Desperation will lead a man to do strange and ill advised things. Eating your deceased and frozen friends after surviving a plane crash in the mountains comes to mind, and while no actual cannibalism occurs in Space Siege, it is not that bad of a comparison. I had a strong desire to click on things [...]
Resurrecting a flagging or dead franchise is a risky endeavor. Sometimes it works and the series becomes relevant again, like with Resident Evil 4. Other times it is the nail in the coffin, like last year’s Tony Hawk’s Horse Beating Simulator. Re-envisioning Alone in the Dark should not have been that hard; there were almost [...]
Trying to review Twilight of the Arnor while remaining jargon free is utterly impossible, as this is a game hand built from day one for nerds – and oh boy is it good. Phrases like ‘The Drath Legion’ or ‘Dominion of the Korx’ cause embarrassing feelings in my loins, while the inclusion of no less [...]
This game is funny. That needs to be the start of any honest review of a game that is such, as so few games can manage even the most basic of comedic requirements. And yet Rain Slick is not juvenile, but a refined and intelligent romp through a steampunk dystopia populated with Tommy-gun wielding scholars [...]
I’ve been a huge fan of Warhammer 40,000 for most of my adult life. For me, Dawn of War was a huge triumph, accurately portraying the universe I loved while also providing robust RTS mechanics that were fun and innovative.
Sad then, that now three years after the launch of the original title, the third expansion [...]
I am pretty indiscriminate about what I play. Games show up in my mailbox, I play them, usually find something of worth and then send them on their way. It should come as no surprise that a significant portion of what I play amount to below-average games, but even then almost every game has at [...]
Space. Space is empty. How do you set a game in the vast void between stars and planets? Well, if you are Ironclad, you do it with a deft touch and plenty of skill, and a tech tree as big as my house.
To understand exactly what this game is, the phrase 4X must be used. [...]
My evenings run on a frighteningly consistent schedule: everyone else goes to sleep, I check news and email, then play video games until I go to bed. It’s a sad, nerdy bit of clockwork, but it serves me well and is rarely interrupted. Last week, after the purchase of a new computer, I was browsing [...]
Being a refugee from the PC world is a difficult thing, but for mostly financial reasons, I have forsaken the wild world of mods, over-clocking, and buying more RAM for the stable and easy life of console gaming. While it is nice to not have to buy a new video card every year, there is [...]
First, let me say EA is beginning to annoy me. Why must they continue to make decent games? Everyone loved the evil empire shtick. You knew where you stood with EA - they make awful games and you could hate them for it.
But FIFA 08 is just another game in a line of successes for [...]