“You are playing a challenging and unforgiving game,” the Rorschach-test inspired loading screen warns. “You will not be led by the hand. Respect the woods. Be patient. Focus.” As I progressed through the prologue and the murky beginnings of Chapter 1, I realized how true that was. Darkwood is a

Castlevania and Metroid created the subgenre mashup Metroidvania, but it was the latter that captivated my young gamer mind more than any other. It was a feast as a new Metroid game came year after year. The shift to 3D in Metroid Prime spelled renewal, taking the familiar world of

It’s been barely six months and the Switch has already attained some great acclaim with its games. From the universal praise of Breath of the Wild to the surprise success that was Mario + Rabbids, the little console that could has made a splash with its library. With Super Mario

Here’s the situation – a teddy bear factory has been invaded by an evil bear named Frank. Frank is bent on taking over the world by freeing the “captive” bears that humans have cooped up in their homes, and he has a pretty serious axe to grind against Pandas for

There are easily hundreds of portable chargers and battery packs on sites like Amazon. Tiny ones the size of a lip balm that offer a single phone recharge, and some which are both larger and thicker than a Nintendo 3DS which can recharge an iPhone nearly seven times without breaking

In this somewhat remastered version of Build-a-Lot 4, you help towns and neighborhoods grow and prosper by using solar towers and wind farms to make Build-a-lot green. There are four campaigns to play (Tutorial, the Main, Challenge, and Expert) and each of them has around 45-60 levels. Each level you

Virtual Reality is a still-evolving technology, with major studios and indies alike trying to find the best way to utilize this new platform. Developers are experimenting to bring the world new VR experiences, incorporating the tried and true, the experimental and edgy, as well as the wacky and weird. Cat

While the cyberpunk theme is popular in the world of science fiction, it’s not heavily used.  The merging of technology with humankind is becoming more reality, so you’d think that we’d see it more as a setting.  Emergence: Dark Ops is the sequel to Emergence, taking the