Review by Nick H. The world of MMO gaming is an interesting one, because it is so incredibly fluid. Once upon a time you’d buy a game, put it in your console or PC drive and that was what you got. Then came patches and online communities where players could…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Dating all the way back to 1990, Final Fantasy III helped to take the storyline and character progression of the series further than ever before. I had always enjoyed the first two Final Fantasy games, but their stories were sparse, relying more on conversations with random…
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 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 MoreReview by Matt S. Australian-developed EPOCH was a smash hit on iOS for many of the same reasons that most iOS smash hits become smash hits – it took a very basic idea and executed on it really, really well. It combined high production values, gameplay that worked on a…
Read MoreReview by Jim S. 100% Orange Juice has nothing to do with Orange Juice (or Oranges for that matter). This is a board/ card/ dice game, of the old school variety where luck will come in handy. The game features characters from the Orange_Juice (the game’s developer) catalogue, such as…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Here Be Monsters is making a bold claim; it’s an “MMO where Google Maps meets Wikipedia meets Animal Crossing.” It’s a game that’s fun, informative, deeply social and now, available worldwide. The press release certainly helps the game sound interesting: “Here Be Monsters combines the real…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. One of the consequences of games being so very easy to create right now is that there are all kinds of people making games. For independent developers, the ability to build retro throwback games to their youth is one of the most compelling drawcards of having…
Read MoreEarly Access preview by Pierre-Yves L. There’s a silly proverb that states that the early bird gets the worm. In the galactic play on this, the late robot gets in trouble with his boss and sent out into the far reaches of the universe to manage squishy humans to gather…
Read More