I booted up Outriders for the first time yesterday, and once I finally got logged onto the servers, my first thought was that Outriders is a very dark game. I don’t mean in terms of its content – I mean literally, the game is too damn dark. It’s not just my settings either. Naturally, when […]
All Of These Free Next-Gen Upgrades Prove That Digital Console Buyers Got Scammed
When it was time to choose which PlayStation 5 to get, I was pretty torn. The Xbox Series X clearly has better performance than the Series S, but I was having a harder time justifying the extra $100 for the disc version of the PS5 given I plan to just buy all my games digital […]
HTC Vive’s Next-Gen Standalone Headset Due 2021
When virtual reality (VR) started to become a consumer product in 2016 it was really a two-horse race between Oculus and HTC, both with PC-powered headsets. The landscape has dramatically changed since then with the rise of standalone headsets, Facebook’s dominance and HTC Vive struggling when it comes to the consumer market. But that could […]
Stronghold Warlords Review: Displays Great Strength All Round
Those who’ve played a Stronghold game before will notice that Stronghold: Warlords, the latest incarnation in the popular castle-building strategy franchise, is a little different. Gone are the bland beige settings, replaced by stunning and more vibrant buildings dating back to third-century China. There’s also a brand new way of conquering enemies and using your […]
What Dragon Age 4 Could Learn From Dragon Age 2
Dragon Age 2 turns ten years old today, and it’s my favourite game in the series. Whenever I tell people that, there are two responses I typically get; “Mine too!” or “What the hell are you talking about, that’s the worst one!” Very few people have the second Dragon Age game at second in their […]
An Honest Review Of The Monster Hunter Movie From A Die-Hard Fan
The Monster Hunter movie had all the makings of a total flop. From the husband-wife creative team behind the Resident Evil film series, Monster Hunter diverged from the video game in a pretty major way. While all of the games take place exclusively in a fantasy world filled with monsters and hunters, the film magically […]
How To Assert Your Dominance Over Every Pokemon Trainer In The Sinnoh Region
We’re headed back to the Sinnoh region later this year for Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, and if you’re like me, you might be a bit rusty of Gen IV. Diamond & Pearl introduced us to the oldest known region in the Pokemon series and the most consequential storyline in any Pokemon game: a plot […]
Ten Years Later, Dragon Age 2’s Isabela Is Still My Ultimate Crush
Video games have the ability to take us to outer space, to mountain tops, and into the deepest lakes – all while keeping us sat on our comfy little couch. They make us laugh, they make us cry, they make some of you wish vampire mommies and K-pop idols would murder you. I’m not sure […]
I Hate That I Know So Much About Pokemon These Days
Pokemon turned 25 last month, and I’ve been playing it for almost that entire time. My first Pokemon game was Pokemon Blue, and it was both the first game I ever finished, and the first game I ever cheated in. Since then, I’ve played the main series games, the spin off games, even the monopoly […]
It’s Time To Admit That Princess Daisy Is A Much Better Princess Than Peach
The Super Mario franchise recently crossed over with Animal Crossing, and in doing so highlighted the innate hierarchy of Super Mario. At the top, you obviously have Mario, followed closely by Luigi, Peach, and Bowser. These three vie for the coveted silver medal, and there are various games across the franchise in which each of […]