Battling opponents may be the focus of many deck-building card games, yet rarely do those games involve actual battles. SunTzuGames’ upcoming kickstarter, Burning Rome, puts the focus on the battlefield as you build decks using the ancient armies from the factions of Rome, Carthage, Celtiberia, or Gaetuli in quick skirmishes.

Captain’s Log, stardate 94909.72. Our mission began when, while researching protomatter in an area called “The Trench”, the Aegis received a distress signal from the Polaris in the Tyrus System. She had taken damage having been hit by an unidentified blast wave, setting them adrift and on a

Isolation was once a thing we tried to stay away from. We longed for the companionship of others, the help to overcome difficult tasks. Over time, however, we’ve found that isolation has its advantages. When you’re thrown into an isolated world where everyone you meet is out to

I take it as a point of pride that many people I know have an instinctive fear of my voice whenever the pun train starts rolling. Things get off track, the bad jokes are full steam ahead, and for a good few minutes everyone gets increasingly steamed up as my

The end goal of all MMORPGs is to be the most powerful, but Skyforge takes that one step further: rather than tell the story of your adventures, Skyforge aims to tell the story of your rise to godhood. While the game in its current state has lofty ambitions, and a

The original Splatoon was one of the Wii U’s few big hits. It’s an online shooter with a twist: you shoot ink, not bullets, and you can swim through your team’s color of ink to move quickly and reload. I put dozens, maybe even hundreds of hours

Roguelikes are becoming increasingly popular, especially in the world of indie gaming. Streets of Rogue, a game in early access on Steam developed by Matt Dabrowski and published by tinyBuild takes on this genre in a unique way. (Think if classic Grand Theft Auto and Metal Gear had a child,

While Mass Effect has dabbled in online multiplayer before, the series is known to most for its story-based single player mode. Because of this, it’s a little strange that the PAX demo I played just showcases the multiplayer. In spite of some expectations, however, the team-based cooperative multiplayer of