For just about any other piece of software, “I’ve been using it for three months and I’ve barely even noticed its existence” would hardly be a compliment. But for an antivirus—those tools that are crucial, yet somehow always manage to be intrusive and annoying to the point that you wonder …
Countless CRPGs throughout gaming history—from 1988’s Pool of Radiance to 2015’s Pillars of Eternity—have purported to recreate the tabletop roleplaying experience. Both developer and fan alike will tell you it’s through their slavish adherence to arcane rulesets, or their weak nods to the oft-hailed crown of ‘choice-and-consequence,’ or even how …
Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection is a great way to revisit some action game classics that have aged well, though the Switch version struggles. I have a confession to make: I’ve never really understood the praise for Ninja Gaiden. I played the first one on Xbox and hated it: I found …
If you like Japanese mythology, stories of fickle gods, and pixel art, you’ll want to check out Rainbow Sea, a gorgeous, free adventure game for iOS and Android that’s now available in English. Created by Japanese indie developer Hinuko Shima (aka Shirokurohitsuji), Rainbow Sea tells the sometimes funny, sometimes bittersweet …
The PS2 era was a wonderful time for 3D platformers. With the heightened power of a new console and those early teething issues largely resolved, the genre flourished: games like Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, and Ratchet and Clank opened the doors to colourful new worlds rife with things to …
We’ve got a release date for Atari’s new hybrid console / PC / multimedia device, and it’s not far away: the new Atari VCS launches June 10 in New Zealand and Australia, retailing for NZD $899.95 / AUD $849.95. With a design based on the Atari 2600, and sharing the …
Between the likes of Strangeland, Lost Words, and When The Past Was Around, I feel like I’ve written a lot lately about games dealing with grief—not to mention things like Adios and Olija that aren’t about grief per se, but traverse adjacent territory. And yet, no two of those games …
Koei Tecmo’s stated aim with Samurai Warriors 5 is to reboot the franchise: keep the fundamental Warriors action-strategy game intact, but with a new art style, new character designs, and a greater emphasis on storytelling. A few chapters in, it seems this reboot has been remarkably successful in those goals: …
Not a week goes by without a slew of game reveals, release date announcements, new game footage, manga licensing acquisitions, and all sorts of other bits of exciting pop culture news. Rather than run myself ragged trying to cover everything, here’s a quick highlights reel of the best news from …
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was one of the first games I ever got a platinum trophy for. I’ve never been much of a trophy hunter, but when this dropped in 2012, something about it just grabbed hold of me and made me want to see and do everything there is …
