Back in the good old days of about fifteen years ago, first-person shooters were not about gritty soldiers with modern weapons, cover mechanics and no sense of irony. They were about faceless and fearless heroes zooming around colourful environments, blowing hundreds of enemies to gibs with ridiculous weapons. Tower of Guns is a game that gleefully recalls a happier time. Read more …
“Words are wind, Asher. It’s choices that define who you are”. If a single line of dialogue could summarise The Sword in the Darkness, the third episode in Telltale’s Game of Throne series, it’d be that one. Read more …
Life continues to be as strange and awkward as expected in Out of Time, the second episode of Dontnod’s interactive sci-fi/teen drama series. Read more …
The first episode of Tales from the Borderlands came along and blew us all away with its high-octane blend of Mad Max action scenes and typical Borderlands humour. It was superb and left us all pumped for the second episode. Unfortunately, the second episode took four months to arrive. Hey ho, it’s here now; but was it worth the wait? Read more …
It has been two weeks now since I built my very first gaming rig. After months of research and years of anticipation I was finally in a position to join the PC master race, and it feels good.
In these weeks of tinkering with internals (hey now) and testing my new rig on various games and programs I have learned that there are many distinct advantages to PC gaming, in fact I have managed to narrow it down to five.
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is a puzzle platformer that follows a young Iñupiat girl named Nuna and a white fox as they journey through Northern Alaska to find the source of the blizzard that has wreaked havoc on her home village. The game has both single and co-op capabilities as you play as either the girl or fox. I was unable to test out the co-op mode, but I imagine it would have made a few puzzles significantly simpler. Never Alone is similar to Limbo, in the sense that you complete tasks/puzzles through trial and error. Don’t be afraid when little Nuna or the cute little arctic fox perish on a regular basis. Trust me, it is the only way to learn and there will be plenty more deaths to come. Read more …