Axel Cushing

It seemed like such an unlikely concept at the time. A 4X-style space strategy welded to fast paced RTS battle mechanics sounded, on paper, like a good way to screw up both halves. But Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment pulled it off with

Christmas came early for me last year when I played Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader . It was a blast to go through and I knew that expansions were planned.

When I played Everspace 2 last year and came away vaguely dissatisfied. It wasn't a bad game, but it wasn't a great game.

I'm going to preface this review with an ugly truth: I suck at Soulsbornes, Soulslikes, and other entries in the genre. My twitch reflexes are still good, but they're not

There is something inherently eye-catching, at least to me, about calligraphy and inkbrush art. That particular aesthetic was impressive even before games l ...

Retro-style games are something of a mixed bag for me. On the one hand, I can appreciate the passion which the developers apply themselves, trying to make a game without the AAA budget which still entertains and feels like a good value for a gamer to spend their money on. On the other hand, I can remember playing some of the games which served as inspiration for contemporary projects, and some developers take the wrong lessons from those early games. For me,

Ages ago, I came across Heroes of Might & Magic from (of all places) the local video store. Yeah, they were renting PC games alongside Nintendo and Sega carts.

One of the defining CRPGs of the early 2000s was Arcanum: Of Steamworks And Magick Obscura , an early offering from Troika Games which mashed up

It's getting on towards Christmas. And one of my best Christmas memories is from a quarter-century before, coming down from Colorado to visit my grandp ...

It's perhaps shocking only to me that the larger gaming public seems to have forgotten what “GOG” stands for, and what the original purpose of their website was.