Vane — a New Title with a Team Ico Vibe
If the lack of Team Ico games irks you and you still cling to hope that The Last Guardian will be released in your life time, then Vane may be just what you’re looking for. From what we’ve seen in the...
View ArticleHyrule Warriors Review | 70% Musou, 30% Zelda, 100% Fun
Hyrule Warriors is definitely a Warriors game, but it does something that rarely happens in gaming today: A crossover that’s more than just a skin. It may be the familiar Musou combat you were...
View ArticleThe Vanishing of Ethan Carter Review | Paranormal Pulp
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter was “weird fiction” pulp done right, and it looked amazing. If it were a dame that had walked into my office I could safely say she was a looker. She had legs that went on...
View ArticleDark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King is Now Live
The final of the three DLCs FromSoftware developed for Dark Souls II, Crown of the Ivory King is live on all platforms. Will you be able to conquer Drangleic’s latest adventure? If the difficulty ramp...
View ArticleDrive Into These PlayStation Plus Offerings for October
The PlayStation Plus lineup for October has been released and it seems Sony has outdone themselves again with same day releases. Three titles are being released on PlayStation Plus the same day they go...
View ArticleDark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King | A Finale of Ice and Fire
The finale to From Software‘s Dark Souls II DLC trilogy, Crown of the Ivory King brings Chosen Undead to the icy realm of said king. Players will traverse the frozen Eleum Loyce and dive into the heart...
View ArticleFanatical Rant | Brainwashing or How Destiny Became Popular
If nothing else, 2014 should be remembered as the year of undue hype. Destiny, Watch_Dogs, and to a lesser extent Titanfall were all massively hyped games that all got a resounding “Meh” in terms of...
View ArticleSonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, can it break the Sonic Cycle?
Long time Sonic fans know what the Sonic Cycle is, a three step waltz of announcement, anticipation, and disappointment repeated ad nauseam. Aside from Sonic Colors and the first Sonic Rush if you...
View ArticleAlien: Isolation Review | I Admire Its Purity
Alien: Isolation is a the first licensed Alien game worth owning. That’s not really saying much about it because the bar has been set so low, so let me assure you that Alien: Isolation is a great...
View ArticleSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U Nintendo Direct Makes Big Claim
Nintendo recently announced the date and time for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Nintendo Direct. It’s set to stream on October 23 at 3p.m. Pacific. However, the most shocking thing isn’t how close the...
View ArticleHyrule Warriors Does Well Enough, Support Continues with amiibo
Hyrule Warriors is strange for a Musou game in that it has sold better in the West than it did in its native Japan. Perhaps it’s just more proof that fans in the NA and EU regions love them some Zelda....
View ArticleFanatical Five | Five Reasons to Buy a Wii U in 2014
The Wii U was obviously a misfire. Nintendo bungled virtually everything about its release: They timed the launch poorly, alienated fans, alienated third parties, named it horribly, and utterly failed...
View ArticleFanatical Five | Top 5 Scariest Enemies in Gaming
It’s almost Halloween, and you know what that means: It’s time for everyone to talk about the scariest things in gaming. We would be remiss not to submit ourselves to the terror of differing opinions...
View ArticleBalancing Fun and Challenge; Lords of the Fallen Developer Diary 1
The first developer diary for Lords of the Fallen is out and the highlight is how to balance challenge and fun so as to avoid frustration. It’s a very delicate balance and a goal every developer must...
View ArticleOur Highlights of the Super Smash Bros for Wii U Nintendo Direct
The Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Nintendo Direct pretty much confirmed our belief that the Super Smash Bros. for 3DS was just a $40 demo for the Wii U version all along. Nintendo came out of the gate...
View ArticleNever Alone, Merging Native American Culture and Gaming
Never Alone is the reason why the video game medium is not only the greatest form of entertainment, but an asset to culture. It provides an interactive medium to experience the Native American story....
View ArticleSherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments Review | The Case of the Great...
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments is the tenth game of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series by developer Frogwares. A point and click game that lets players delve into six different crimes as...
View ArticleTarget Buy Two Get One Free Sale: All Games, Starting November
For those of you feeling sympathy pains for your wallet when you look at a list of recently released titles, Target is having a sale to help alleviate your suffering. For a week starting November 9th,...
View ArticleShadow of the Eternals Stirs Again?
Shadow of the Eternals is the spiritual successor to the Nintendo GameCube classic Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, and it seems that it has come back to life after a failure to launch. Silicon...
View ArticleNintendo is Putting its Back Into Pushing the Wii U
The latest Nintendo Investors Meeting has come and gone, and thanks to our friends at neogaf we’ve had a steady stream of Q&A translations that show Nintendo has been doing a little future proofing...
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