Diablo II - Retro Reflections

When it first came out Diablo 2 was a slight disappointment. The graphics were mediocre, lacking in detail, variety and colors. Moreover, the save system was not practical: if you saved you had to exit the game and when you returned all enemies has respawned, even bosses. Despite these flaws, the more you played the more you discovered the game’s depth. I set as a life goal to finish it with the amazon (I had completed the first Diablo with the amazon too, who was called rogue then) and after many years I did it.

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Thomas Was Alone - Xbox One Review

At first glance, Thomas Was Alone does not impress due to its minimalistic presentation, but clever level design and puzzles complimented by witty writing help to offset the lesser visuals and occasionally frustrating controls to create a memorable experience.

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An early look at the recently announced Banner Saga 2

Banner Saga was one of the best surprises in gaming recently, so it is with a great deal of pleasure I get to share out the press release, trailer and some early assets for the forthcoming sequel.

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Joe Dever's Lone Wolf HD Remastered - PC Review

While the Lone Wolf series might not be familiar to everyone, these were among my first roleplaying experiences as a kid more than twenty years ago. Given that I am a fan of RPGs and visual novels, the blending of the two genres into a video game made perfect sense to me. This PC port began as a mobile game, but with an emphasis on storytelling, the transition is actually a very smooth one. Lone Wolf offers about a dozen hours of gameplay as this HD remaster pulls together all of the mobile stories into a single game that crafts a fairly unique experience.

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Project Nimbus - PC Preview

Project Nimbus is a game after my own heart; take giant mechas called "BattleFrames", giant floating cities, the ability to target multiple bad guys at once, and then let slip the dogs of war. First, I am a massive mecha fan and I grew up on Robotech / Macross, Mobile Suit Gundam, Transformers, and any other giant robotic machines (man, I miss ExoSquad...). GameCrafter Team is an independent game studio based out of Thailand that is currently Project Nimbus and they have worked on previous titles like HyperSonic 4 and Smash Cat. While they are admittedly a young team, developing for the local market since 2008 and the global market since 2012, their dedication to providing a fast, action-packed, and most importantly fun, game is in full effect with Project Nimbus.

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Several bits of Saints Row: Gat out of Hell info

Saints Row is one of those ridiculous, over-the-top titles that you either love or hate. We have a few guys on the team who fall into that 'love' category and they have been pumped about any and all new information that has come out for the upcoming title.

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Dungeon Defenders II - PC Preview

The first Dungeon Defenders was a game that caught me by surprise when it released. It reminded me of the Orcs Must Die! games with a spectacular blend of strategy and action. It was fresh and exciting and I spent more hours playing it than I even care to admit. Which made the Dungeon Defenders Eternity release last year so disappointing for a lot of gamers, including one of our reviewers. The good news is, the early returns on Dungeon Defenders II are quite positive, which is currently in Early Access.

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Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - 3DS Review

Most of the time when multiple game genres are mixed into a melding pot or alchemic cauldron to synthesize something new I'm rather wary. When Atlus announced that it would be performing a fusion of the cast of Personas 3 and 4 into an Etrian Odyssey dungeon crawling game style I was curious to say the least. My biggest worry was that I was afraid that the stellar casts would be lost to the more mechanics based game type. Having yet to play Millennium Girl (as it continues to stare me down from across the room on the shelf dedicated to my DS library) I wasn't quite sure what to expect when adding a Persona like story to the Dungeon Crawl. Knowing Atlus I should have known better, as there was nothing to worry about.

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A new trailer for Elite Dangerous

As we creep closer and closer to the full release of Elite Dangerous, I thought it only fitting to show off the recent trailer and talk a bit about the pres release that came with it.

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PDP Afterglow Karga Xbox One Headset - Hardware Review

With all of the excellent headsets that PDP designs for home consoles, I was eagerly anticipating the release of an Xbox One headset. When I caught wind of the Karga I was overjoyed at the prospect and needed to get my hands on one as soon as possible. In truth, I think about a bazillion other Xbox One gamers felt the same since it took some time to get a hold of, given it is one of the most affordable Xbox One headsets from a brand that has been putting out high-quality console peripherals for years now. When I came in to the shiny new package, I was absolutely pumped, stoked, excited, and could barely wait to get into the box to pull the headset out and plugged in and ready to go (if you could not tell, I was a bit excited for the headset).

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Soul Saga - PC Preview

Soul Saga is a title that I came to find was important to me. It firstly has the honor of being the reason that I created a Kickstarter account to back it, and secondly of the backed projects it is the first that I've had the pleasure of being able to see something from.

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Freespace Tactics tabletop game announced on Kickstarter

We have been covering a handful of tabletop games lately around here, and this Kickstarter has a rather interesting pedigree behind it.

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Robowars - PC Review

Robots? Mechs? Do we really need anything more than that? Maybe coffee, but aside from that not really. Robowars is a recent release in the Tower Defense spectrum of gaming that takes the Plants vs Zombies approach at lane defense with lots more explosions and much less plant munching.

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