The City of Gold – is it truly a metropolis made of precious metals? Or a paradise whose citizens never experience loss or suffering? Or perhaps simply a myth? Whatever it is, your adventurous nature says your next journey lies in the City of Gold. The city supposedly lies in the
What are your favorite tie-in games? Is it perhaps SpongeBob SquarePants Battle for Bikini Bottom with its multitude of references to the show, detailed character models, and decent platforming? Or perhaps it’s Dragon Ball FighterZ with its heavy emphasis on team-based combo mechanics and flashy abilities rivaled only by
Look, I get it. Many gamers let out a collective groan when they hear the words “remake” or “remaster” or even see those two letters, “HD”. We all get frustrated with the lack of new IPs at times, but for every “remaster” or “remake” we don’t care for, there’
I’ve been going a million miles an hour since Summer Game Fest. As much as I love writing about video games, this hobby can get the best of me at times. Tired as I might be, a game called Simpler Times seemed like a good end to my large
Looking back, Beyond Good & Evil feels like the precursor to every Ubisoft game to come. It’s got a bit of everything; action combat, light platforming, stealth, a little bit of shooting (pun intended), vehicles, and of course a map chock full of collectables. However, I find that Beyond
There’s a space that exists between the indie titles of the world and the AAA games out there where smaller developers can stretch their legs and try to create games with novel or innovative concepts. It’s also a space where you get derivative work that tries to build
There are certain studios that define the earliest memories of gamers like me. Their collective imaginations helped lay the foundation for the cinematic masterpieces we experience today. Cyan Worlds is one of those studios. The Myst series, Obduction, Firmament, and Uru transported us to new worlds, telling wonderful stories through
As the saying goes, you can’t teach an old monkey new tricks. Not because it’s physically impossible, but because it risks upsetting the carefully balanced appeal of trapping the monkey in a ball and rolling it around. The Super Monkey Ball series has historically struggled with how to
