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…
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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…
Life is Strange: Chrysalis Review
Max Caulfield just got into one of the best high schools in the country for art students. This has her returning to her home town of Arcadia Bay, but also has her stumbling into an insane dream, a vision perhaps?…
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…
Super Smash Bros for 3DS Review
Super Smash Brothers is a franchise that has a lot of different memories with different people. Maybe it means the competitive scene behind Melee, wave-dashing, wombo-comboing and everything that comes with it. Maybe it’s getting drunk and playing Brawl with…
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor Review
When I was in 12th grade I spent the majority of a partly cloudy Saturday in a classmate’s basement reading through Tolkien’s magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Not out of personal curiosity, mind you, but as a…
Velocity 2X Review
The arcade space shoot em up is, quite literally, one of the oldest genres in gaming. From Spacewar! back in the 70’s, “shmups” have taken the last 50 years to iterate and refine the art of flying in one direction…
Tales of Xillia 2 Review
Tales of Xillia was a huge departure for Bandai Namco’s Tales franchise. It’s sequel continues that trend in a new way, introducing mechanics and elements not only foreign to the Tales series, but also to most JRPG franchises. Pushing to…
Telltale’s The Walking Dead Season 2 Review
Be warned this review does contain spoilers. It is recommended you play Season One and Two of Telltale’s The Walking Dead before viewing. Clementine’s struggle is very real: she is a child in a horrifying and unforgiving world, and the…
The Walking Dead: No Turning Back Review
Warning: this review contains references and suggestions that could be seen as spoilers. The finale of Telltale’s second season in the world of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead had a lot of buildup, but it completely fumbles the landing, making…