A Tale of Too Many Cities

Now that the much-publicized problems of the launch have died down, we take a few moments to actually study what the latest SimCity has to offer, street by street, and find a brilliant but flawed metropolis underneath.

PC RPG Conquers New Realms

Porting the PC-based Gothic RPG series over to consoles in the form of Arcania: The Complete Tale brings with it a host of advantages and flaws, but overall offers a fine adventure experience.

It’s Slime Time

This week I help my little slime ball friend, Gumbo, try to escape from Slime Laboratory. Do we succeed, or are we just another set of failed experiments?

Resurrecting The Dead

Dead Island: Riptide is the zombie-bashing sequel to the original adventure game. Trapped once again on an island paradise surrounded by undead, you have to hack, slash and shoot your way to survival.

A Manor of Fear

This week’s Time Waster will take me into the depths of Kraven Manor, an indie title that tries it’s hardest to scare me, but does it succeed?

A More Woeful Warcraft

We’ve come to expect great stories from the World of Warcraft universe, like the excellent Wolfheart novel. But Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War drags on endlessly without much flavor.

Monsters and Blood Abound

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate proves that some games get better over time. The quintessential monster-killing title features a huge world, big bounties and the comradery of the guild.

An Odd Adventure

This week I take on what seems to be a simple Adventure clone, but everything isn’t as it seems when demons start taking over.

A Red Planet RPG

Mars: War Logs is a surprisingly good action-RPG set on Mars, where the fighting is almost all up close and personal in this gritty, sci-fi action tale of war, friendship and betrayal.

Poker? I Hardly Know Her!

We’ve reviewed quite a few poker games in the past, but nothing quite like Poker Night at the Inventory 2, where you challenge some pretty awesome friends from your favorite games.