Month: July 2015
Review: Homemade Gin Kit
Ever stare down a bottle of Beehive Gin and wonder how many distinct ingredients are at work in such a spirit? Or maybe you’ve thought to yourself, “Gee, could I ever make something that tasty for myself?” Well, with the help of W&P Design’s Homemade Gin Kit, you can master the art of making your own gin—in 36 hours, no less. … read more
Review: 3D Realms Anthology
3D Realms Anthology 3D Realms (Apogee Software) Reviewed on: PC (Exclusive) Release: 05.05 Alien Carnage/Halloween Harry, Arctic Adventure, Balls of Steel, Bio Menace, Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, Blake Stone: Planet Strike, Cosmo’s Cosmic Adventure, Crystal Caves, Dark Ages, Death Rally (Classic), Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem 2, Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, Duke Nukem 3D, Hocus
Review: Arcania: The Complete Tale
In an ever evolving RPG landscape, where one game borrows from another, perfecting age-old, tried-andtrue mechanics, upgrading graphics, expanding open worlds, adding consequence to every interaction, etc., Arcania: The Complete Tale seems to be the baby boomer to the millennial. … read more
Review: Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China
I’ve never understood why the emphasis in Assassin’s Creed games is less on historical assassinations and more on ridiculously trite “hunt and gather” missions, layered with the extremely superficial satisfaction of climbing and jumping off buildings into bushes. … read more
Review: Bloodborne
The spiritual successor to Demon’s Souls and the Dark Souls games, Bloodborne will spit in your face and dare you to do something about it. At this point, you’ve probably either enjoyed the From Software games or you think they’re too goddamn hard to bother with, but Bloodborne is the game that can bridge that gap. … read more
Review: BRAWL
BRAWL Bloober Team Reviewed on: PS4 (exclusive) Street: 04.24 When Bloober Team released their Bomberman-style party game, Basement Crawl, on PS4 in early 2014, it was met with outright hostility. A little more than a year later, the Polish game developers have released BRAWL, which is the same concept with more bells and whistles. While
Review: The Charnel House Trilogy
The Charnel House Trilogy Owl Cave Games/Mastertronic Reviewed on: PC Street: 04.16 The Charnel House Trilogy combines classic point-and-click to guide you through three 8-bit horror stories. Inhale, Sepulchre and Exhale are all independent, yet they depend on each other to succeed. Luckily, the beautiful execution of the three, when played in order, guides you
Review: Crypt of the NecroDancer
When Crypt of the NecroDancer was in early access, it was one of the most clever and addictive games that I had ever played. … read more
Review: The Evil Within: The Consequence
While The Assignment set a dark tone for Juli and added some creep-enhancing backstory to The Evil Within, its final DLC pack, The Consequence, really drives home just how screwed up the world is. … read more
Review: Fortress Fury
Fortress Fury is a strategy game from the mind of Jordan Maron—better known, apparently, as YouTuber CaptainSparklez. … read more