At E3 2017 I got to spend some time with A Plague Tale: Innocence. In this medieval world, France has a rat problem, and it’s a big one. The sheer amount of rats that could be on screen at one time was impressive in itself, and it was astonishing

At E3 2017 I had a chance to sit down with developer Grimlore games and get a look at their upcoming game, Spellforce 3. Spellforce 3 is a prequel to the previous two Spellforce titles by EA Phenomic and is the first in the series developed by Grimlore games. The

It is rare for a modern JRPG to stray too far from the formula, and the result is a stagnation that is staining the formerly rich and deep genre. Many point to content shifts away from “legendary adventures” towards a more comical style, but a more powerful detriment to the

There are two universal languages in the world: mathematics and music. In Japan, Vocaloid has made thousands of songs using synthetic voices and sounds. The most popular model is Hatsune Miku, who has gotten international attention as well as quite a few video game appearances. While music-based video games (and

At this year’s E3, I had a chance to sit with the team at Total War to talk about their newest title, Total War Arena.   Initially I was blown away not by the booth, the lights, or the buzzing energy, but by the obvious obsession and humble appreciation the

Who doesn’t like battling giant ogres, saving villagers, dismembering enemies, and slowing down time? At E3 2017 I got to take a look at Extinction, an action game that lets you do all of that. While I only got to see a few minutes of gameplay, what I saw

Back in 2001, I was completely invested in the story of Gully, a plucky, determined ten year old girl who took on the starring role in a comic known as Battle Chasers. Each month, I followed along with the adventures of Gully and her band of misfit friends, until the

I’m a big animation fan, and I hold a very unpopular opinion: I really like the Cars franchise, and I enjoy Cars 2 more than Pixar’s less adored fare, like Monster’s University or The Good Dinosaur. Given the source material, it’s a given that the Cars