Game Over OnlineNieR: Automata
Monday, March 20, 2017
Nier: Automata reminds me of an earlier period in game design, around the end of the ’90s and the beginning of the ’00s, which was a sort of…
Super Bomberman R
Monday, March 13, 2017
The past 20+ years have largely been good to the Bomberman series. Well-received games on the Saturn, N64, SNES, Xbox 360, and a PS3 re-release have given the…
Fast RMX
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
The Fast Racing series began as a true sleeper hit on the original Wii. The futuristic racer allowed fans of that sub-genre to enjoy the genre without having…
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Friday, March 3, 2017
Two things I should probably get out up front. One, I spent an inordinate amount of my teenage years and even up into graduate school playing D&D and…
Horizon Zero Dawn
Monday, February 20, 2017
The PlayStation 4 has played host to some of Sony’s greatest creations of all-time. Bloodborne brought the Souls sub-genre to a new level of accessibility, while Uncharted 4…
Sniper Elite 4
Sunday, February 19, 2017
You happen across a decrepit stone tower on the outskirts of San Celini Island, which is currently under fascist control. The tower would make an ideal sniper’s nest,…
Urban Empire
Friday, February 3, 2017
Urban Empire is a city simulator from Finnish developer Reborn Games. In it, you control a fledgling city from 1820 to modern times, zoning new districts, building up…
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
(Note: I didn’t play this with VR at all.) Resident Evil 7 is something of an experiment. I don’t think it’s an entirely successful one, but it’s…
Yakuza 0
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
When we last saw our Japanese hero, Kazuma Kiryu, he was driving a hack in Fukuoka and trying to remain hidden from his past life as “The Dragon…
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue
Monday, January 23, 2017
Since its debut in 2002, the Kingdom Hearts franchise has gone from “that game with Final Fantasy and Disney characters” to a complex tale of conspiracies, and just…