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…
Another year has come and gone, and good riddance. For some reason, 2014 spawned a lot of awfulness around the world. For videogames specifically, it saw the organization of Gamergate, which has given a banner for all the worst parts of game culture and generally all-around terrible people to gather under. It’s made the past…
And here we have it, yet another year the world has avoided certain destruction and another gigantic 12 months of videogame releases. As usual, a big chunk of my gaming time was devoted to reviewing games, while the other stuck with playing older titles, so my list might be a tad understated in comparison to…
As our own British gentleman and exemplar contributing writer, it’s Gareth Brading’s job to open up our top picks of 2014 with his own list of games that spiked his interest during the year. Without further ado… Game of the Year Best Multiplayer – Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft The best game I played this year is…
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…
