Hard West offers an excellent turn-based strategy game that includes supernatural elements, cults, and even the devil himself. Playing Hard West is thus a non-stop rollercoaster of events that still manages to be interesting despite some being told in Choose Your Own Adventure Style.
Klaus is an Indie platformer that routinely breaks fourth wall rules, with main character Klaus talking to players and even sometimes seeking advice. It makes the player more like a character too, and adds a wonderful twist to gameplay.
Ghost Hunter Mystery Series moves to Scotland for book four, a rollicking little tale that is now available on audiobook. While not the best in the series so far, Ghouls Gone Wild is still another enjoyable entry.
The evil aliens are back in XCOM 2, a game that follows the 2012 reboot of the classic 1994 tactical battle title. Aliens are even tougher this time, and have solid control over Earth, making battles and strategic decisions much more difficult for XCOM teams.
This week our Time Waster is starting an effort of clearing out a backlog of indie games and the first entry from that list is Volgarr the Viking,
Remaking a classic game like Turok is sometimes hit or miss, but Iguana Entertainment and Night Dive Studios have done a great job breathing new life into the original dinosaur hunter. Yes, there are a few issues, but incredible level design and pure nostalgia more than make up for it.
Those who enjoy a lot of action in their book selection will love The Sword Chronicles: Child of the Empire by Michaelbrent Collings, one of the most exciting titles Michael has dived into in a long time.
Movies based on videogames have a checkered history, but Hitman Agent 47, the second attempt at a Hitman-based movie, really tries to pay homage to the game even as it presents a somewhat typical Hollywood action flick.
Our local Time Waster is battling it out on the Surface of a cube world in Cubixx HD and he’s very interested in this PS3 game that has finally made its way to the PC.
In The Westport Independent, players take on the role of a newspaper editor in a fictional country around 1949. A war has just ended. The government wants to censor newspapers. Rebels are blowing stuff up. Reporters are divided. Can one editor keep it together?
