Long before Dark Souls fame, FromSoftware was known for its console-centric mecha franchise. In Japan, they love their giant fighting robots, and Armored Core thrived…

Have you ever contemplated living in the swamp village from the medieval fairy tales/games? Not being a hero, just existing as the pauper in the…

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a beast of a game and a new gold standard for classic, hard-core computer RPGs. Six years in the making, the…

Believe it or not, there is a first-party Nintendo gaming franchise that struggles with breaking out in the mainstream. Since its debut in 2001, the…

The Expanse novels and TV series are the most engaging modern science fiction money can buy. As such, they represent a perfect framework for a…

Jagged Alliance 1 and 2, the most important formative games from my tender young days, had set an impossible standard for many cloners, imitators, and…

Diving for the fish during the day, and serving customers in the sushi restaurant by night, both in glorious retro 2D. Sounds like a free2play…

Multiplayer shooters on the PC are legion. Extraction shooters and battle royales are dominating the modern battlespace, lately taking precedence over more traditional forms. When…

Aliens, the finest sequel in the history of cinematography, has been adapted into countless games since 1986. The train of interactive translations started with Aliens:…

In these uncertain, turbulent times, quality escapism is pretty much essential for individual well-being. Preferably, that distraction is something a person intimately recognizes and enjoys…

Frictional Games are undisputed masters of interactive dread since the first Amnesia (2010). Their signature brand of horror had always involved a defenseless amnesiac protagonist…

Imagine being a caveman hunting a mammoth with a flint-tipped spear and bone arrows. Suddenly, a bright light flashes, weirdly dressed stranger materializes in front…

Playing as an antihero can be charming if the stars align and the antihero in question has some redeemable personality traits. Many people are happy…

Reading up on Humanity, I was vaguely expecting a simple puzzle game reminiscent of Lemmings 3D. What emerged instead was an arsenal of good ideas…

Delivering a sequel to one of the best games of all time was probably akin to flashing a faint smile to an executioner before putting…

It’s a well-known fact that Jedi are noble, nimble, and sometimes conflicted. Star Wars movies, TV shows, and books established those facts a long time…

Since the early days of tabletop gaming, a crucial prerequisite for fantasy role-players was imagination. The ability to weave stories and fly unshackled from the…

What the world desperately needs right now is another free2play multiplayer shooter. Perhaps a simple Call of Duty clone, slated for the mid or late…

Take Battle Isle, inject a cartoon personality into it and you get Advance Wars. Oh, and make it less complicated by using squares instead of…

When first Dead Island came out, zombie games weren’t as much of a “thing” as they are now. First-person melee combat was rare and weapon…