Dawn of Andromeda Grey Wolf Entertainment/Iceberg Interactive I’m a big sucker for 4X strategy games, particularly ones within the science fiction realm. Ever since I first sat down and played Master of Orion II, I was hooked. For the first… Read More »Dawn of Andromeda Review – Into the Outer Reaches
Osiris: New Dawn Fenix Fire Unless you’ve been languishing under a rock for the past few years as a gamer, survival games are pretty much all the rage right now. And I get it—there’s something special that happens when game… Read More »Osiris: New Dawn (Early Access) Review – Into the Outer Reaches
Space Hulk: Death Wing Streum On Studio/Focus Home Interactive I must admit that I sort of got on the whole Warhammer 40K bandwagon pretty late. I’d always seen their table top games at my local gaming store, back when I… Read More »Space Hulk: Death Wing Review – Unleash the Dogs of War
Dreadnought Yegar Development/Six Foot/Grey Box Space combat games have had a pretty long and storied past within the digital gaming realm. The first one to gain critical acclaim was the magnificent Master of Orion 2, which hit the gaming world… Read More »Dreadnought Review – Massive Ships, Tiny Arenas
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation Stardock Sins of a Solar Empire wasn’t just a super-cool title, it was a game that absorbed a large portion of my life. Sins single-handedly reinvented the RTS wheel by offering gamers a real time… Read More »Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation Review – This Year’s Strategy Behemoth Just Got Grander
Stellaris: Leviathans DLC Paradox Interactive Having come to computer games from the pen and paper RPG as well as board game world, I have a slightly different perspective when it comes to video games. I remember having tabletop gaming sessions… Read More »Stellaris: Leviathans DLC Review – A Shot in the Arm (or Tentacle) for a Magnificent Space Opera
RimWorld Ludeon Studios In my god-like omnipotence, I saw fit to have my three beginning colonists’ crash land in a tropical rain forest, this time around. I’d tried other drops in arid, desert, tundra, and even temperate woodland biomes, but… Read More »RimWorld (Early Access) Review – Emergent Storytelling at its Finest
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander Massive Damage Inc. 4X science fiction games have been around for longer than most people think. 1993’s Master of Orion was the defining game for the entire 4X genre (explore, expand, exploit, & exterminate), while Master… Read More »Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander – Retro-tastic Fun
No Man’s Sky Hello Games When I was a kid I used to always visit a used book store around the corner from our house. After perusing the numerous dusty books for an hour or so, I’d usually settle in… Read More »No Man’s Sky Review – Infinite Replication
Master of Orion NGD Studios/WG Labs Way back in 1988, a gentleman by the name of Steve Barcia created a little video game development studio called Simtex. Contrary to popular belief, Master of Orion wasn’t the first game that Simtex… Read More »Master of Orion – Pretty, Yet Sterile
Empyrion – Galactic Survival Eleon Game Studios My gaming cohort and I looked out from the rooftop of our burgeoning, steel-framed base, and across the pristine blue of a nearby lake. We’d come a long way from crash landing our… Read More »Empyrion – Galactic Survival – Review – What No Man’s Sky Should Have Been
Headlander Double Fine After playing Headlander, Double Fine’s new 70’s inspired science fiction platformer, for a few hours or so, I remember sitting back in my chair and saying to myself: “This is one weird game!” After that, I delved… Read More »Headlander Review – A Groovy Little Gem