I like Bill Murray. I said it. He’s a funny guy. He’s great in Ghostbusters, excellent in Lost in Translation, and pretty amazing in Rushmore. But one film of his I will always come back to is Groundhog Day. Murray’s portrayal of irritable, arrogant weatherman Phil Connors trapped in a time loop on February 2nd,…
When you consider the origins of #IDARB – it began as a simple post on Twitter of a red box, the developers asking the public for ideas on what to do with it – the absurd nature of the game starts to make sense. It’s a local multiplayer game where two teams of up to…
Massively multiplayer online games have been around for quite a while, but their influence on single player focused games has only started becoming obvious over the last few years. For better or for worse, the borrowing of MMO elements in what otherwise would be a standard, scripted experience has seen its share of the sunlight…
This War of Mine is a sharp, tightly constructed story about suffering. It’s unafraid to pull punches. It’s unwilling to relent in its stark, strong emotional gravitas. It’s also the best game I’ll probably never play again. Set in a fictional civil war, This War of Mine chronicles the struggle and story of civilians. Coming…
In the city where I work, there’s a branch of a store called Games Workshop. I must confess that I’ve never set foot inside it. Games Workshop kind of terrifies me. I’ve heard of Warhammer, but it’s never something I’ve tried or known how to get into. There are levels of geekdom beyond my own…
Accessibility has become something of a dirty word these days. Instead of being welcomed, it’s met with scorn as fears of “dumbing down” spread. For fighting games especially, a genre built upon layers and layers of depth and complexity, where even the slightest change could upset the balance of the game, it’s a justified concern….
For as great as some of your favorite games might be, I bet very few of them are worth revisiting after you are through with them. In my case, that’s generally what happens, anyway. For Shadow of Mordor, I’m in a crossroad, after being done with most of what it had to offer. If you take into…
Far Cry 4 is probably one of the craziest power fantasy games of the year. While it doesn’t stray very far from what its predecessor laid out — in fact, it’s incredibly similar to Far Cry 3 — it serves up just enough to stand on its on as an extremely fun, albeit overall silly…
For as much that’s touted to be new and exciting in Warlords of Draenor, the newest addition to World of Warcraft, we’re again dealt the token Blizzard expansion experience. That’s not to say Draenor is a boring content pack — in fact, it isn’t, for the leveling content, at least. Evil things are going on…
Telltale Games’ premiere to Game of Thrones is a good reminder of just how exciting their format of adventure gaming can be. Although not exactly the most difficult or action driven game out there, their newest series starts out with an incredible bang in episode one, titled Iron from Ice. Starring one of the lesser…
