Game Reviews

I’ve never felt more confident in the Shadowrun gaming revival than after having played Dragonfall Director’s Cut. It seemed that Harebrained Schemes were on the right track after successfully Kickstarting their game Shadowrun Returns, but its DLC expansion Dragonfall included a superior narrative, better characters, and a save

Episodic games are a challenge to evaluate on a by-release basis. The sagas are usually a sum of their parts rather than standalone works, and so it’s hard to understand it fully without seeing what the intended end result is. That being said, the first release of Dreamfall Chapters

Tenkai Knights Brave Battle is a video game adaptation of the Canadian-Japanese anime series by the same name. Viz Media has produced other children’s anime that you might be a little more familiar with (Pokemon, Sailor Moon), while the animation studios, Bones, is responsible for animating plenty of widely-loved

For as long as I can remember, I’ve seen Pac-Man as a brand that just can’t compete in today’s market. A game about a big yellow dot that eats smaller yellow dots worked just fine as a game concept in the still infantile video game industry of

Everyone around you is partying, slamming Overdrive energy drinks, and pulsing with the “untz untz untz” coming from the stage as a smarmy Fizzco rep slings their latest sugar buzz. You? You are the loser in the janitor uniform, getting to pick up trash and their discarded cans. Your life

One of the appealing aspects of sports simulation games is the depth of control, stat-geeking, and overall full immersion into the strategic side of sports.  The trade-off is usually a lack of any action footage, player models, or even still photos of the games being played.  So what happens when

Ancient Space is a story-driven, singleplayer real-time strategy game that takes place in – you guessed it – space. It’s very reminiscent of Homeworld. However, unlike Homeworld, I did not leave Ancient Space feeling like I just played one of the best games the genre has to offer. There’s a

Sid Meier’s Civilization series has enjoyed a long lasting and beloved place in the halls of gaming history. It’s tenacious, creative, and often quirky approach to interactively retelling the history of mankind via strategic turn-based gameplay is second to none, and can easily be considered a standard for