"Oh man, it's so much better. There's so much stuff you can do!"

"Trust me, dude. I put in about 30 hours, and I'm still having a blast with it!"

"Dead Island never should have happened. THIS is the definitive open-world zombie game!"

These are just examples of the positive word-of-mouth I received when inquiring about Dying Light. Not ( Read more... )

It took me about a month and a half longer than I had planned, but I finally finished Dying Light. I keep getting distracted or occupied with life in general to write as much as I desperately want to, but this experience drove me to mental levels I thought had been long forgotten ( Read more... )

Well, being that it's the Halloween season, I figured I'd sift through some of my backlog and try to finish some horror games. After groaning at Silent Hill: Downpour, I decided to pop in something a little more on the silly side: Dead Rising 2Almost exactly seven years ago, I finished the first game, and wrote a favorably decent mini-review if I ( Read more... )

Okay, another one I'm late on. Even though I started this shortly after picking it up on its release day back in 2012, I couldn't exactly remember why I suddenly stopped playing when I was clearly past the halfway point. It might have been due to other games coming out at the same time, but that's still quite peculiar in my case.

Silent Hill has ( Read more... )

Almost eleven years ago, I did a "30 Worst Games" list, and I look back and shake my head at how poorly-worded some of the posts were. But there was a game I listed as #1 that generated quite a stir of debate, even years later as I stood by my feelings on it. The Sims back then was such a BORING game, and I couldn't understand the overall appeal ( Read more... )

There's something to be said about video games based on movie licenses. They generally suck. It's no mystery. Any gamer can come to that conclusion, and why shouldn't they? About 95% of them are quick cash-ins, specifically marketed to folks who simply don't know any better.

"Hey guys. I hear you like that new Star Trek movie! Well, why not ( Read more... )

Hype is a dangerous thing. Like a plague, its infectious attachment spreads like wildfire, and while something good CAN come out in the end of it all, it's awfully rare... and we, the gamers, often suffer because of it.

Watch Dogs made a stunning appearance at E3 2012, the presentation virtually received a standing ovation. The amount of ideas ( Read more... )

I feel so old talking about this, but I have to bring it up. Twenty-one years and eight games, Super Mario Kart came to me at a time where I didn't have a whole lot of access to playing outside with friends. My parents were on the move a lot in 1993, I felt kinda detached. That summer, as things slowly started to settle, I encountered this ( Read more... )

First person shooters haven't really evolved much over the past decade and a half. Yeah, they've added more tweaks, like cover, sprinting, stealth, and the unnecessary infection of quick-time events, but ever since Quake entered our lives in the latter half of the 90s, anyone playing an FPS today could easily hop in and play any of those games ( Read more... )

I still stand by it today: Batman: Arkham Asylum was hands-down the greatest superhero game ever made, and even slightly trumps the impressive Arkham City. The overall experience was perfect, and everything was delivered with just the right amount of spit-shine polish from Rocksteady Studios ( Read more... )