At Origins a publisher wanted to make sure that I checked out a game that he was working on with a new designing group. I was able to check it out and was impressed by it. Basically you played two comic book characters fighting against each other by rolling dice.
There are two games to be had in the small box of the Fantasy Realms card game. The intentional one is an interesting game of hand optimization. The unintentional one is a tedious game of conditional mathematics. The fact that one game can take just as long as the other
Adventures in Middle-earth is more than a game. It is a reunion of two franchises that in many ways directly created the modern conception of fantasy wholecloth. Whatever Gygax may have said about the matter, Tolkien’s influence on him was clear, yet in the decades that passed since Chainmail
Another Blizzcon has come and gone, bringing news of a new Overwatch character, Hearthstone’s next expansion, and a classic, vanilla server for World of Warcraft. Mike Pearce and I discuss this and other stories, including recent layoffs at Telltale and Runic Games shuttering its doors. Then later, Mike Dunn
In our ongoing series, we take a look at what has ostensibly been presented as the top of the launch library for the Xbox One X from a technical perspective — Forza Motorsport 7.
Forza 7 is simultaneously the best and worst example of what’s possible with the Xbox One
After encountering some enduring post-launch issues in Gran Turismo Sport that, over the time since launch, have not gotten resolved, we have been forced to revisit our review. As a result, we’ve made some adjustments to the review content, as well as the score. If you have specific questions
It’s always hard to know where to draw the line. Need for Speed has been burning rubber since 1994, with nearly two dozen games which include offshoots into the handheld world and even a movie. Need for Speed Payback marks the 23rd in that line, and the third from
At Origins a publisher wanted to make sure that I checked out a game that he was working on with a new designing group. I was able to check it out and was impressed by it. Basically you played two comic book characters fighting against each other by rolling dice.
There are two games to be had in the small box of the Fantasy Realms card game. The intentional one is an interesting game of hand optimization. The unintentional one is a tedious game of conditional mathematics. The fact that one game can take just as long as the other
Adventures in Middle-earth is more than a game. It is a reunion of two franchises that in many ways directly created the modern conception of fantasy wholecloth. Whatever Gygax may have said about the matter, Tolkien’s influence on him was clear, yet in the decades that passed since Chainmail
Another Blizzcon has come and gone, bringing news of a new Overwatch character, Hearthstone’s next expansion, and a classic, vanilla server for World of Warcraft. Mike Pearce and I discuss this and other stories, including recent layoffs at Telltale and Runic Games shuttering its doors. Then later, Mike Dunn
In our ongoing series, we take a look at what has ostensibly been presented as the top of the launch library for the Xbox One X from a technical perspective — Forza Motorsport 7.
Forza 7 is simultaneously the best and worst example of what’s possible with the Xbox One
After encountering some enduring post-launch issues in Gran Turismo Sport that, over the time since launch, have not gotten resolved, we have been forced to revisit our review. As a result, we’ve made some adjustments to the review content, as well as the score. If you have specific questions
It’s always hard to know where to draw the line. Need for Speed has been burning rubber since 1994, with nearly two dozen games which include offshoots into the handheld world and even a movie. Need for Speed Payback marks the 23rd in that line, and the third from
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