There was a strange golden age for JRPGs in the ‘90s. Titles like Final Fantasy, Wild Arms and Earthbound warped the minds of my generation into optimistic weirdos with strong opinions on turn-based combat. Now […]

At its heart, the Just Cause franchise is all about creative destruction. Typically, players have access to interesting gadgets for fighting and locomotion, a hapless enemy, and an interactive environment ripe for exploitation. The result […]

With Insurgency: Sandstorm being the third military shooter I’ve reviewed this holiday season, I think it’s safe to say that I’m now the de facto patron saint for all that is pew pew and “oo-rah” […]

There used to be a time where even the notion of remaking something adored by so many would be enough cause to light the torches and wave the pitchforks. For a lot of properties, this […]

Blessed are the amnesiacs, for they shall inherit the earth. You think it would have been the meek, but they’re not a very assertive bunch. It also helps if you’re a mutant in these post-apocalypse […]

There have been, at a guess, more video games about war than there are stars in the universe and grains of sand on all the worlds beaches multiplied by each other and combined. Granted, most […]

When a game franchise goes cold for six long years, it’s safe to assume that it won’t be coming back. Couple this with the collapse of THQ, and it seemed that Darksiders was doomed to […]

It’s now been about five years since I was introduced to the Shin Megami Tensei world via Persona 4 and, while the core SMT experience is fantastic at inspiring metaphysical and moral quandaries for me […]

You know, I really wanted to like Fallout 76, and I need to be clear – I don’t hate the idea of an MMOFPS Fallout spin-off. Being able to regularly play and have fun in […]

We take much of our lives for granted. So long as the Wi-Fi stays on, nobody questions the machinations behind the scenes. Water magically appears from the faucet, electricity resonates with voodoo energy from holes […]