There have been several games striving to emulate the simple ingenuity of Portal. Quantum Conundrum, Q.U.B.E, Antichamber, and others were mostly competent from the technical…

I’m tempted to use big words when trying to explain what exactly is going on in Alan Wake 2. Almost everybody on the internet does…

Experts agree that the American purchase of Alaska from Russians was the finest strategic and macroeconomic deal ever. The second best was probably the snagging…

The first Lords of the Fallen came out when rarely anyone else made souls games other than From Software. Nine years later we get a…

You ain’t going to believe this, but the last decent grand strategy game involving Star Trek is a quarter of a century old. Star Trek:…

Without moderation, good things can be equivalently soul-crushing as bad things. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and to a lesser extent, its predecessor, Odyssey, were too big…

Everyone loves an uplifting story of rebirth and redemption. It doesn’t matter if the protagonist is a pile of compiled code rather than a human,…

There are great many Marlenas in this world, but only one of them is Dietrich. The same goes for Bloodborne, from which the famous “borne”…

The Crew series tried to find its unique voice over the first two iterations but then comes The Crew Motorfest and I’m not sure if…

Trine games have been quietly doing their thing since 2009, experiencing slow but constant growth in audience and popularity. Except for Trine 3, a misguided…

Perusing the early impressions of Starfield, I noticed the absence of serious attempts to compare it with Mass Effect. As if many esteemed colleagues were…

Long before Dark Souls fame, FromSoftware was known for its console-centric mecha franchise. In Japan, they love their giant fighting robots, and Armored Core thrived…

Have you ever contemplated living in the swamp village from the medieval fairy tales/games? Not being a hero, just existing as the pauper in the…

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a beast of a game and a new gold standard for classic, hard-core computer RPGs. Six years in the making, the…

Believe it or not, there is a first-party Nintendo gaming franchise that struggles with breaking out in the mainstream. Since its debut in 2001, the…

The Expanse novels and TV series are the most engaging modern science fiction money can buy. As such, they represent a perfect framework for a…

Jagged Alliance 1 and 2, the most important formative games from my tender young days, had set an impossible standard for many cloners, imitators, and…

Diving for the fish during the day, and serving customers in the sushi restaurant by night, both in glorious retro 2D. Sounds like a free2play…

Multiplayer shooters on the PC are legion. Extraction shooters and battle royales are dominating the modern battlespace, lately taking precedence over more traditional forms. When…

Aliens, the finest sequel in the history of cinematography, has been adapted into countless games since 1986. The train of interactive translations started with Aliens:…