Death Stranding Did the Impossible
Hideo Kojima made everyone care about something brand new. He created a new IP with all new characters with a (kind of) new company and made a popular game that…
Can Developers Bring Life Back to the ARPG?
There has been no shortage of news relating to the classic Action Role Playing Games (ARPGs) lately. The obvious, of course, is the announcement of Diablo 4. However, since that…
Half-Life: Alyx Is Built Entirely to Sell You VR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2W0N3uKXmo Don’t get me wrong, the trailer for Half-Life: Alyx looks great. It seems like it is channeling just enough Half-Life 2 to make it immediately appealing to fans,…
Game Pass Grows, Game Ownership Withers – Who Will Own Your Game Library?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTveV4Yfh2I Microsoft’s X019 conference was quite the show as they announced numerous new games and new additions to the Xbox and Game Pass. The massive announcement included games like Wasteland…
Top 10 Most Metal Games
Metal and Gothic Fantasy have gone hand in hand for quite some time now. While I’m not sure where it all started, there’s no separating them. Video games have become…
Why is EA coming back to Steam?
Today EA finally confirmed its return to Steam by allowing preorders for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order on the platform. EA was one of the first companies to move on…
Star Citizen is Beginning to Come Together… Here’s How
No matter what progress Cloud Imperium Games makes and shows off to the world, there’s still a healthy contingent of naysayers ready to shoot it down. Most come along with…
The Blizzard You Knew Is Gone
Sometime around 25 years ago, I first picked up a CD-ROM that contained Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. At the time, I was a little too young to be particularly good…
It’s time to bring more Zelda to the Switch
After an enjoyable journey through the classic The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, I realized that it would be nice to revisit more of the games between A Link to…
Where Do Games Go When They Die?
As we trend ever deeper into a world of games that require servers maintained by the developer or publisher, we see more and more games disappearing from the world. What was…
DLC and the Death of Expansions
I was recently asked “What is your favorite DLC?” and I immediately jumped back to some of my favorite expansions like Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, Half-Life: Opposing Force, and…
Can Homeworld 3 Succeed in Reviving the Franchise?
With the recent announcement of Homeworld 3, we’re seeing the ultimate culmination of an effort to revive a franchise. Game franchises usually don’t last forever. Some rarely make it into…