RPGs are great, aren't they? A lot of games these days have taken the best parts of RPGs, like levelling, tech trees, branching stories, inventory management, literally all the best parts. Sometimes though you find a proper RPG that nails all the right things, and you feel as excited as someone...
For most of you I can imagine that this article won't mean much. You've played The Orange Box and you know what it's all about, so great, I hope you have a lovely time playing it. This article isn't for you.
It's for the others. Those out there who missed out on those heady days in 2007 when...
Sooooooo we've got a Summer Sale happening right now. Oh you didn't know? Well here's the link, go on, have a browse and see what's there. There'll be some cheap games and new deals every 12 hours.
Right that's the selling bit out of the way, let's go onto the things you wish we had in our...
Mad Max is the unsung hero of the car driving dude punching desert genre. Well, it's probably the only car driving dude punching desert game, but what a game it is. It came out to a muted response, but it knows what it is and it does it incredibly well.
So you're on the fence, you want a new...
There have been a few games that have tried to capture the essence of what made the original Dungeon Keeper great. There's the black humour, the mining out your dungeon, the training of your myriad evil forces and the crushing of the foolish overworld dwellers. None have really come close and...
Aporia: Beyond the Valley the puzzle adventure game from Investigate North and Green Man Gaming Publishing has now launched! The game has been backed by Ole Søndberg, the producer of Wallander and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Aporia has a unique approach to storytelling, by visually...
When I was a young lad growing up in the English countryside, there wasn't a place to buy games for many miles around. The (high-speed) internet had yet to be invented, and so one of the biggest sources of PC entertainment outside of the actual full-price games that I would occasionally receive,...
Game of Thrones is back and we're careering towards the end with a rapidity the earlier seasons wouldn't lead you to expect. With every new season the same problem occurs, you've had the horrible long wait between seasons and now you have the horrible but even keener pain of having to wait each...
I strap on my VR headset, my mate places headphones over my ears and threads my hands through the strings of the controls. They clear the area, anticipating my lunging, bending, throwing, running?
I step into a bunker and walk slowly around getting used to the controls, easing myself through...
Today is, of course, World Emoji Day. These little symbols are fast becoming a substitute for the written word and deep human interaction. So, before our civilisation descends into a handful of smileys and pixelated culinary items, and an entire breadth of culture and literature is lost forever and...
