News by Matt S. E3 has all shut up shop for 2014, and it has been an exciting one. We’re rather sad it’s all over, in fact. But we have one more trailer for you this year; introducing a new handheld console, the Steamboy. This console, which uses the Steam…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Tamara Schembri and Peter Budziszewski; an Aussie indie team with a love of the whole “games as art” deal. As you can probably guess, I immediately became a fan. Budziszewski is a veteran of the Australian games industry, having…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. It wouldn’t be an E3 without controversy. This year that controversy is a statement that an Ubisoft spokesman made to the effect of “there are no playable female assassins in Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s multiplayer component because animating women is too much work.” I actually wasn’t going…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Fantasy Grounds isn’t a game in and of itself. But it’s almost certainly going to end up being my most valued piece of Steam software. For Fantasy Grounds is a bit of software that allows you to play pen-and-paper (PnP) RPGs with family and friends from…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Simplicity can be both a good and a bad thing. At the best of times, simplicity makes a game feel second nature, and at the worst the game becomes tiresome all too soon. And Pulstar is an example of the latter. Billing itself as a twin…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. It seemed like most major Nintendo news had been outed after the Nintendo Digital Event at E3, but a certain fellow by the name of Reginald quickly reminded us of a 90 minute conference for a “surprise” new 3DS game. Naturally most fans threw around the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Take Dead Island, and cross it with Diablo. Sounds great, right? This is the game that How To Survive aspires to be. The good news is that it’s perfectly serviceable. The bad news is that that’s all it is. How To Survive is a story that…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. The Vita has one of the strongest mobile games libraries, and the gameplay of Lemmings perfectly fits in with what the console does best. The main premise behind this classic series is that the player indirectly directs little creatures known as Lemmings from the entrance of…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Anomaly Defenders is the latest and final game in 11 Bit Studios’ franchise that tells the story of a war between a race of aliens and the humans they had sought to control. While the previous games in this series defined a new sub-genre that turned…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Rhythm game, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f absolutely took me by storm when it was released earlier this year. It was challenging, it had great music, and Hatsune Miku is a star. The E3 trailer for the sequel promises pretty much the same thing, but I’m…
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