Song of Swords is a tabletop RPG currently seeking funding on Kickstarter. It prides itself as a historically accurate medieval combat game, with extensive sets of arms, armor, and maneuvers. This forces some hard questions in terms of game design, and the designers at Opaque Industries provided their thoughts on

Some games are classic and ageless, standing the test of time, and shining bright remake after remake. I desperately want to say that Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King is one of those titles, but it somehow falls just short. It has a long, winding plot, some memorable

Tank Troopers isn’t presumptuous. It features sizeable arenas, but it never attempts to create its own world, and it’s populated by endearing characters, but it doesn’t give them any sort of backstory. It’s a focused, to-the-point tank combat game, and it succeeds because it never tries

The launch of the Nintendo Switch is just around the corner.  Even though Nintendo did an official unboxing video, theirs didn’t have a cute pair of doggies walking through, nor did they show a side-by-side with the Nintendo Wii U, the Nintendo 3DSXL, and the PlayStation Vita.   I also

Tetris, Pac-Man, Space Invaders. These franchises have been in the gaming market for decades, and even though the industry changed, a lot of the arcade classics have stood the test of time. It seems the best remakes of these games are ones that add fresh gameplay while staying true to

Mutant: Year Zero brought us from the safety of our bunkers into a dark world that was not as dead as we thought. For years we have had the chance to build settlements and explore its many Zones as mutated humans, we now have an all-new way to venture out

For this week’s Let’s Play, editors Joe DeClara and Mike Pearce decided it’d be a good idea to kill some zombies. As the post-Valentine’s Day zombie purge progressed, Mike and Joe quickly realized they’re no good at L4D, and after the sting of many frustrating

Berserk and Dynasty warriors seem like a match made in gaming heaven. After all, both feature similar elements: a one-man-army with a ridiculous weapon facing down hordes of enemies in battles where casualties can easily go into the thousands. Sadly, the perfect couple has a few issues that start off