Game Reviews

If you've ever wanted to be able to control the weather from atop your ivory tower, Symphony of the Machine is here to make your fantasy come true. With no text whatsoever, Symphony of the Machine is a game...

Planescape: Torment was released almost twenty years ago and while it may not have been wildly successful in terms of its sales, it did go on to not only win over the hearts of critics...

As the popularity of indie board games increase, so does the adaptation from tabletop to mobile device. The award-winning, European-style Terra Mystica is one of the most recent games to make the leap to mobile...

The PS Vita is dying a slow and painful death, which makes me extremely sad seeing as the handheld is a pretty damn good console. I know that competing against the 3DS is nigh-impossible due...

It is weird how applicable the idea of the Mandate of Heaven is to the games industry. If you replace “god” with “karmic/financial justice”, the cycle seems strangely apt. Developer/publisher makes it big, makes decisions...

Fans of Guardians of the Galaxy are going to get a whole lot of what they love with Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series. Whether it's the movie or the comic books, there's an endearing amount of...

Some people have been ranting about how difficult The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is, and I guess they might have forgotten that Nintendo's been publishing games with soul crushing difficulties for decades.  Take the...

Are you a fan of turn-based combat and story-driven games? If you haven’t tried The Banner Saga yet, now is a great time. The first two games have been released as a bundle for PS4...

When the original Xbox came out, Microsoft needed a mascot to promote the console as Nintendo had Mario and Sony with the likes of Crash Bandicoot, Spyro and Sir Daniel Fortesque. So what did Microsoft...

There may be a rumour lurking about that reviews are getting rather formulaic. Even my editor has to occasionally hit me in the back of the head for relying on my rough “pros v cons”...

In 1989, Westone Bit Entertainment released Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap to the Master System. I never owned a Master System. In fact, when this game was originally released, I wasn’t even alive yet. That...

Atmosphere and a cool story can sometimes override any gameplay issues I might have. Kind of a silly thing to say when it is still a piece of interactive fiction, but popular examples like BioShock Infinite show...

Full Throttle Remastered is dark, cinematic and by far one of the most ambitious point-and-click adventure games to have ever come out. Tim Schafer's bike fantasy was innovative back in 1995, but its compact story and...

Well, here we are. The final DLC for the final Dark Souls game, and honestly, they couldn't have gone out any better. Despite it being a DLC, Dark Souls 3: the Ringed City feels more...

Torment: Tides of Numenera is a unique experience. It's setting and story are so unique in their characters, setting, and world building, that it's hard to not get sucked into the world and wanting to know...

Mr. Shifty is a nice combination of speed and timing with some select traces of stealth stirred in for good measure. It's a simple premise without too much being loaded on in terms of story....

Desync has been a tough game to review, which is why this is late. Despite a laptop refusing to stay on and a library laptop being used instead, I've experienced exhilarating but tough as nails...

I've always had a soft spot in my heart for card games. From Pokemon to Yu-Gi-Oh! to Magic the Gathering, I love 'em all. The strategy and customization have always appealed to me but I...

Bayonetta is easily one of my favorite games of all time. People look at me strangely when I say that, since most only see the exterior, an overly sexualized heroine, hack and slash combat, and...

Murder is afoot at The Sexy Brutale and you're on the case! But since you witness the whole thing, you already know the murderer's identity and precisely how it took place. Well, to be more...

There will never be a shortage of bored office employees or schoolkids wanting fast-paced web games to pass the time, and the new .io trend is helping meet that demand. Brutal.io is a colorful new...

The 90's were a special time, especially if you were there. Many may look back on it fondly but a lot of us grew up in this magical and weird time and were able to...

Despite needless repetition and poor camera control, Snake Pass consistently pulled me back in to play more. Its addicting gameplay is coupled by charming visuals and a soundtrack composed by the legendary David Wise; creating...

I confess I was pretty damn impressed with The Walking Dead: A New Frontier episodes 1 and 2. I had previously written Telltale off as obnoxiously safe until I took a gander at Ties That...

We have all played a card game at some point in our lives, whether it was something as simple as Solitaire, as competitive as Poker or even as fun as Bullshit. But I am confident...

At its core, Crawl is an 8-bit gem--whose music is just as impressive as the art-- in a sea of games striving to capture the feel of the beloved experiences of our past. What Crawl gets right...