Mixing Genres in Vroom Kaboom
The Time Waster this week is a game called Vroom Kaboom that takes a shot at mixing tower defense and card battles together.
We Happy Few Offers Joy Despite Flaws
We Happy Few is one of the most unique adventure games ever created. Set in an alternative history where Germany conquered England and then left again, the 1960’s happy façade is easily cracked, revealing some terribly dark elements just below the surface.
GiN Classic Books Review: The Lord of the Rings Saga
Bill Jackson will be reviewing a series of classic books for GiN over the next few weeks. This week, he tackles the beginning of almost every fantasy adventure tale, and one of the best ever written. It’s J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth sagas. Do we have to really say how many videogames have been influenced by this?
Destiny 2: Forsaken Brings the Glory
If you were hoping that Destiny 2: Forsaken could rekindle some of the amazing glory of the original game, then you are in luck. Almost everything about Forsaken is done right, and that includes the new Gambit gameplay mode, which is insanely fun to play.
Feeling Nostalgic with Bio Evil 4
This week’s Time Waster is all about a demake named Bio Evil 4 and you only get one guess as to what game it’s a demake of.
Beast of Winter Adds Amazing Adventure to Deadfire
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is easily in the running for RPG Game of the Year. And now the deadly seas expand to include the Beast of Winter DLC, set on a mysterious expanding iceberg where death literally awaits high-level players.
GiN Classic Book Review: Cryptonomicon
Bill Jackson will be reviewing a series of classic books for GiN over the next few weeks. This week, the Cryptonomicon comes to light, and woe be to us all! If you want to know how the modern techno thriller got its start, crack open the pages of this vile and delightful tome.
Middling With Martian Mayhem in Far Cry 5 Lost on Mars
The Far Cry 5: Lost on Mars DLC does a lot of cool things, like reducing gravity to support monster jumps, and introducing laser type weapons to help you thwart an alien invasion. Unfortunately, the gameplay doesn’t quite live up to its other set pieces.
Ultra Space Battle Brawl is a Blast!
Ultra Space Battle Brawl is the Time Waster this week and Billy is more than happy to check out this fusion of fighting games and Pong.
Deep Diving into an Ocean of Horror in Narcosis
Being trapped in dark water is a pretty common fear. Narcosis combines that with claustrophobia, arachnophobia and traditional monsters to create one heck of a scary, narrative type of horror game experience.