My Reviews

The fear of Na*zi Germany taking over the world was probably quite believable about 60 years ago. Nowadays it’s a fascinating “what if” scenario that authors love to toy with. While it’s never usually anything good or nice, it usually shows how nations can come together and fight a larger

If you haven’t already read the novel, Metro 2033 is probably one of the best post-apocalyptic novels ever written. The novel really gets into your head and takes the whole post-apocalyptic Russian lore and myths and brings it to life. Metro 2033 was ahead of its time in 2010. While

Watch Dogs is supposed to be the next Grand Theft Auto III! The next-gen revolutionary open-world game! Well, there’s one big flaw in all that hype. Watch Dogs was developed for last-gen consoles. We will never get a truly next-gen experience until a game is made specifically for next-gen consoles

Sony’s little FPS that could have become a console seller. Back in 2004 Killzone was deemed a “Halo Killer” by Sony but was met with unexpectedly low fanfare due to pushing the PS2 too far and feeling too heavy and sluggish to play. The fourth installment in the main console

The biggest competitor against Call of Duty has always been Battlefield. While both games have drastically changed over the years they both still compete for the most action-packed single-player campaign and an addictive multiplayer suite. Battlefield has been the superior game for the past few years for many reasons. Not

First person platforming isn’t attempted often. A Story About My Uncle keeps it basic with grappling, anti-gravity jumping, and various puzzles. The story is fairly simple and doesn’t really mean anything until the very end. A boy is trying to find his uncle Fred. He finds his uncle’s lab where

Bastion was a fantastic game with a memorable narrative and fast-paced combat. Transistor slows it down a bit with more strategic combat and a slightly less memorable story. The story is about love. The whole story never really makes sense, you’re just thrown in the middle of some battle between

Thief has been one of those franchises that have been on the back burner of gamer’s minds for over a decade. Like Deus Ex, Duke Nukem, and various other decade-long franchises, Thief went through its own development h*ell. The end product isn’t exactly something that’s worth waiting ten years for,

Skateboarding games have kind of died out over the past 5 years. With the last decent one being Skate 3, everyone yearns for the days of classic Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. OlliOlli brings back that arcade-like twitch reflexes on a 2D plane. There’s no story to speak of and there

Brothers is about two boys who travel across their land to find a magic sap from a very special tree. They need this sap to heal their father who has come down with a life-threatening illness. That’s pretty much all there is to the story. However, that’s not the touching

It goes to show that a smaller focus can create a great story and atmosphere. You don’t need a multi-million dollar budget to create something great. Gone Home starts out oddly because you are given no direction, but after about 15 minutes you realize what you are supposed to do.

2D platformers have had a huge comeback in the past 5 years, but none of them really offer a great challenge. Rogue Legacy offers a lot of replay value thanks to the randomly generated dungeons and characters. I love Rogue’s character selection system. You get to pick between three different

Forget about the last Shadowrun FPS. That game was a disaster. This HD remake of Shadowrun returns with a great story, but the combat is lacking just a bit. You are basically a runner who watches a tape of your best friend before he died. You suddenly become his insurance

Being on a strange alien planet, you are tasked with the mission of using a device called The Swapper to escape, you must free yourself from this foreign alien race. The problem is, these aliens aren’t alive, they are a gathered mass conscious. The space station you are on is

Note: This review was written in April of 2013 and reflects the state of the game up to that point. While everyone is playing Black Ops II and Battlefield 3 there is a little multiplayer game called Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. This knight-in-shining-armor online only game pits players against each other and

Scribblenauts is one of those games that is just fun no matter what age you are. Solving puzzles by using your imagination just spells fun for anyone. Unlimited tries to throw in an open world feel, which doesn’t feel so open, and has almost every item you can imagine in

If you loved Super Meat Boy you should check this game out. Will love it as much? Probably not. TBP is all about a little girl who picks up some mysterious cursed book that turns her into a demon in her dreams. The game has a Lovecraftian are style, but

Binary Domain is a Japanese made third-person shooter from Sega all about advanced robots. The story is actually the best part of the game as well as the characters and voice acting. Most Japanese shooters tend to suck, for some reason, or have a lot of major flaws. Binary Domain

Good ‘ol South Park. One of the granddaddies of television backlash. Before Family Guy was South Park. An adult cartoon featuring four children living in a rural town of South Park, Colorado who run into various antics and adventures. The series is still ongoing and started in 1997. I remember

I have actually never heard of this game before seeing the remastered release make some noise. It's an arcade game from the mid-90s that is basically frisbee with tennis rules. You pick your character based on their speed and power and toss a disc around a court. It sounds way