I grew up on pirate games like Sid Meier’s Pirates! and tycoon titles such as Caesar and M.U.L.E.; these games put you behind the wheel. They were a blend of city planning, economic development, and warfare, giving players the keys to every aspect of the game
There has been a lot of discussion on what constitutes a remaster nowadays, but there are a few games that raise the bar to the point where they could be considered a completely new product as the rework is so complete. It’s in that way that Mafia’s remaster
It’s crazy to think the last time we had a new main series Serious Sam game was almost 10 years ago. Serious Sam 3: BFE was moderately well-received (72% on Metacritic), and since then there’s been numerous spin-off titles like Serious Sam: The Greek Encounter and Serious Sam
As I finished Shing! and thumped my controller on my desk in relief, I was bummed by how much potential developer Mass Creation forfeited because they ignored or didn’t consider the decades of beat ’em ups before it; or even recent successes like Streets of Rage 4. Most of
A nightly storybook or a kindergarten fairytale are two ubiquitous concepts that I think most of us can relate to. They’re an essential part of the world of literature serving as a lot of people’s first foray into recreational reading. Whether it’s the partly fascinating, partly horrifying
It’s a question that comes up with every upgrade cycle, and the answer is always “It depends”. That question, of course, is “Is this a good time to upgrade my video card?” Well, NVIDIA has announced their GeForce RTX 3080 and 3090 cards, and this time around the answer
You know what I miss? A solid puzzler, the likes of which you’d find in The Talos Principle, Portal, even Human Fall Flat. These games have a cult following behind them, and two of them are still alive in the modding community. Relicta, developed by Mighty Polygon and published
So you’ve saved (or destroyed) the Halcyon colony, completed all the quests, and made many friends and foes along the way, now what? Freelancing of course! You receive a parcel (Note: NOT a package) intended for the late Captain Hawthorne from his old buddy Lucky. Inside the parcel is
