Ever since episode three of AMC’s The Walking Dead, the lovable, if a little coarse, anti-hero Daryl Dixon has been a fan favorite  With his rough southern accent, torn battered clothes, and slightly sweaty bad-boy attitude, what’s not to love? Every woman wants to be with him and every man wants to be him. Well, now’s your chance, for Activision has released The Walking Dead: Survival [...]

There’s no denying that a fad for military shooters has been circulating for years and continues to do so today.  Games like Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, and Battlefield allow you to play as multiple soldiers to give you a feel for different military units.  Every first-person shooter has at least one sniper level, stealth level, vehicle level, etc.  Sniper: [...]

EA has done the unthinkable: they’ve made Diablo 3‘s Error 37 seem like a completely minor inconvenience. When SimCity launched at midnight EST on March 5th, 2013, they initiated one of the biggest launch catastrophes in the history of video games. With only four servers and a comically bizarre queuing system, their online infrastructure buckled under the weight of gamers [...]

Going into the Tomb Raider reboot was nerve-racking.  Was it going to be good?  Was it just an amazing marketing campaign and the actual game was going to flop? Often times, if something is hyped up too much, the end result leaves a less-than-satisfying taste in that proverbial mouth. Rest assured, though; from the opening scene, Tomb Raider digs its claws into you [...]

World of Warcraft is a name that has been around for what seems like forever. Released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2004, this game has built momentum and, over the past 9 years, has managed to retain a huge majority of its player base with frequent expansions and new content. I’ve been playing the game with some regularity since about 2010, so [...]

How does a man reclaim his family? How does he return to the present-day future? How does he avenge his fallen partner? But more importantly, why does this Asian schoolgirl want to kill you? Answers to these questions, and all of life’s most philosophical quandaries in The Showdown Effect. The Showdown Effect is a new side-scrolling action game from Arrowhead [...]

Dead Space is a series known for raising the bar in video games. The completely immersive experience that stems from a lack of HUD display began a new style in mainstream gaming.  On top of that, it is arguably one of the best series to combine action and horror, and, more importantly, to incorporate both genres well, something Resident Evil [...]

There are two main types of first-person shooters.  There are the regular, “realistic” shooters like Call of Duty and Battlefield.  They rely mostly on gameplay mechanics and enjoyable basic combat.  They have normal soldiers fighting in normal ways (no supernatural phenomenon basically).  Then, there are the shooters that have some gameplay feature to exploit.  In the game Inversion, you can control [...]

A lot of people were disappointed in Diablo 3 and its end game progression system. It’s been nearly a year since its release, and unlike its predecessor Diablo 2, not many people are still playing it. In fact, it’s rather likely that more people play 2 than 3, even though the former is around 13 years old. Thankfully, Grinding Gear [...]

An anthropomorphic, talking cave to explore. Seven oddball characters, each with a twisted back-story. From these, a trio to choose and control: they will jump, grab objects and puzzle their way around obstacles, at your command. Yes, macabre traveler, venture through the stylish gift shop, past the safety disclaimer—waiving legal liability in case of sudden death—and down into the underground labyrinth [...]