Welcome to the new Monthly Passions Podcast!
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…
Game of Thrones: The Lost Lords Review
Iron from Ice was Telltale’s first attempt at capturing the essence of the wildly successful HBO show within the walls of its point and click adventure formula. It did so with mixed results. The Lost Lords, as a whole, takes…
Dying Light Review
There’s a moment, after running from some unnaturally relentless zombies, that you find reprieve in collection of shanties walled off by all manner of heavy makeshift barrier materials. Amongst it’s inhabitants is a movie director. He convinces you to take…
Preview: Neon Krieger Yamato is Chaotic Combat Clad in Pixels
There’s something terribly wrong with Neon Krieger Yamato. It isn’t its low-fi, over saturated colors, its furious combo based brawling, or its demanding trap-heavy level design. It’s that I will most likely have to wait a year to spend countless…
Preview: Flamberge: A Tactical RPG Where Context is Key
Hydezeke’s booth at the MAGfest Indie Showcase this past weekend was the talk of the festival amongst con-goers and developers alike. After sitting and playing the three-stage demo, it was clear to see why. Their upcoming strategy RPG, Flamberge, is…
5 Hilariously Blatant Mobile Ripoffs
There’s nothing incredibly new about many of gaming’s biggest ideas. We live in a time where iteration is more popular (and profitable) than innovation. In some ways, iteration becomes innovation. The gradual process of making little things like running, jumping,…
Game of Thrones Episode 1: Iron from Ice Review
Westeros is a dangerous, unforgiving place full of cutthroats who both lurk in the shadows and sit amongst thrones. It’s a place where every new day you spend alive is one more day you can count yourself amongst the lucky,…
Vainglory Review
MOBAs, or Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas, are the new plateau of the the PC evangelists. Like the Action RPGs of old, anyone who is a primarily PC player probably also is a moderate League of Legends or DOTA participant. The…
Warhammer 40000 Review
Science fiction has a great reputation for setting the bar high when it comes to progress in social, technological, and military spheres (among many others). Unlike other fiction genres, Sci-fi isn’t held so strictly to conventional logic and reason. I…
Let’s Rank the Warhammer 40000 Games!
Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 (or just 40K) is one of the most sprawling and detailed science fiction universes ever created. In the 41st Millenium, Earth is memory, and giant mutant superhumans preserve the legacy of Humankind throughout a hostile galaxy…