Like I said in my Episode Two review of this series, these reviews are best viewed if you’ve played the episode in question, as well as the previous episodes. I will be talking, at the very least, about the first half…
Reviews
Batman The Telltale Series: Episode 2 Review
If you read my review for Telltale’s Batman Episode One, or listened to our spoilercast, or saw me on Twitter, or whatever: you know I liked it. It goes without saying. I wanted to try something different with the serialized reviews…
Deus Ex Mankind Divided Review
December 2nd, 2015 was a terrible day. It was the day that 14 innocent lives were taken during a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California. As an Arab-American Muslim I had the same reaction that any American would have. I…
Bound Review
The things I have seen. The places I have been. My mind could have never conjured up where I just visited, where developer Plastic took me with Bound. Many describe games as escapism. Games transport us to snowy mountain villages, beautiful…
Abzû Review
Abzû is gorgeous. Beautiful games are a dime a dozen in the landscape of contemporary video games, but a truly gorgeous game? That is a much rarer thing. While games like Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End provide an array of moments with jaw-dropping…
Batman The Telltale Series: Episode 1 Review
Batman. Pretty much one word tells a whole story there, and in a world where everyone knows who the Batman is, it’s no surprise to see him finally taking over video games, just like he did with movies all the way back…
Firewatch Review
Few things have left me lying awake in my bed. The night I finished Firewatch, clutching the controller through to three o’clock in the morning, I climbed into bed, exhausted, hoping to get a decent night’s sleep before needing to…
Life is Strange: Polarized Review
Polarized is the embodiment of all the successes Life is Strange has made with adventure games. It illustrates and uses its own mechanic in a way I never thought would be possible. It makes the tale of its two characters so…
Batman: Arkham Knight Review
Batman Arkham Knight is the close to a specific arc of Batman that Rocksteady started back in 2009. Across the last six years, they’ve told a story that is reminiscent of some of the most treasured Batman tales in media: Batman…
Life is Strange: Dark Room Review
Life is Strange took a new path at the end of its third episode, going in a very different direction for the series as a whole. I wasn’t sure how they were going to treat that or where Dontnod was going…
Life is Strange: Chaos Theory Review
Chaos Theory reiterates one, what a skilled developer Dontnod is, and two, how much of a welcome surprise Life is Strange really is. With Chaos Theory, they’ve completely leveled the playing field, quite literally changing the game and everything we…
Mortal Kombat X Review
To watch the viscera-replete finishing move of Ermac, with its sadistic and oddly humorous overtones, is to know humanity at its truest. Why does watching a mummy use his magical brain powers to slowly draw the digestive tract out of…