The Sinking City
When I first heard about The Sinking City, I was intrigued by its HP Lovecraft inspired aura. The idea of playing as a private eye who comes to a strange city to investigate paranormal hysteria just sounded really cool, and it is. A supernatural flood has taken the city of Oakmont and made it almost impossible to travel to, much less live in, yet, we find our protagonist arriving on a rainy night....[Read More]
Daedalus: The Awakening of Golden Jazz
Jake Hunter, a Japanese detective series that originated over thirty years ago, has recently started making some appearances on western platforms. My first experience with the series was just eight months ago on the 3DS (Ghost of the Dusk review). While not as good as the two Hotel Dusk games I played in previous years on the DS, it was well-written, interesting, and worth playng through. So when ...[Read More]
Layers of Fear 2
In 2016, Bloober Team took players on a psychological horror trip within the mind of a skilled painter who was losing his grip on reality and sanity. Layers of Fear, and its expansion pack, was an unsettling experience that I was glad to have played through and made me eager to see what the team would come up with next (review). Enter Layers of Fear 2 (LoF2), which offers a similarly disturbing ps...[Read More]
Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
Nupixo Games recently released a new point and click adventure game featuring Di Renjie, aka Detective Di. Loosely, Detective Di is like the Chinese cultural equivalent of Sherlock Holmes in as far as legendary detectives go. Movies and books have been written about Di, but I had never heard of a videogame based upon him until Nupixo’s Kickstarted Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders. A very ...[Read More]
Blood: Fresh Supply
Every genre has its defining games that fans should play at some point. For first person shooters, that list is pretty long; but at the top of it, top five anyway, should be 1997’s Blood, by Monolith. Created from a modified BUILD engine (Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior), Blood is a legendary 90s shooter from the heyday of the genre that can’t be missed. Despite being twenty-two years ol...[Read More]
Titan Quest: Atlantis
Titan Quest, a thirteen year old ARPG, just received a surprise new expansion pack this month that takes players to the lost city of Atlantis. I still remember seeing and playing Titan Quest at E3 and I knew then that it was a special game. But if you would have told me it would receive two major DLC packs a dozen years after its release (Ragnarok came out Dec 2017), I would not have thought that ...[Read More]
Wasteland 2 Director’s Cut (Switch)
Wasteland 2 was first released nearly five years ago on PC, and has since seen re-release in a gigantic Director’s Cut form. The latest platform for Wasteland 2 Director’s Cut to get ported to is Nintendo’s Switch, but even that was more than six months ago on the eShop. More recently than that, April 17th actually, there has been a physical cartridge version released on the Swit...[Read More]
Sniper Elite V2 Remastered
Time to grab your trusty Springfield and head back to WWII as an accomplished British sniper. First released in 2012, Rebellion’s Sniper Elite V2 has gotten a Remaster treatment and is re-releasing on modern platforms this week. Sniper Elite III and 4 have previously been released on current gen, and now V2 joins the fray. Side note, I first reviewed SEV2 seven years ago and enjoyed it. This...[Read More]
Big Brother
Donnie Yen is one of my favorite actors, and he’s typically seen starring in martial arts movies like the Ip Man series, Special ID, and many others. On May 21st, his latest release from Well Go USA arrives in Blu-ray + DVD format. In Big Brother, Yen plays Henry Chan, former US Marine who has moved back home to Hong Kong to take a teaching job at an at-risk high school. Accepting low ...[Read More]
Triple Threat
An action packed martial arts film from Asia with a loaded cast comes to Blu-ray + DVD this week via Well Go USA. Triple Threat stars Tony Jaa (Ong Bak), Iko Uwais (Raid), Tiger Chen, Celina Jade, Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Michael Bipsing, and Jeeja Yanin. Some of these stars have previously worked together, and several of them should be familiar as they have become staples in the genre, bu...[Read More]
Sesame Street: Awesome Alphabet Collection
You can’t go wrong with Sesame Street when it comes to wholesome children’s education and entertainment. Shout! Factory has been a long time publisher of Sesame Street content including a new DVD and digital release last week that covers the alphabet. The Awesome Alphabet Collection runs about two hours and covers the alphabet in the charming, engaging way that only Sesame Street can. ...[Read More]
Guard Duty
Guard Duty is a new point and click adventure game by small UK-based studio Sick Chicken. What began as a hobby project five years ago went through successful Kickstarting two years ago, and now has seen full public release. I’m pretty sure it’s their first game, but regardless, it’s evident that a lot of heart and effort went into producing this fun, memorable adventure that any...[Read More]