“In 1688 Europe drew swords in a quarrel which, with one uneasy interlude, was to last for a quarter of a century. Since the duel between Rome and Carthage there had been no such world war.” Winston Churchill – Marlborough His Life And Times. The 127 year period […]
Every now and then I want to take a break from the super complex games that fill my Steam library and just play something more straightforward. Thankfully, the most recent time I felt I needed such a break, I had the perfect game lined up and ready to […]
Reactor: Online All systems nominal in my gaming life, y’all. I’m not even going to pretend to be unbiased about BattleTech. I definitely have criticisms of this title and I’ll lay those out, but you’re reading a piece written by a guy who bought manuals and miniatures for […]
Frostpunk is an exercise in misery. The latest city builder amongst many (SimCity, Cities: Skylines (C:S), the Anno series, Aven Colony, Surviving Mars and more), Frostpunk attempts something more than just the same old optimized living/working space, building-placement puzzle. Frostpunk demands you ask yourself, again and again, how […]
Are we in a city builder renaissance? I’ve been told by many that this is so. With SimCity, Cities: Skylines (C:S), the Anno series, Aven Colony, and Frostpunk out amongst a host of others, there may never have been so many options for the burgeoning electronic metropolist. And […]
With so many city builders newly released or about to arrive, I feel like it’s appropriate to look back at the current Big Daddy in the genre: Cities: Skylines (C:S). Even though the game was developed by Colossal Order Ltd., C:S has many of the strengths and weaknesses […]
Heat Signature is a simple sci-fi stealth/action RPG with permadeath that neatly fits into that one special category of games that frustrates all of us from time to time. You know the one: it contains all the games you are really close to buying because they seem cool […]
As I finished my first game of Northgard, I was grinning from ear to ear. It is one of those games where the mechanics, theme, and overall experience just clicked with me. And the more I played, the more I appreciated the nuances of its design – whether […]
It has been a long and arduous journey to get here, Commander. You have finally discovered the secret of the Elders after a brutal final battle at their secret headquarters deep below the surface of the Pacific ocean. Your avatar is barely able to hold the teleportation gate […]
No one has as many friends as the man with many cheeses! In the summer of 2014 a little role-playing game titled Divinity: Original Sin was released. It was an amazing RPG and easily my favorite game that year. (It also gave me the quote above, which still […]
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