Game Reviews

Nostalgia is a powerful tool. It signifies an emotional attachment to something, and that’s valuable in its own right. Games like Shovel Knight or Pillars of Eternity wouldn’t have happened if some didn’t hold a longing for the Good Ol’ Days. Nostalgia can also be a crutch,

Within an hour of starting up Yo-Kai Watch, I had befriended several ghouls, including a talking cat named Jibanyan who punched cars to get stronger, and a purple anteater named Baku who eats nightmares for food. If that intrigues you, then I have good news: that’s just the surface

Difficulty is a tricky thing to tamper with in video games. It’s also one of the most notable reasons why Hidetaka Miyazaki’s Dark Souls series has become so popular. Miyazaki’s newest creation, Bloodborne, did a few things to differentiate itself from Dark Souls, and one of those

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty rebuilt a great deal of the StarCraft formula. Cutscenes were better, interactions within missions were more frequent, and the mission structures were vastly improved, but some fans were unconvinced by James Raynor’s story. Heart of the Swarm shored up the story, giving us an

The following is part six of our review of Game of Thrones, and covers the season finale “The Ice Dragon.” As such, it also contains our final verdict on the season. Check out part five of our thoughts here. With “The Ice Dragon,” Telltale has managed to make a hard

Fatal flaws are not a new pitfall for gaming developers, going back to the quite literal pitfalls of E.T. on the Atari and even further.  Not all fatal gaming flaws are quite as bombastic or historically bad as the previously mentioned one, but no matter how large or slight,

I had no idea what to expect when I fired up Stella Glow for the first time. I had no prior experience with the series it was connected to and outside of its anime stylings and promise of turn-based tactical action, I really didn’t know how much there would

I don’t know what to think about indie games sometimes. On one hand, they’ve made it possible for some excellent games, including a spiritual successor to Myst, my favorite game of all time, to see the light of day. On the other hand, it’s like the era