Game Reviews

Spirit Mancer is the latest 2D hack-and-slash adventure to come out. Inspired by the likes of Megaman and Pokémon, this indie game is all about slicing through hordes of demons or capturing them and using their abilities to your advantage. Spirit Mancer is a difficult game to discuss because of

Tycoon games on the PC in the ’90s were everywhere. Hasbro Interactive and Atari pumped these games out like nobody’s business. If you were looking for business or management simulation games in the late 90s, Roller Coaster Tycoon gave you a creative twist that others couldn’t compete with.

I have rather stringent rules for when I choose to sleeve one of my games, and as a result, I can count on one hand the number of games in my 80+ game collection that are sleeved. Pretty much, a game’s got to require a lot of shuffling decks

Why do we play games? To spend time together? To win? To distract? There could be any number of reasons, but I can still remember being a kid and playing just to play. The rules were usually made up, they changed frequently, and there wasn’t always a point. Just

Lorcana is now in its 6th chapter with Azurite Sea. As a pirate fanatic, I can easily say it is the best set yet. The theme is bright and distinct in a way that previous sets didn’t always achieve. The pirate versions of our favorite characters are a treat

I corrupted my wife into modern board gaming quickly while we were dating. In her family, she grew up letting other people win so people would play with her and now a maniacal grin crosses her face when she realizes she makes a tactical and well planned move, regardless of

Making a dungeon crawler that both appeals to and is actually viable for everyone is the game design philosopher’s stone: a hypothetical ideal to strive for, accepting you’ll probably never attain. Of course, I’m not suggesting that Chip Theory’s Elder Scrolls has attained that mark; at

When John Carmack left id Studios to work at Meta (then Facebook), he clearly stated that he had a target in mind – he wanted to make a wireless headset that was affordable and powerful. It has been a long road, and Carmack has since left the company, but he might