Articles
Kickstarter Highlights
November 11, 2013 | Frank StrevaIt’s already been well over a year since Double Fine Adventure first appeared on Kickstarter and arguably paved the way for all the successful video game crowd funding campaigns that followed. The game’s initial Kickstarter success proved that crowd funding … Read More
The Release Valve
October 28, 2013 | Frank StrevaWelcome to the Release Valve, formerly the Greenlight Spotlight. I finally found a better, more creative name for the series at the suggestion of a friend. Since my last article, Valve has announced two new batches of Greenlit titles, … Read More
PSA: Dark Matter is Unfinished
October 22, 2013 | Frank StrevaDark Matter, the new game from Nuclear Dawn developer InterWave Studios, has a gigantic, glaring problem: It is literally unfinished. The Steam forums are full of customers complaining after they found out that the otherwise rather decent game abruptly … Read More
“Not On Steam” Sale Is Exactly What It Sounds Like
October 4, 2013 | Frank StrevaFlippfly, developer of Race the Sun, has made no effort to hide just how poorly their game has done without that valuable Steam release. Race the Sun may have finally been Greenlit recently, but that hasn’t stopped the small … Read More
‘Gravity Ghost’ shoots for the stars
October 3, 2013 | Zebulon RogersWith all the crowding going on in the indie sector this year, it takes a special appeal to float above the pack to find success, but Chicago game developer Erin Robinson of Ivy Games looks to have the … Read More
Ring Runner Updated With Dota-like Multiplayer Mode
October 1, 2013 | Frank StrevaThe newest patch for indie space shooter Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages (Reviewed here) includes the promised MOBA-style multiplayer mode Space Defense League. Since it is bundled with a patch, this means that it is a free update … Read More
Race The Sun Struggling Without Steam Release
September 25, 2013 | Frank Streva
Flippfly, developers of procedural racer Race The Sun, have released some rather depressing stats that prove just how important a Steam release is for a small indie game. Race The Sun came out a month ago and has … Read More
Early Access: Paranautical Activity
September 18, 2013 | Frank StrevaConsidering the rant I wrote about the failings of Steam Greenlight a while back, it’s only natural that I cover Paranautical Activity. This modest little FPS Roguelite by Code Avarice had a difficult time getting onto Steam. A publishing … Read More
GOG.com High 5 Bundle Offers Indie Titles at 80% Off
September 12, 2013 | Frank StrevaToday, GOG.com announced a week-long indie bundle called the High 5. This build-your-own-bundle promo allows you to pick five games from a list of 25 titles and get them for 80% off. A few highlights from the list include … Read More
Greenlight Spotlight Vol. 7
September 4, 2013 | Frank StrevaWow, so Valve has been busy since my last article. There were two normal sized batches over the last few weeks, then Valve went crazy and released a mega batch of 100 games today. I’m happy to see that … Read More
News
Buy 1 Video Game & Get 2nd 50% Off
August 12, 2019 | GV
Amazon is currently having a video game promotion through which you can get 50% off a second title after purchasing a first. Of course, the second game has to be of equal or less value, but it might be a … Read More
Hearthstone: 10 Things That Have Killed The Game
August 12, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
Hearthstone, Blizzard’s entry into the CCG genre, isn’t dead. It still earns a fair amount of money, it’s still played by quite a few people, and it still has some presence on streaming and video platforms.
In the eyes … Read More
10 Most Divisive Games of All-Time
August 12, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
The most divisive games of all-time typically share one thing: they blend the brilliant and the bad.
If the following games were just bad, they wouldn’t have a legion of defenders. If they were strictly brilliant, they wouldn’t inspire … Read More
Articles
15 Best Selling Video Games Ever, Ranked
July 30, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
The premise of our breakdown of the best selling video games ever is very simple.
We know what the rankings for the best selling games ever looks like. The numbers are set in stone. However, what happens when you stack … Read More
Star Citizen Alpha 3.6 is Live
July 23, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Another yearly quarter has come and gone and that means it’s time for another Star Citizen patch release. While this patch may not be as flashy as 3.5 with its introduction of the massive city-planet ArcCorp, it does deliver … Read More
10 Video Game Soundtracks That Stand on Their Own
July 13, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Many wonderful game soundtracks do a great job of elevating the quality of their respective game. However, not all of them are quite as entertaining on their own. It is, of course, not the job of the soundtrack to do … Read More
Reviews
Rage 2’s use of Open-World design does not work
June 4, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Recently, I finished Rage 2. I set out in the game with the hope that it would deliver something reminiscent of the magnificence of Doom while drawing some of the enjoyable open-world aspects of an Avalanche developed game. I … Read More
PlayStation Now: Does it Need to Change to Survive?
March 25, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
In many ways, PlayStation Now is shaping up to be Sony’s biggest missed opportunity of the PS4 era.
PlayStation Now sounded like a pretty exciting service when it was first revealed in 2014. At the very least, it offered … Read More
Crackdown 3 or Anthem: Which is More Disappointing?
February 21, 2019 | Matthew Byrd
February 2019 was supposed to be one of the biggest months for games in recent memory. Headlined by titles like Metro Exodus, Crackdown 3, and Anthem, many gamers were left wondering just how they were going to play all … Read More
Opinion
Hearthstone: 10 Things That Have Killed The Game
August 12, 2019 | Matthew Byrd Hearthstone, Blizzard’s entry into the CCG genre, isn’t dead. It still earns a fair amount of money, it’s still played by quite a few people, and it still has some presence on streaming and video platforms.
In the eyes … Read More
How Long Do Games Have to Be?
August 9, 2019 | Robert Endyo
Throughout my life, my expectations for game length has inverted. When I was a kid, if I completed a game in a matter of hours and had no reason to ever play it again, that was a disaster. I didn’t get … Read More
Bring Back the Real-time Strategy Epic
August 6, 2019 | Robert Endyo
The real-time strategy genre was once a cornerstone of the PC gaming world. As the age of 3D acceleration dawned, their popularity started to waver. However, in this period, developers started expanding on the relatively lean story elements that these … Read More