It’s hard to know how to review a game like Half-Life: Alyx. So much is expected of it. For Half-Life fans it’s the culmination of a decade-plus wait, not quite the sequel people want but at least a sign of life from a series long-dormant. Fans of virtual reality likewise pinned their hopes on Alyx […]
Half-Life: Alyx VR review – the return of Valve
Valve finally return to the Half-Life universe with the most advanced VR game ever made, but is it everything fans have been waiting for? Valve may be the strangest video game developer in history. As inscrutable as Nintendo and Rockstar Games can be, you can usually follow their logic to some degree. But we have […]
Half-Life: Alyx review — A great VR game for the wrong time
Reviewing Half-Life: Alyx has been a stressful endeavor. Part of that is the usual rigors of critiquing a game (trying to beat it before a deadline). But this VR experience is landing at a time when a pandemic is taking hold over the world. So, you know, I may already be a bit on edge. […]
Doom 64 Switch Review: Total Absolution
Doom 64 is a rather unique entry in the Doom franchise. Released back when 3D graphics were starting to become big, many gamers overlooked it for being “dated” and “last-generation.” That’s a grave injustice for how solid the actual campaign is. Who can say no to more Doom? Well, now nobody has to say no. […]
DOOM Eternal Review: The Thinking Man’s DOOM
The DOOM reboot in 2016 revitalized the FPS genre in many ways. The fluidity of the combat and always-move-forward design philosophy made other shooters look trivial by comparison. DOOM Eternal is to DOOM (2016) as DOOM (2016) was to all other shooters. That is to say: DOOM Eternal’s puzzle-like combat and overhaul to every system, ability, and weapon makes DOOM (2016) look like baby’s first shooty […]
Doom Eternal — Video Review
While the 2016 version of Doom was a step in the right direction, Doom Eternal sets the bar even higher with the series’ best combat, thoughtful traversal, and fun secrets to collect. To illustrate that, we’re proud to introduce you to our first Game Informer video review. Written by Andrew Reiner, this review takes you through the […]
Doom Eternal review: It's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)
Never. Stop. Moving. Stillness is death, and the only way forward is through—through the thousands of demons trying to stop you, for you are the Slayer, and it is your job to Slay. And so you dash into the fray wielding your shotgun like a hammer of the gods, doling out judgment to the wicked and […]
MLB The Show 20 Review – Solid Contact
Baseball in real life is often criticized for its slow pace, but I like its flow in MLB 20. It’s different from most other sports in that the moment-to-moment experience isn’t continuous, but I enjoy the built-in tension before, during, and after crucial plays in MLB The Show 20. The action goes from 0 to […]
Doom 64 Nintendo Switch review – shotgun blast from the past
The one Doom game everyone always forgets has finally been remastered for modern consoles and it offers a hell of a good time. By the time Doom 64 was released in 1997 it was not only four years after the original Doom on PC but GoldenEye 007 had already revolutionised the concept of first person […]
Coway Bidetmega 400 review: Coronavirus may usher in the age of the smart toilet
My bottom has never been so clean. And unlike my fellow Americans, I have not had to rush to the store to buy six months of toilet paper, thanks to a smart toilet seat with a bidet. During the past year, the folks representing South Korea’s Coway have been pitching their Coway Bidetmega brand of […]