I’ve helped more than a few of our readers with their DIY PC-building efforts in the past. As I went through another refresh cycle it dawned on me that this could be the perfect opportunity to demystify the process of building a cutting-edge PC. In this guide (which will
With the book on 2015 freshly closed, taking a look back at the year gives a specific sense of excitement. The boardgaming hobby is riding a roller coaster that is only going up. Year after year things keep getting better. Innovative game play, immersive themes and stellar components keep the
Typically when I review a game I play it on normal difficulty, and with no mods — as the developers intended it to be for the vast majority of players. I tackled my review of XCOM 2 in this way, soaking up the dark and ominous tone the storyline delivers. This
Typically when I review a game I play it on normal difficulty, and with no mods — as the developers intended it to be for the vast majority of players. I tackled my review of XCOM 2 in this way, soaking up the dark and ominous tone the storyline delivers. This
I’ve helped more than a few of our readers with their DIY PC-building efforts in the past. As I went through another refresh cycle it dawned on me that this could be the perfect opportunity to demystify the process of building a cutting-edge PC. In this guide (which will
With the book on 2015 freshly closed, taking a look back at the year gives a specific sense of excitement. The boardgaming hobby is riding a roller coaster that is only going up. Year after year things keep getting better. Innovative game play, immersive themes and stellar components keep the
I sat down with Derek Paxton, VP of Stardock Entertainment to get a quick look at Ashes of the Singularity and what the power of Windows 10 and DirectX 12 bring to the table. I was already watching the game pretty closely, but after this demonstration I knew I needed
When Travis reviewed Ori and the Blind Forest a year ago, he regarded it as Platforming Perfection. He stated that “the opening sequence was powerful, emotional, and comparable in quality to any of Disney’s best animated films,” but somehow it just never ended up on my radar. When I
Ok, I admit it — I never really played much Dark Souls. I did, however, recently get a chance to try out a near-final version of Dark Souls III at the Xbox Spring Showcase! While I am fairly terrible at it, I did get a good look at the game, and
You probably already know that Forza Motorsport 6 is a pretty amazing racer from my review last year, and very shortly we’ll have our hands on the Porsche expansion. I got a personal tour courtesy of the team at Turn 10 Studios. The expansion pack will give us access
Tis the season for brutal roguelikes, it seems. After a long period of silence since it was announced at E3 2013, I finally got my hands on Below. While we still don’t have a release date (though the developers are hinting that we’ll have an announcement “soon”), I
