With each new entry in the Trials franchise, my interest seems to be waning. Trials Fusion still has that classic Trials charm and skill-based game play, but like Trials Evolution, the hooks were unable to latch on to me to keep me playing. That said, it does just enough to change up the formula, and the […]

The tagline for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (H:HOW) is “Deceptively simple. Insanely fun.” By all accounts, it couldn’t be said much better. H:HOW is brimming with outstanding presentation values and strategic game design that has even the most casual and hard-core players coming back for more. I find it hard most days to not play […]

Every couple of years, a game comes along and changes everything we’ve ever known. It’s something so groundbreaking, innovative and perfect in execution that nothing can surpass its beauty. These games stand the test of time and forever leave their mark on the gaming industry. Then there’s Goat Simulator. Goat Simulator is easily one of […]

When any of the Souls games get brought up in conversation, it’s often about their level of difficulty and painfully punishing game mechanics. There were rumors of Dark Souls II being downgraded to appeal to a wider audience, and these rumors had just about every fan worried sick. After just a couple of hours of playing and […]

It was incredibly unlikely that Diablo III would live up to the hype back when it was released in 2012, twelve years after its predecessor. Diablo II essentially perfected the action RPG genre and lived on to have a thriving community for many years. What wasn’t quite expected was how far Diablo III was going to stray from […]

I wasn’t entirely sure what I was getting into when starting up Strider for the first time. There wasn’t much info, hype or chatter about it up to its release, and it doesn’t help that it’s a reimagining of an arcade game from the late 1980s. With the promise of “Metroidvania” mechanics and a return to […]

In all of my years of gaming, I never thought that an objective such as “Grab a bottle of soda” would test every bit of my will and skill until the glorious Octodad: Dadliest Catch came along. It constantly challenges you to complete the most minute tasks while at the same time making sure that […]

Despite being a transitional year for consoles, 2013 went out with a bang with some seriously solid titles. We witnessed leaps and bounds in terms of storytelling, went to breathtaking locales and platformed our way across some of the best games of the generation. Because everyone enjoys nice, arbitrary lists, I will offer my personal favorite games […]

In the last couple of years, the gaming industry has been in a bit of a drought in terms of creativity and new franchises, leading to numerous remakes sold purely off the nostalgia factor. Even Nintendo has been reaping the benefits of the nostalgia cash cow, although they tend to execute the products in a […]

Big blockbuster franchises are a bit of a Catch-22 for game developers. Fans of the franchise want similar game play that they’ve grown to love over the years, but at the same time, they want innovation and new features to reinvigorate that love. Need for Speed: Rivals features a new developer in Ghost, although that […]

There are two things that are necessary for a Sonic the Hedgehog game to succeed: speed and precision. It’s difficult to formulate and execute these ideas in a solid and smooth manner, which has resulted in a roller coaster of a franchise in the last ten years. Sonic: Lost World tries to take a page […]

I’m playing Lee Sin, moving towards the middle lane, when I see a team fight break out. The enemy Katarina jumps on our Varus, and I Safeguard to him to protect him. Kat starts to use her skills, and I Sonic Wave her, followed up with a massive kick and a Resonating Strike to kill her. The […]