South Park: Snow Day Review (PC)
A talking piece of poop with a Santa hat. Foul-mouthed elementary schoolers. A snowpocalypse of epic proportions. What do these things all have in common? It’s a new South Park game, and it comes out tomorrow. South Park: Snow Day is a significant departure from previous South Park releases in the gaming space, like The Stick of Truth and The Fractured But Whole. Unlike these games being RPGs exis...[Read More]
Alone in the Dark Review
In the early 1990s a young, anxious Ben Sheene had to quit out of Alone in the Dark. Ben had only been used to 8-bit games on his Nintendo Entertainment System, where the concept of “scary” was a darkly-lit level and musical stings. This was a time, mind you, when Jason Voorhees in a purple jumpsuit killing camp counselors off-screen was violent. Or when eerie music began to play, sign...[Read More]
Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed Review
A long time ago in the year 2020, I reviewed a little remake of a classic PS2-era game entitled Destroy All Humans!. And now as a wisened old man, I am taking a look at its sequel: Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed. What a grand reminder that as things continue to evolve and change, some things will always remain the same. And in this case, DAH2: Reprobed is about as close to “same-y” as you can get...[Read More]
Biomutant
Biomutant is a game I would recommend everyone play. It isn’t that Biomutant is an exceptionally dazzling game capable of redefining genres. Nor does Biomutant reek of any particular stench that would personally offend. What makes Biomutant such a solid recommendation is that, after a point, players will find themselves in the midst of a game attempting to fire at all cylinders and mostly ch...[Read More]
Chronos: Before the Ashes
Despite being a remake of the VR game Chronos and a prequel to Remnant: From the Ashes, Chronos: Before the Ashes is surprisingly accessible. Having never played the original game on VR and only making it partway through Remnant, I never felt truly lost. Chronos is a game that pieces together ideas from a variety of sources, attempting to mold itself into something more. Most will look at the game...[Read More]
Destroy All Humans! Review
Destroy All Humans! (2005) is almost the perfect example of a game from the PS2 era that released to middling critical reception, carving out its niche within the gaming community, and becoming a beloved classic. Jump ahead fifteen years and those same fans are being treated to a 1:1 remake of the original, bringing some much-needed improvements. While Destroy All Humans! (2020) doesn’t go far eno...[Read More]
Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated
“Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?!…” Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is one of the rare titles in the PS2 era that transcended the typical quality of a licensed game that was oh-so-plentiful. Make no mistake, the actual platforming quality was never earth-shattering; instead, the game breaks the mold of licensed games by acutely understanding its source material and giving S...[Read More]
‘Destroy All Humans’ get a release, and is open for pre-order on PC, PS4, and Xbox One
Gosh, I’m so excited to get this now. Vienna/Austria, Offenburg/Germany, April 28, 2020: What follows is an incoming transmission originating from somewhere between Earth and Mars: “Greetings, fleshy Earthbeings. Cryptosporidium here, though you skin-wrapped water wads can call me Crypto-137. I wanted to let you know that my Abducto Beam is finally ready and I’m journeying Earthwards right n...[Read More]
Fade to Silence
Call it persistence. Call it perseverance. Call it a will to live. Rarely does the chugging machinery of simply existing feel like anything but the most herculean of tasks. Drinking water, consuming sustenance, and getting in a few tired winks staves off an unceremonious death, day after day. Looking at the mere act of survival in such clinical terms can often put your life in perspective. Most th...[Read More]
Throwback Nickelodeon Game Revival
Check out this list of games making their way back to your screens. THQ Nordic and Nickelodeon bring back selected game titles from the past SpongeBob SquarePants, Tak and many other gaming hits will celebrate their comeback in 2018 and beyond NEW YORK / VIENNA- March 21 2018 – THQ Nordic and Nickelodeon today announced the global revival of several game titles connected with Nickelodeon pro...[Read More]
THQ Nordic sign new partnership deal with Versus Evil and Obsidian Entertainment for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire to be distributed by THQ Nordic. THQ Nordic and Versus Evil sign exclusive distribution deal for Obsidian Entertainment’s Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire THQ Nordic to globally distribute (excluding Korean version) the physical edition of the upcoming RPG in partnership with Versus Evil and Obsidian Entertainment Vienna/AUSTRIA, Phoenix, ML/USA, January 23, 2018: ...[Read More]
Old school classic, The Raven, being remastered for PC/Mac
The Raven Remastered is a classic point-and-click adventure coming to PC/Mac. Vienna/Austria, Bremen/Germany, January 10, 2018; The Raven – Legacy of a Master Thief, the classic whodunit adventure by KING Art, is being remastered and will be released on PC/Mac, PlayStation 4™ and Xbox® One on March 13, 2018. The game will go by the name of The Raven Remastered and will not only feature fully remas...[Read More]