Castle of Shikigami (PC) Developer: Alfa System, Cosmo Machia Publisher: Degica Released: March 14, 2002 (Xbox), June 27, 2002 (PS2), June 16, 2017 (Steam) MSRP: $11.99 Back when shmup stories were so sordid that the writers likely couldn’t even [...]
Monument Valley 2 (iOS [reviewed on an iPad]) Developer: ustwo games Publisher: ustwo games Released: May 30, 2017 MSRP: $4.99 Sitting alone on an impossible object, the faceless Ro plays a delightful melody on her wooden flute. When I touch the [...]
New iterations of a franchise always promise more than the last one, but it doesn’t always net out to a better game. While Dirt 4 packs more features than 2015’s Dirt Rally and previous numbered Dirt games, its victory as a racing title is not [...]
Many Nintendo fans remember the Punch-Out franchise fondly. The rudimentary exploration of boxing’s sweet science challenged players to find the best strategy against each opponent and capitalize upon weaknesses to rise up the ranks and eventually [...]
2015’s Dirt Rally was a game designed for off-road enthusiasts. With its steep learning curve, uncompromising difficulty, and an adherence to nerve-wracking authenticity, it was an altogether different beast than the Dirt series’ more [...]
Steel Division: Normandy ’44 is a very peculiar sort of real-time strategy game. Instead of trying to encapsulate hundreds of years of history or even the entirety of a single war, Steel Division is all about the specifics. Your pool of units is [...]
Spoiler Warning: The following review contains a detailed recap of the events in the final episode of A New Frontier. From the Gallows stumbles to its conclusion much like the walkers that finally appear in this concluding episode of Telltale Games’ [...]
Steel Division: Normandy 44 (PC) Developer: Eugen Systems Publisher: Paradox Interactive Released: May 23, 2017 MSRP: $39.99 Given a number of ideas to grasp at once in Steel Division, I’m happy to say there is a competent tutorial that will leave players [...]