Embr is a Silly Firefighting Sim That’s Best When Played With Friends
Embr is a game with a simple premise: what if there was an app like Uber for firefighters? As an Embr Respondr you are tasked with putting out fires and saving lives, all while being a part of the Emergency Services Revolution. Equipped with a…
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Tormented Souls is a Modern Tribute to Classic Horror
I would like to start this review by stating that I am writing from the perspective of someone who has gotten into the survival horror genre late in my gaming career. Because of this some of what I say in this review may seem like a negative but it could…
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Psychonauts 2 Review | Nobody is Perfect But This is Close
No beating around the bush for this review. Psychonauts 2 is one of the best games I’ve played in a while and I implore you to play it any way you can. It’s the kind of game that is rarely made anymore, a game so full of creativity and originality,…
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Pile Up! Box By Box Review
I have to look no further than last night, as of when I am writing this that is, to give you an idea of how much fun Pile Up! is to play. Sri and I booted up the game on stream to play the first hour or so and before we knew it, we were […]
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Golf Club Wasteland Review | Home Run
I don’t have a lot to say about Golf Club Wasteland but what I do have to say is all positive. At its core, Golf Club Wasteland revolves around a simple premise: Earth has gone to shit. (Pardon my french). Humanity had to jump ship to Mars to…
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Twelve Minutes Review
Twelve Minutes is a game that has been on my radar since its 2019 Microsoft press conference reveal. Developed by Luis Antonio and published by Annapurna Interactive, Twelve Minutes is a modern take on the classic point-and-click adventure game. The…
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Going Under is a Hilarious Satirical Dungeon Crawler
Going Under is a unique take on a genre that I have never been too fond of. Despite having watched my roommate sink a ton of hours into The Binding of Isaac in college and having spent a little bit of time playing games like Enter the Gungeon myself, I…
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The Falconeer: Warrior Edition is a Smooth and Immersive Aerial Combat Experience
Over the past few days, I have had the pleasure of playing The Falconeer on the PlayStation 5. Having not played the game previously on the Xbox Series X|S this was my first time diving into this action-heavy aerial combat game. I was cautious to play…
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged is the Best Superhero Game That No One Talks About
Superheroes and video games have a history that spans all the way back to the Atari 2600. There have been many superhero games over the last 50 years that captured the hearts of people all over, from the co-op action of X-Men Legends to the acrobatic…
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Review | Not So Special
The first first-person shooter I ever played was Call of Duty: Black Ops on the PlayStation 3, but as much as I love that game, the Call of Duty that holds a special place in my heart is Black Ops 2. I sunk HOURS into that game, from ninja diffusing on…
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Biomutant Review | Mutated Amalgamation
Biomutant is an ambitious game that wants to be a lot of different things. Part role-playing game, part open-world adventure, part action-shooter with looting, crafting, faction, and morality systems. All of these gameplay elements combined with a…
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Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition Review | More Than Just Pork Buns
Whenever a new open-world sandbox game comes out it’s inevitably compared to Grand Theft Auto. This is at no fault to the chart-busting franchise and its developers and is simply a byproduct of its popularity. While games like Saints Row have evolved…
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Knockout City Review | Surprise Hit
I will be the first to admit that when the Knockout City trailer premiered during The Game Awards last year, I didn’t give it much thought. And because of that, I didn’t participate in any of the beta tests that happened in the lead-up to the…
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Mafia III: Definitive Edition Review | Not So Definitive
As someone who has a lot of games in their backlog, I try to pick my next game in relation to upcoming anniversaries or releases. If a game on my list is approaching its one, five, or ten-year anniversary I am more likely to play it next. The same goes…
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Resident Evil Village Review | Mutating the Biohazard
After Resident Evil 6, it seemed hard to believe that the Resident Evil franchise could continue. It was headed on a downhill trend that drove the series away from its survival horror roots and towards becoming a summer blockbuster. Then in 2017, the…
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Titanfall 2 Review | Fifty Percent in Love
Before Titanfall even came out it was labeled the “COD Killer.” Made by a team consisting of a few former Infinity Ward employees, Titanfall was set to launch during a time when Call of Duty was still trying to find it’s own identity in…
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Modern Warfare 2 Remastered Review | Just Like Old Times
Earlier this year, I played through Modern Warfare Remastered and experienced the famous COD4 campaign for the first time. It was the start of the slow widdling down of my video game backlog and, though in the months since then I haven’t had the…
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Desperados III is an Engaging Modern Real-Time Tactics Game
Over the last few months, as the website really started to take off, I’ve been given multiple opportunities to step outside my gaming comfort zone. I used to primarily play FPS and third-person action-adventure games, however, recently I’ve…
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Review | Back From The Dead
Back in 2006, former MLB player Curt Schilling founded 38 Studios, named after his jersey number, to develop an MMORPG codenamed Project Copernicus. The game was set to release in 2010 as the start of a major RPG franchise akin to Elder…
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Cyanide and Happiness: Freakpocalypse Review | Hall Pass to Hell
Despite the fact that they were initially webcomics, I’ve always known and loved Cyanide & Happiness based on their animated shorts on YouTube. I don’t watch them nearly as much as I used to but once a year I return to the channel to…
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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition Review | The Illusion of Peace
In the long-standing battle between Xbox and PlayStation, I had always sided with the latter. In high school, if someone used the initials G.O.W. when talking about games, I would have assumed they were talking about God of War. I have engaged in many…
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Review | No Shame In Losing One Battle
If I could summarize Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice in one word, the word would be ‘satisfaction’. Satisfaction is a feeling that oozes off almost every facet of Sekiro, from the swordplay, mobility, world design, enemies, bosses, and most important of all…
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Redout: Space Assault Review | Assault on the Senses
In 2016, 34BigThings released a Wipeout-inspired high-speed arcade racer called Redout. Now, in 2021, that same studio, has released Redout: Space Assault. Make no mistake, while they are in the same universe, Redout: Space Assault is an arcade rail…
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Resident Evil: Revelations Review | Raccoon City All Over Again
It was midnight when I slid the cartridge for Pokemon: Let’s Go: Eevee! out of my Nintendo Switch and inserted my shiny new and delicious-tasting copy of Resident Evil: Revelations. The last Resident Evil game I played was Resident Evil 5 on the…
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