Initially, I was intimidated by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Aside from just being behind by never finishing the other games, the controls were daunting. I never felt comfortable in The Witcher 2. It seemed like other players adapted in previous games and I wasn’t going to be left behind on Round 3. This time… Continue reading
I love horror movies. I have since my dad let me watch George Romero’s 1968 Night of the Living Dead when I was about five or six; I woke up at 10 or 11 at night on a Friday and Dad was watching it. He let me cuddle up with him and I think I… Continue reading
Someone needs to spy on Klei Entertainment because I think they may have conquered another genre. Invisible, Inc. is intuitive, sneaky, and stylish. I got so caught up in the missions unfolding before me that I forgot I had time to think through my moves. The last thing I expect from a strategy title is for… Continue reading
The city needs a new mayor and Bunnylord is just the rabbit for the job. The best way to get the voters on his side is by cleaning up some mean city streets. That’s where I come in. Mowing down hordes of gang members in Not a Hero isn’t always easy, but the promise of milkshakes afterwards… Continue reading
A ninja and a dog go walking through the airport, but thugs won’t leave them alone. Is the dog a ninja, too? Can I control just the dog? I really like the dog. There’s a dog in this game. Shadow Dancer was released by Sega in 1989. “While there were many follow-ups that came out… Continue reading
I had successfully stayed away from Hearthstone for months. No more late nights of trying to rise up in the ranks. No more dreams of card combos dancing through my head. “I’m finally clean,” I thought, “I’ve broken the chains of addiction.” And then I saw that a new expansion, Blackrock Mountain, had been released…. Continue reading
What a difference a year makes. I wasn’t sure I wanted more Wolfenstein last year, but now I can’t get enough. The Old Blood takes ol’ Willy Blazko back to his roots, er, cell in Castle Wolfenstein. There’s only one thing to do and we’re gonna take as many Nazi corpses with us as we… Continue reading
On today’s action-packed episode of Game Curious, four super-powered young adults and a beaver form their own mighty team to vanquish strange evils and protect the planet in Chroma Squad! Under the new guidance of a floating head AI they found, they morph for battle and shout amazing catchphrases! Can they keep their viewership numbers high?… Continue reading
A bunch of snakes got stuck in a Pac-Man maze and started shooting at each other’s butts. Jungler was released by Konami in 1981. “The player controls a snake-like ship moving around a number of mazes chasing three similar computer controlled ships. Being hit by bullets reduces the length of the ships. Ships are destroyed either when… Continue reading
Heavy narrative and slow character progression is for books, not video games. Video games are about exploring exciting and unfamiliar worlds and mashing buttons until everything explodes like a pinata filled with candy. Bloodborne is a video game. A video game filled with bloody pinatas. Video games are more than welcome to try their hands… Continue reading
The idea of a giant monster attacking cities with reckless abandon will always get my attention because it’s simple and entertaining on its own. You give me a chance to control one of those monsters and I’m gonna jump. Kaiju-A-GoGo gives me the destruction I crave along with the monster progression to make me feel more… Continue reading
There are two things that seem to be for certain in the wild west: tales of vengeance and hats. It is with easy convincing that I stare down both barrels of Westerado: Double Barreled in search of my family’s killer. And hats. Along the way, I learn clues about the man who wronged me… like… Continue reading