Tag Archives: editorial

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Review – My Immortal
You have a supernatural problem, but the Ghostbusters with proton packs are three hundred years away. Who you gonna call? The Witcher? Tough luck, he’s…

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Review – Monumentally Forgettable
It is not a total disaster everyone dreaded it would be. Or hoped. Considering the development hell it suffered, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League…

Palworld Preview – Beastmastery Beckons
Pokémon with guns. That ad-hoc definition was the flying cigarette butt that lit the fuse of the gaming masses’ explosive enthusiasm. Palworld, an unknown and…

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Review – The Fresh Prince
Ubisoft, a major publisher with a glorious past but a struggling present, can hope for a brighter future if it hedges more bets like this…

Lethal Company Preview – Looter/Screamer
Viral sensations. When they are bad, like COVID-19, they suck major balls, but sometimes they hit the spot and set the world on fire in…

Ready or Not Review – “Controversial”
Games glorifying banditry are legion, but only a few lionize law enforcement. Taking a conscious risk of sounding like an average grandfather, I’ll label that…

Cookie Cutter Review – Headbanger’s Ball
Hyperviolent android, obsessively in love with a girl, tearing foes limb from limb and screaming in a futuristic, dystopian environment. Sounds familiar? No? You may…

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Review – When Nature Wins
Science Fiction sets its stories in worlds humans have never seen using technologies that do not exist. All these contemplations about what could be in…

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader Review – The Emperor Protects
The third game from developer Owlcat Games, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader marks a major milestone for the WH40k franchise – with it being the first…

Last Train Home Review – National Epic
One of the few good consequences of the Great War was the unstoppable wave of national liberation movements. Many European peoples took advantage of the…

Flashback 2 Review – Le Désastre
The original Flashback (1992) was one of the most important games of the late Amiga era. This sci-fi cinematic platform game broke popularity records and…

The Talos Principle 2 Review – Brain Busting Beauty
There have been several games striving to emulate the simple ingenuity of Portal. Quantum Conundrum, Q.U.B.E, Antichamber, and others were mostly competent from the technical…

Alan Wake 2 Review – Fire Walk with Me
I’m tempted to use big words when trying to explain what exactly is going on in Alan Wake 2. Almost everybody on the internet does…

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Review – Swingin’ Together
Experts agree that the American purchase of Alaska from Russians was the finest strategic and macroeconomic deal ever. The second best was probably the snagging…

Lords of the Fallen Review – Wax Covered Exasperation
The first Lords of the Fallen came out when rarely anyone else made souls games other than From Software. Nine years later we get a…

Star Trek: Infinite Review – Warp Core Breach
You ain’t going to believe this, but the last decent grand strategy game involving Star Trek is a quarter of a century old. Star Trek:…

Assassin’s Creed Mirage Review – Back to Basics
Without moderation, good things can be equivalently soul-crushing as bad things. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and to a lesser extent, its predecessor, Odyssey, were too big…

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Review – Chromatic Redemption
Everyone loves an uplifting story of rebirth and redemption. It doesn’t matter if the protagonist is a pile of compiled code rather than a human,…

Lies of P Review – Clockborne Rising
There are great many Marlenas in this world, but only one of them is Dietrich. The same goes for Bloodborne, from which the famous “borne”…

The Crew Motorfest Review – Searching for Identity
The Crew series tried to find its unique voice over the first two iterations but then comes The Crew Motorfest and I’m not sure if…