Recapturing Glory With Destiny: The Taken King
Our reviewer left Destiny several months ago in frustration with the game’s development path. Now with Destiny: The Taken King expansion, he finds that many of the sins of the past have been rectified, and replaced with glorious sci-fi fun.
Pulling Weeds in Viridi
This week Billy is playing a plant-growing simulator that takes itself a little too seriously. After all, is it really fun to watch the grass grow? Check out Viridi’s review inside.
Shadowrun Hong Kong Adds Eastern Flavor To Amazing RPG
We’ve run the shadows in Seattle and Berlin, and now move to the orient with Shadowrun Hong Kong, the latest and arguably the best entry so far in developer Harebrained Schemes’ excellent translation of the beloved pen and paper role-playing game.
Rolling Along With Rosemary and Rue
This week Michael dives into another cool audiobook covering the world of Faerie with Seanan McGuire’s Rosemary and Rue. In print or as an audio title, Rosemary and Rue is one great story.
Anime-heavy Fairy Fencer F Makes the JRPG Grade
Fairy Fencer F embraces everything that constitutes JRPGs, anime and pop culture. While that might exclude some players from the fun, if players are even a little bit into any of those things, this RPG is really going to thrill.
Early Access: Broken Bots
Our friendly neighborhood time waster at GiN is checking out an Early Access game this week called Broken Bots. Will it be worth it as a full game?
Fantastic Fun With The Free Fallout Shelter
It’s not very often that we get to trumpet the quality and fun of a completely free title, but Fallout Shelter fits the bill. Available now for both the iOS and Android platforms, it’s one cool little game that everyone should be downloading.
Snarky Urban Adventuring With Nightwise
Michael continues his look at amazing audiobooks this week with Nightwise, a dark urban fantasy narrated quite well by Bronson Pinchot. Although it might not be everyone’s cup of tea, it does offer a twist in a few areas.
Labor Day Horror Fun With Stasis Let’s Play
What better way to celebrate Labor Day than by diving into a brand new game? We offer up the first hour of gameplay of Stasis, a horror adventure game set on an abandoned space ship where the entire crew has been violently murdered. With no memory, you will have to piece together clues as to who you are, and what happened to the crew. Or you may just share their terrible fate.
Battling It Out in DiscStorm
This week Billy is checking out an arena that channels Tron called DiscStorm. Is it worth tour time, or would you be better of with a different game?