Reviews
Review: Super Mario 3D World
I can’t write about the Wii U without mentioning the dire state of its game library. But bless Nintendo’s hearts they’ve been trying really hard to right their busted ship and while Super Mario 3D World isn’t the hero the Wii U...
Review: OlliOlli
Not a lot of tears were shed when the Tony Hawk series kicked the bucket. Its games released to great acclaim and to their credit stayed strong for a long time before a harsh and sharp decline. By the time anybody had thought to release a...
Review: Loot Hero
Loot Hero by developer Varagtp Studios describes itself as an "RPG grind-fest". I wasn't even aware that was a genre. The game has been released on iOS and Android, as well as a browser-based game, and now it finds its way to the PC. The...
Review: The Banner Saga
What better to do whilst suffering through the Northeast's polar vortex than curl up in a freezing pre-war apartment with a copy of a game where everything is covered in ice and snow? The Banner Saga is the first effort by studio Stoic, a...
Review: Samurai Gunn
As a child who spent his formative years in the fourth and fifth console generations, local multiplayer has a special place in my heart that online gameplay has never been able to fill. It's unlikely it will ever fill it, there's something...
Review: Dead Rising 3
As we've discussed in other articles, we must approach launch titles with realistic expectations. We don't excuse bad games, but we keep in mind that we can only expect so much from them. When I started Ryse I went in with low expectations...
Review: Nidhogg
Little known fact, in college I took fencing and stage combat,using a rapier and making it look fancy was the order of things in our club. Nidhogg captures the true essence of such swordplay, following the rules of form but always making...
Review: Don’t Starve
When I began my journey with Don’t Starve, I swiftly learned a few lessons. First lesson: Some survival tactics work as they do in the real world, such as using manure to feed a fire. Second lesson: Some survival tactics do not work as...
Review: The Cat Lady
In a dilapidated English flat a lonely middle-aged woman, Susan Ashworth, has decided to take her own life. Surrounded only by her cats she takes 23 sleeping pills and slowly slips from consciousness. But she doesn't die just yet, or does...
