One of eXplorminate’s most anticipated games for 2018 is, without a doubt, Thea 2: The Shattering. We’ve had a couple updates on its development so far, but those have dealt mostly with the mechanics of the game. What about the lore? We wanted to know more about the […]
Three years ago we first heard of the game Remnant. We wrote up a little piece about it and then everything went radio silent. Well, good news: the primary developer A. Scott McCallum is back and he is almost done developing this promising game. So, we thought we’d […]
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 […]
In our previous installment of Five Questions About Warhammer 40K You Were Afraid to Ask, we took a look at humanity and the Imperium of Man in the 41st Millennium. In today’s conclusion, we’ll take a look at the forces facing the Imperium – from within and without […]
Join Nate and Troy as they analyze and discuss the many aspects of video game difficulty settings. If you think you know what they’ll be discussing, you might be in for a surprise. There is a lot more to game difficulty that one would imagine. Come and listen […]
With the upcoming release of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War, there must be about six of you in our audience wondering: what exactly is Warhammer 40K? Piecing together the constant references to heresy, the God Emperor, bolters, Astartes, and Orks swirling around the interwebs can be […]
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 […]
Development on the 4X-Roguelike hybrid Thea 2: The Shattering continues to roll along. This month, we got updates on crafting, resources, skills, and UI. Crafting One of the biggest parts of Thea: The Awakening was crafting items. Thea 2 takes that activity to a whole new level. First, […]
As many of you know, there has been a change to the way Valve handles users’ libraries. What once was open information for anyone to view, is now private by default. The reasons and ethics of that change have been hotly debated. This article is not about that. […]
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 […]
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