Archive for category: PC

Review: Fallout New Vegas: Lonesome Road DLC0

Review: Fallout New Vegas: Lonesome Road DLC

The time has come for the Final piece of DLC to come out for the latest edition of the Fallout franchise, Fallout New Vegas.  In this adventure you meet up with the courier that rejected the job you ended up taking.  Of course, this is the job that got you shot in the head and buried just outside of the

Review: Tropico 4

Review: Tropico 4

The land of Tropico welcomes you back with open arms as the latest and greatest version of the game has been released on the PC.  Tropico is lush, beautiful island set in the Caribbean ready for a ruler to lead it into prosperity.  That ruler is you and you must build up your island and meet the needs of your

Review: Rock of Ages2

Review: Rock of Ages

Straight out of Atlus comes a charming game where you play as Sisyphus, the doomed king whose personal hell includes pushing a boulder up a hill to just have it roll back down.  One day Sisyphus decides that he has had enough of his torture and uses the boulder to escape from Hades.  Soon after his escape he rolls his

Review: Railworks 2: Train Simulator

Review: Railworks 2: Train Simulator

One genre of games that has been ignored since the advent of console gaming has been the vehicle simulation game.   Long gone are the days that Microsoft Flight Simulator was a top selling game.  It is good thing that simulation games still exist on the PC and Railworks 2: Train Simulator is one of the better simulation games I’ve

Review: Pirates of the Black Cove

Review: Pirates of the Black Cove

If you are into point and click adventures or pirate lore in general than Paradox Interactive has you covered with their latest release Pirates of the Black Cove.  In this title you play as a sailor on a British vessel that just mutinied from its previous captain.  It is now up to you to lead your crew to riches and

Review: Total War: Shogun 21

Review: Total War: Shogun 2

For those that don’t know, Total War has been a staple in the turn based strategy world for a long time.  For those that were familiar with Total War, they will know that when you play a Total War game you are treated to a robust and surprisingly easy to learn strategy game that would entertain even the harshest critics.  There have

Review: Magicka

Review: Magicka

Once in a while a game comes out that may not do everything right but it introduces a core game play element that makes the game better as a whole.  Magicka does exactly that and though it may not be one of the best RPGs around, it has such a strong spell casting system that it makes a good game, great.  Especially

Review: Fallout New Vegas: Old World Blues DLC

Review: Fallout New Vegas: Old World Blues DLC

Fallout DLC in general has been staple for the series since the dawn of the downloadable content in video games.  Traditionally the content has given players the ability to take a break from the main quest and explore a new environment that usually differs quite extensively from the main quest.  The download content generally adds about 5 hours or so

Review: Civilization V

Review: Civilization V

Strategy fans are no stranger to the Sid Meier masterpiece and flagship series, Civilization.  The series has been known for years to provide an addicting strategy platform that can get as deep or as user friendly as the player wants.  The basic premise of the game is simple, lead your people to victory but the path to victory has a

Review: F.E.A.R. 31

Review: F.E.A.R. 3

If there is one thing that I love to play, its horror games.  Being scared is both fun and jarring at the same time and for some reason video games seem to get me more than any other medium.  That is why I really enjoyed the F.E.A.R. series from the beginning.  Few would contest that the original game was heavy