Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

Friday, September 27, 2013
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The Good: Complex, immersive story and atmosphere The Bad: Linked to a not very good gaming experience The Ugly: Some irritatingly fussy puzzles   It’s kind of fascinating…

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FIFA 14

Thursday, September 26, 2013
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I’m a bonafide soccer fanatic and a loyal fan of the FIFA series. Having set up those credentials, I can’t quite put my finger on what is off…

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Killzone: Mercenary

Thursday, September 26, 2013
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Let me start by saying I love my PS Vita, but occasionally I want to shoot stuff and that is where the Vita library has left me wanting…

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Lost Planet 3

Thursday, September 26, 2013
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Lost Planet 3 is, at the end of the day, an unremarkable if competently made third-person shooter. It doesn’t really innovate on the formula and unless you’re new…

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Madden NFL 25

Monday, September 23, 2013
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It’s been a great generation of sports games. We’ve been able to experience so many fantastic innovations in the way of visual improvements, game features, and online capabilities….

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Puppeteer

Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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It’s been a tremendous few months for platformers with Rayman Legends and Super Luigi U. Puppeteer stood out from all of them with its unique puppet theater styling…

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NHL 14

Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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It’s hard to be a hockey fan in this day and age. Casual fans have been alienated by confusing and contradictory rhetoric coming from both sides of the…

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Flashback

Monday, September 16, 2013
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Flashback was the right game at the right time. Just when the gaming world had started obsessing over full motion cinematics and attaching gigantic CD drives to their…

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Outlast

Thursday, September 12, 2013
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The Good: Genuinely scary, immersive experience. Beautifully awful environments. The Bad: Absolutely linear – adventuring on rails. Lack of combat gets a little ridiculous at times. The Ugly:…

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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

Tuesday, September 10, 2013
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I didn’t grow up playing XCOM. I played the hell out of the original game’s demo as a kid but the series didn’t get embedded into my soul…

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