Impressions

Elder Scrolls Online had an early access launch this week for its newest chapter, Elsweyr, and I’m thrilled to give my first impressions. This expansion showcases a huge new zone filled with quests, the Necromancer class, a new 12-man trial, dungeons, and LOTS of dragons! Diving right in, I

Like most of the general public, I love me some battle royale. While I’m not into Fortnite or PUBG (my gaming BR experience consists of hours of Tetris 99), I do enjoy reading stories of a free-for-all fight that ends up with a sole survivor. It was with this

Just in case you somehow thought that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate didn’t have enough content, Nintendo has you covered. From new, paid Persona content to free additions including Stage Builder and Smash World, the 3.0 update promises to add even more hours of Smash Bros. fun to the

Ubisoft has been on a roll the past few years with its Assassin’s Creed franchise. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was a triumph, as was Origins before it, and while we will have to wait another year to see what’s next, we have a blast from the past to

At the end of last year (literally, on December 31st), Reaper Miniatures unveiled a new line of plastic figures designed to improve upon their successful plastic Bones line: Reaper Bones Black. While the Bones line has been a great expansive and inexpensive alternative to their metal minis, the white plastic

DLC has become a part of most games at this point. These additions come in the form of characters, weapons, levels, cosmetics, and much more. In some cases, developers plan out a roadmap of DLC, and offer season passes for gamers who want to get all of the planned content.

As gaming relies more and more on digital assets to supplement the experience, the Decks of Many are proving just how much utility we can get out of an analogue supplement. Apps can be helpful, especially for tracking spells and abilities, but physical products have a table presence that will

The team at Crystal Dynamics and Nixxes created something pretty special with Rise of the Tomb Raider. The game looked gorgeous, utilized a ton of amazing technology (Hardware tessellation, HBAO+, etc. — you can read my writeup on Rise here) to bring it to life, and was generally my go-to game