Category: Review

March 8, 2018

Venom & Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Spider-Man & Venom

While he started as a villain, Venom’s popularity lead to his transformation into an anti-hero with multiple mini-series to his …

March 8, 2018

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Spider-Man & Venom

For almost two decades following the advent of the NES, Japanese game companies generally dominated the arcade and console landscapes, while …

March 6, 2018

When Ensemble Studios made the original Age of Empires in 1997, few seemed to expect that this Civilization-inspired work would …

March 3, 2018

In 2017, game designer Sophia Park made waves with Arc Symphony, a game about a fictitious fan community from the …

March 2, 2018

Ori and the Blind Forest, the first game developed by Moon Studios, an Austriac third-party developer of Microsoft, asks the …

February 26, 2018

Procedural generation is an interesting design avenue. Enabling what can be considered a unique experience every time one plays a …

February 25, 2018

Announced back in the summer of 2007, Fez became one of the more hotly anticipated games during the resurgence of …

February 21, 2018

To what extent is the term “surreal” applied to video games? Not often. Which is odd, because in a medium …

February 20, 2018

Xtalsoft (pronounced “Crystalsoft”) developed a number of RPGs for computer platforms, including Lizard and the Mugen no Shinzou series, the …

February 20, 2018

Samurai Gunn is one of the most accessible fighting games you’ll find. It has nearly no learning curve, nothing you …