The thesis statement (if previews of video games about supernatural luchadores can have such a thing) of last year’s PAX Prime coverage of Guacamelee! could probably be summed up in the question “why not?” In my short time with Drinkbox Studios’ third release then, it came across as an appropriate response to all the nonsense [...]
2012 was the year of the bow. According to Giant Bomb, there was such a massive influx of games that featured bows and arrows that it was impossible to ignore. Hell, even Amazon got in on the joke. There was Assassin’s Creed III, Crysis 3 (granted, it is from 2013, but bow-centric marketing started long [...]
“Timeless” is a very interesting way to describe a game. In and of itself, it really just means that the passage of time is a nonfactor in the quality of an object or concept. Most often this is attributed to certain styles or designs because they are far removed from time in every critical way [...]
I’m only about halfway (probably?) through Dead Space 3, the latest entry in Visceral Games’ survival horror series, and I’m here to tell you that all the reviews you’ve read so far are right; it’s a different game. Just about every complaint and every compliment I’ve heard from other reviewers holds true from what I [...]
DmC Devil May Cry is a good game. Nay, a great game. It excels is so many parts that when it comes together as a whole, you feel more than sated with what you’d just experienced than you’d expect. Ninja Theory managed to make great characters that work exceedingly well within an interesting (if ridiculous) [...]
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