Fire Emblem: Fates seeks to hit the heights of war epics, a word that has been misconstrued often when it comes to games. Rather than simple scope or size of world, the epic that Fates aspires to is closer to tales like Homer’s Iliad, one about a war that

Buying into Street Fighter V at launch feels like being an early adopter for the next generation of the iconic fighting series. What Street Fighter V offers now feels like the framework for something long term, and it means that not everything you’ve likely come to expect from most

Eric, Kenneth, Jay, and Blake all gather for this week’s show to talk about the wonders of Unravel, the divisive nature of Firewatch, and Street Fighter V’s launch offering. But also we’ve got to talk about Danganronpa’s iffy PC port, what it means for the Xbox

Improve and become great; is that not the edict of all great sports teams, leagues, and the individual players therein? Unlike many other game types, sports games share a cyclical refreshment each year, and, as such, sports titles are always expected to build on the material they have and become

[Update: After testing a pre-launch patch, certain issues we originally found in the PC version of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc have been resolved. Our score has been updated to reflect these improvements, and the relevant text has been noted as out of date.] Over the past few years there’s

As a creative, I was instantly fascinated by the premise of Layers of Fear. It’s easy to empathize with a painter on a quest to complete his magnum opus; we all have that one project we want so badly to get right. This game goes beyond themes of creative

Mojang’s smash hit, Minecraft, is now available for Nintendo’s Wii U. It comes complete with low-res textures, blocky trees and even blockier animals; often referred to as digital Lego, it truly is a game of building and exploring and is totally unbridled from a narrative. Given the game

When you are a kid, it is fun to play pretend jobs, like playing “restaurant” or “doctor” or “cement mixing yard foreman’s convention organizer.” Feeling like a grown up is as exciting for a kid as convention organizing is for an adult, of course, but there is a difference.