Is there any more profound state of being than “hit and miss?” To not be terrible, but not great either, a dualistic order within which you can find almost the entirety of life. So much of video gaming is based on this status of being as well. You either strike

999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, AKA 999, is a game I generally refer to as either “the best game no one’s played” or “that awesome visual novel with the really long name.” While it’s easy to chalk that up to a lot of different factors, the

There’s no doubt that Guerrilla Games knocked it out of the park with their new IP, Horizon: Zero Dawn. Travis Northup’s review of the game highlighted the amazing technical detail afforded by the PlayStation 4 Pro’s 4K resolution and high dynamic range lighting. There’s no denying

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an android trying to retake planet Earth from its alien invaders and their army of machine life forms? If so, Nier: Automata is the game for you. In Nier: Automata, all of the remaining humans have fled Earth to

I got into Doctor Who around the end of 2011, starting with the Ninth Doctor and catching up to the then-current Eleventh Doctor in a few months, and later going back to watch a bunch of Classic Who as well. So I am familiar with the series. Every time the

It seems like conquering the world, trading in the Mediterranean, and exploring dungeons are themes that perpetuate the board gaming world.  Sometimes a game has such a unique theme that you want to look at it.  That’s what happened when I heard about Cytosis: A Cell Biology Board Game,

On Saturday, March 4th in the Castro district of San Francisco, California more than sixty millennials gathered to participate in an arcade game tournament. The small, crowded bar was packed with cheering fans, curious onlookers, and animated players glistening with sweat from the heat of competition. The commotion from the

Have you ever played an old 8-bit style video game on a modern console in front of someone old enough to remember when that was the only option available? Perplexed, they invariably question “Why would you play that old game when you’ve got the modern graphics and physics of