Game Reviews

Oriental Empires has all the right ingredients to be a great turn-based 4X strategy game. It’s an ambitious first title for developer Shining Pixel Studios, and when it comes to the look and feel of the game, it really does shine. Unfortunately, the inefficient (if pretty) user interface, unpredictable

VR wave shooters are a frequent staple of the VR ecospace. With a deviance in quality as deep as it is wide, there are quite a few that hardly qualify as more than glorified technical demos, with few standouts. We got our hands on Raw Data at a few points

Friday party games have become a team-bonding tradition in my office. At the end of the week, we gather to test our wits, teamwork, and/or reflexes with all kinds of games, ranging from Cards Against Humanity to Snipperclips. Jackbox has become a fan favorite, and so we were elated

Golf Story really is a must have for any fan of golf games, but as an RPG fan, this indie title only comes in at par.

There’s no sugar-coating it, South Park: The Fractured But Whole is simply brilliant. That Trey Parker and Matt Stone were able to take a group of poorly animated, foul-mouthed fourth graders living in a fictitious small town in Colorado and turn it into a successful TV show and video

Some men just want to watch the world burn. Some want to literally watch it burn, and explode, and even see its inhabitants dismembered in a gruesome, pixelated fashion. That’s where Butcher comes in. Butcher, now released on the Nintendo Switch, is a pixelated platform-shooter with the gore and

The Warriors/Musou series is like an old friend to me; I love it dearly, even though spending time with it can feel repetitive on some days. While the Dynasty and Samurai Warriors games have been criticized for being rehashes of the same storyline, I’ve been surprised with games

The beat-em-up genre is my go-to cathartic entertainment when I’m feeling bored; as such, the Warriors/Musou series is one of my favorites. These games can be mindless and even numbing at times, but regardless of quality, they’re still enjoyable when I just want to chill and not