Sniper Elite is my guilty pleasure. I know, conventional wisdom says there’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure – “like what you like, without guilt”. There’s an element of truth in that, but it’s a more complicated issue and one that’s worth unpacking. Sniper Elite 3 was a game …
It’s been a long time since I’ve really enjoyed a Tales game. There was a time when it was one of it favorite series’, but the last one that really hooked me was Tales of Eternia on PSP – and even that was a re-release of a much older game. …
When it first came out, Gravity Rush was one of the most original, unique takes on the action-adventure game. In a genre so bloated, it takes something special to stand out, and Gravity Rush had that in spades, with its clever gravity shifting mechanic and beautiful world. There hasn’t been …
These days, it takes a lot for a retro-inspired roguelike platformer to stand out. Bard’s Gold does nothing of the sort. If anything, it’s more simplistic than its peers, but I nonetheless found it to be one of the more enjoyable games to come out of this obsession with pixel …
Pinball FX 2 VR is one of the best virtual reality games I’ve played. There’s a beautiful irony that: VR, with all its futurist appeal, shines brightest when it’s used to recreate one of the precursors to modern video games. By having you stand over a pinball machine, looking down …
There’s a moment not long into Shantae: Half-Genie Hero that gave me chills. As usual, Half-Genie Hero opened with Shantae’s longtime arch-nemesis Risky Boots attacking Scuttle Town. I was running through Main Street, hair-whipping Tinkerbats left and right, enjoying the pumping soundtrack, when suddenly… vocals. This is the first Shantae …
It’s been a long time since I’ve done a Now Playing post. What better time than with the holidays kicking off? Here’s what I am playing, and will be playing, over the break. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero (PS4) I was a latecomer to the Shantae phenomenon, so I didn’t get a chance to back Shantae: …
“In 2013, Chicago realised the promise of smart cities with ctOS, a citywide operating system merging big data with surveillance, security, and transit programs. With a few hundred lines of code, hackers were able to hijack its central servers and cripple the entire grid. Many believed the attack would be …
Rise of the Tomb Raider was one of the best games of last year, but it didn’t get its due. It came out on the same day as a game called Drawl Out 4 (or something like that) and somehow got overshadowed. Despite a concerted marketing push from Microsoft, the timed …
With its square-jawed focus on the inner workings of Bruce Wayne, Batman: The Telltale Series has, until now, been missing a lot of the sort of relationship drama that’s the highlight of the best Telltale games. I must admit, the previous episode, Children of Arkham, worked so well as a …
