Shadow EmpiresVR Designs As I mentioned in my last review of FTL: Advanced Edition, I’m a big fan of video games that can emulate the emergent experiences that you normally get from playing pencil and paper, role-playing games. VR Designs’ Shadow Empires is one such game that has it that spades. But let me back…
FTL: Advanced EditionSubset Games Being a pencil and paper role-playing game geek, video games that give me the opportunities to both role-play, as well as provide emergent storytelling rifts, are pretty big in my book. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that Paradox Studios’ Stellaris, has become a favorite of mine. However, a fellow…
Desperados III ReviewMimimi Games / THQ Nordic Young gunslinger, John Cooper, is out for revenge. Another man has killed his pappy and now he’s made it his life’s mission to track down that evil son-of-a-gun and anyone else who stands in his way. Yes, Mimiimi’s new game, Desperados III, spins a yarn as old and…
Those Who RemainCamel 101 / WhisperGames The horror genre, in general, has greatly escalated in recent years. As far as horror video games go, much like horror films, attention spans have diminished so much that their creators feel the need to imbue them with an almost constant stream of cheap jump-scares. This facet of ratcheting…
Samurai ShodownSNK / Athlon Games Ah…fighting games from the 90s. I’ve tried just about all of them, even some of the Japanese ones that weren’t available in the states since I had a Neo Geo console with an adapter. The Street Fighter series was known as the first fighting game that put competitive hand-to-hand combat…
Steel Division 2 – Tribute to D-Day PackEugen Systems Steel Division 2 has been one of the best World War 2 real-time strategy games I’ve ever played. Whereas games like Hearts of Iron 4 cover the much more macro-scale of the “greatest conflict in human history,” Steel Division 2 boils things down to a much…
Change: A Homeless Survival ExperienceDelve Interactive Homelessness is something that is prevalent in most major cities throughout the world and is also present in some smaller ones as well. While most people tend to ignore the issue of homelessness (especially the politicians), some will sign up to volunteer, while other nice folks will stop to…
Samurai ShodownSNK / Athlon Games Back in the 90s it seemed like everybody and their mother was coming out with some sort of fighting game. The Street Fighter series was probably the most dominant and widely recognized brand. And then there was the grandfather of 3D fighting games, Virtua Fighter. The King of Fighters franchise…
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Assault PackProxy Studios / Slitherine Ltd. Since its debut back in July of 2018, Proxy Studios (along with Slitherine as publisher) has given Warhammer 40,000 many hours of geeky pleasure with their 4X title: Warhammer 40,000: Gladius. It came with four races—the Astra Militarum (Imperial Guard), Orks, Necrons, and of course,…
Conan Exiles – Architects of Argos PackFuncom Funcom has really done a fantastic job of fleshing out their fantasy-themed survival/crafting title, Conan Exiles. When I’d first played the game back even before its exit from Early Access in 2018, I wondered exactly how they planned to give it some cultural flavor. After all, the character…