Our Review of Shadow of Mordor
Sometimes - but not often - we get a chance to play a game that is as good as everyone says it is.
“Winter Dragon” and the Sad Story of The Wheel of Time
The surprise Wheel of Time pilot from Sunday made us wonder why nobody had made a television show or video game about this series yet...and that's when we learned the sad story of a great franchise stuck in purgatory.
Five Best Games of Tim Schafer
We are remembering the best games to come out of the mind of writer/programmer/designer Tim Schafer. Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts...man, how much creativity does one guy get to have?
Games That Got Away: Cliff Hanger
Finally finishing Grim Fandango got us thinking about other games that we never completed, such as the laserdisk arcade game Cliff Hanger, which may oddly be the only video game based on a work of Hayao Miyazaki.
Our Review of Grim Fandango
Of all the PSN stores in all the world, she had to walk in to mine. And after nearly twenty years, I finally got the chance to finish Grim Fandango.
Five Best Cheats in Video Games
Is cheating ALWAYS wrong? We hate to take the easy way out (it always leaves us feeling somewhat...deflated), but we can think of five times in games when cheating seemed entirely justified.
Why We Can’t Stop Playing Destiny
Destiny has a lot of flaws (e.g., repetitive missions, chunky exposition, dorky dancing) but we can't put it down. We think we've cracked Destiny's secret.
Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham – Our Review
We were excited to see the third installment of this series but ultimately we felt a bit disappointed (but no, it's not Dark Knight Rises all over again).
Enough with the Hunting in Video Games
Gameplay variety is great, but we're getting a little tired of being required to hunt defenseless woodland creatures instead of templars and Pagan Min. Seriously, who wants an ammunition bag made out of rabbit skin anyway?