Need for Speed Unbound heading to EA Play
Can’t wait to see this one in action. Need for Speed™ Unbound, the latest edition in the Need for Speed™ franchise is set to launch on December 2, but EA Play is bringing the thrill of the race and the rush of the chase to members early!* Today, EA Play members can race to the top with a 10-hour Early Access trial – days before release – while EA Play Pro members ca...[Read More]
GivingTuesday Tiltify Campaign is live and you can stream to do your part
Tis’ the season to give, folks. check out the goods below. After $20+ billion worth of deals and gift purchases on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, GivingTuesday serves as a powerful reminder to give back, even just a little if it can be afforded, to those in need. To mark GivingTuesday, Humble Bundle and charity:water, Humble’s November Featured Charity, launched a microsite and interactive m...[Read More]
Thy Creature Review
Good gravy! This is one bullet hell of a game. While I have certainly seen worse in some side-scrolling shooters from Japan, Thy Creature is nonetheless a pain in the ass in a different way (and purposely so). It’s got a good mixture of a creepy story, some minor puzzle solving, and a heavy amount of pick the right strategy as enemies rain bullets down on you in a patterned fashion. It’s a lot, bu...[Read More]
Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PC) Review
Sony is on a roll with putting some of its hottest PlayStation titles onto PC, though I’m still waiting for a glimmer of hope for Ghost of Tsushima to materialize soon. Anyway, this time around they have brought their strongest PlayStation 5 launch title with Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Packed with presentation settings that will make the PS5 version pale in comparison, the PC game still brings the...[Read More]
Sonic Frontiers Review
Before we get started, you all should know that I have been an avid SEGA and Sonic fan since the late 80s (SEGA) and early 90s (Sonic). I have shared many cool moments with Sonic, he unknowingly got the 16-year-old version of me through a parental divorce with Sonic 2, and I was there when Sonic went 3D on the Dreamcast. In other words, SEGA and Sonic have a history with me, and mostly a pleasant ...[Read More]
Atari 50: Anniversary Celebration Review
A bar has been set. I’m not sure I can review another Bandai Namco Entertainment of America Museum game without it matching the art, the honesty, and the design that went into making Atari 50. As someone who teaches video game history for a living as a professor, I can without a doubt say that this treats Atari’s history right and truthful while offering up wonderful video game memories you can pl...[Read More]
Return to Monkey Island Review
The Secret of Monkey Island is the second game from LucasFilm Games (formerly LucasArts that was formerly LucasFilm Games) that I experienced back in 1990. The first was Maniac Mansion, an experiment of branching narratives and the birth of point-and-click adventures. By the time the developers at LucasFilm Games arrived with The Secret of Monkey Island, they had not only perfected the SCUMM Engin...[Read More]
Ghost Song Review
Developer Old Moon understood what it wanted to do when it put together its 2D adventure Ghost Song. It is a focused effort in creating a game that puts players to the test with clever puzzles and a heavy-hearted storyline, while at the same time giving an honorable nod to Nintendo’s Super Metroid in structure, difficulty, entertainment, and creativity. While it lives in the shadow of Nintendo’s p...[Read More]
Catan: Dawn of Humankind Review
Catan is one of the greatest tabletop games of all time. I’m not going to beat around the bush on that statement, as it is true as climate change (don’t argue – we don’t have a comment section – lol). Anyway, the original game has gone through various iterations. There have been sea expansions, two-player versions, and gigantic-expensive-still-cool editions. It has grown and survived the test of t...[Read More]
Atari Mania Review
Atari Mania is an interesting game that plays off the nostalgia of ye olden days while applying the construct of a Wario World mini-game backbone. While the latter of those two brings some of the wackiest types of mini-games, such as trying to pick someone’s nose or trying to catch the paw of a dog to make it happy, Atari Mania uses its library of old games from the Atari 2600 days to breathe in s...[Read More]
SIGNALIS Review
We’re one day away from All Hallows’ Eve and you have to take a chance before the next holiday shift to get something scary and unsettling into your life. This is where SIGNALIS from Humble Games comes into play. While it might look like some cyberpunk top-down fantasy that is just run and gun, there is more brewing on the inside that says otherwise. Let’s dig right into this. Story and Atmosphere...[Read More]
Century: Age of Ashes Review
It has been a long time since I played a game featuring a dragon that I rode around on laying down death and destruction for hours. I think the last game that I played like that was Lair on the PlayStation 3. Was it a hit? Well, emotionally it was a hit, but it ended up being a horrible dud upon its release. *Reminisces about the PS3 and its potential* Good times. Anyway, with the recent HBO drago...[Read More]