Have you ever wanted to play as a German man with a radical pink spear, and throw said spear at penguins, zombies, fish, and griffins? No? Well, you’re about to. Lichtspeer is the craziest game I’ve played in a while, and that’s a good thing. As the

Sometimes, a game sucks you in. When it happens to me, it’s like a spell has been cast, and I can’t seem to focus on anything except that game. I blow off social engagements, ignore Twitter, and even cash in PTO, all to feed the need. I’ve

Few games are as simply entertaining as Clustertruck, a high speed platformer where you jump from the rooftops of runaway trucks. As simple as the basic premise is, Clustertruck makes great use of its ridiculous premise to create a fun, goofy experience that’s equal parts challenging and satisfying. Clustertruck’

My old headset has been sitting on the shelf for months. It’s not that the Cloud Revolver, HyperX’s new PC headset, is significantly greater in any manner; I imagine that I’ll eventually switch the two back, if not just for variety’s sake. But comparing the two,

I do not expect to finish a first play awestruck by the experience, but my initial playthrough of Mare Nostrum: Empires took on a legendary status. Five players, a mixture of veteran and newcomers, sat down to run through the game in an effort to learn the system. A two

Thornwatch is an amalgamation of two huge forces in the gaming arena.  While the Penny Arcade guys might be more well known for their comics and love of video games, they definitely know their board games and RPGs.  They’ve teamed up with Lone Shark Games to create the game

Once in a while a game comes around that ends up defining a genre, setting the standard that all other games are measured against. Arkham Horror fits this bill for thematic boardgames, Agricola is the go-to for worker placement, and for cooperative games there is Pandemic. Sure, there were other

For the past ten years, Sonic the Hedgehog has been on a roller coaster of quality. After the horrendous atrocity that was Sonic ’06, we were exposed to games ranging from disappointing (Sonic Unleashed) to a remarkable return to form (Sonic Generations.) However, possibly the lowest point in the franchise’