EXT. LAUNCHING PAD—DAY RECRUITER Listen up, chums! I’ve heard news from the Scientific Society, and get this: there are Victory Points on Mars! General excited murmuring from crowd. This news is being taken very well. Victory Points are dope. Everyone wants some. A woman wearing a pith helmet

One of the great ironies of the destructiveness of war is that it often breeds technological advances. World War II saw innovations such as rockets and the atomic bomb. Go back further and many of today’s modern armaments, such as tanks and airplanes, grew in importance in World War

By now, most gamers are familiar with the whimsical nature of LEGO games. TT Games takes popular franchises and gives them the LEGO treatment, respecting the source material while adding in some lighthearted humor. LEGO Marvel’s Avengers differentiates itself from other LEGO sequels, though: while it still retains elements

XCOM 2 has been very much on my radar since I saw it in motion at E3. I’ve watched hours of playthroughs and have heard a great deal of commentary on how the game is shaping up. But having spent over 100 hours with the original (including The Long

On this week’s show of the Gaming Trend Podcast, things quickly go off the rails and stay off the rails. Kenneth and Eric are joined by Justin Pauls as we discuss NX rumors, the best of early 2000s children’s anime, and pour one out for David Gaider as

Being that I am from St. Louis and have a vested interest in video games, last year I decided to research indie studios in the St. Louis area. I browsed through websites and followed a few of them on Twitter to see what they’re up to. Then one day

This War of Mine: The Little Ones is a current-gen port of the original 2014 release, but with new missions and…children. It is a gritty look at the hardships civilians must endure during wartime, but the narrative never really comes together. While some of the gameplay mechanics get in

In Yunnan, players take on the role of tea traders, establishing lucrative trade routes and transporting tea to remote provinces in the interior of China. As players race to extend their trade routes, they work ever harder to maintain the tenuous connections between their merchants and trading posts. The game