Never have I enjoyed a shooter as much as I enjoyed BioShock Infinite. It’s one of those rare games that lingers in your mind long after you see the credits roll. You are then compelled to play through it again… and again. BioShock Infinite is an amazing game due to its stunning story, varied and intense gameplay, and beautiful visuals. BioShock Infinite’s story is unbelievable! The immersive story compelled me   Read More ...

XCOM: UFO Defense and its somewhat underwhelming deep-sea-themed sequel stand as titans among the strategy genre.  I remember back in the 90′s playing UFO Defense on my IBM Aptiva.  What really stood out about this oldy-but-goody was its attention to detail and its punishing difficulty.  The game didn’t hold your hand like Command & Conquer or Warcraft (yes kids, Warcraft used to be a strategy game); however, that may have   Read More ...

  COD Black Ops II is the latest in a LONG line of COD games. It’s also he sequel to Black Ops, which is my favorite game in the series. The developers decided to take Black Ops II to the next level by taking the game into the future and the past with many narrative and gameplay chances. For the most part, they succeeded. Let me start by saying that   Read More ...

The future of gaming is a topic that I tend to have with a number of people, and it generally steers in the direction of the unknown.  The gaming medium has advanced so far since the days of the NES that it’s almost mind-boggling to imagine what could come next.  For decades, it was simply the acceleration of the visual quality of the gaming experience, but with the last generation   Read More ...

Video games have been a very prominent influence in my life as far back as I can remember. When I was young, when my parents would ground me for things like setting fires to abandoned houses and assaulting hobos, they would simply take whatever gaming console I had at the time away from me. I knew from a very young age that I either wanted to have a profession in   Read More ...

“I think video games is a bigger problem than guns, because video games affect people,”  U.S. senator Lamar Alexander (a Tennessee Republican) told host Chuck Todd on MSNBC yesterday. The man apparently had a flash of insanity for a moment while thinking so hard about how to divert the public attention away from how so many government officials make billions of dollars from selling weapons.  The ignorance that exists in   Read More ...

Tim Schafer is, in my book, one of the most talented game designers and writers in the industry and has been for decades.  Growing up I was a huge fan of all of his games, as the point and click adventure games of yesteryear were some of the most influential games on me in my early days as a young gamer.  I was a huge fan of Lucasarts games, and   Read More ...

Unfortunately, it seems the recent string of bans Riot Games has had to enact upon LoL players is not over yet.  According to a recent post on the official board, three more players have been found in violation of “the Summoner’s Code.”  This is especially relevant because all three players belong to the Team Solo Mebdi group, and as of now the entire team has been suspended from tournament play.  While   Read More ...

If you’ve followed Path of Exile at all, you know that it’s almost impossible to mention the game without making a reference to the Diablo series.  However, after spending a few hours with PoE, even trying to keep a journalistic frame of mind, the comparisons to Diablo fade and I realize that I’m simply having a great time and getting completely engulfed in a new dungeon crawler action RPG in   Read More ...

It’s the start of a new year, and with that comes the usual early-year game releases.  One game release that has been stirring up a lot of buzz is the American reboot of the Devil May Cry series from Capcom.  Such a bel0ved series seeing a complete 0verhaul from a developer half a world away from its origin causes everything from eye-rolling to downright hostility from the gaming public.  But   Read More ...