Dead Island: Riptide is the latest zombie horror survival apocalypse game to be developed by Techland, published by Deep Silver, and distributed by Square Enix. It is also a direct sequel to the original Dead Island. The game picks up right where you last left off as you land on a military freighter and are immediately dropped into chaos [...]
As I sit here and type away at my keyboard like I have for my entire life I think back to how many keyboards I’ve bought and used. Saitek, Generic Microsoft, HP, Dell, and even Razer keyboards have all been used in my household and none of them have ever stood out. The keyboard is [...]
It feels like it was much longer, but it was just two years ago that we got our hands on Dead Space 2, the sequel to the surprise hit. With shocking twists, scary as hell scenery, and top-notch survival horror gameplay, it was definitely one of the best games of the year. Ending on somewhat [...]
Warning: This review may contain spoilers if you haven’t played any of the Assassin’s Creed games before. The world is set to end on the 21st of December, 2012. That’s the story behind Assassin’s Creed III, and all of the previous games in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. This time Ubisoft decided to give us [...]
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 are the latest installments in the Pokémon series and take you back into the Unova region. They are also the first Pokémon games to be direct numbered sequels to other games in the series. As Hollywood has taught us, sequels are never as good as the originals, so will [...]
As every other gamer does out there I’ve found myself with too much time on my hands and not enough games to play. Don’t get me wrong I do eventually plan on finishing Lost Planet and Mass effect two but that day isn’t today. Today is the day where I play Joyride Turbo, an Xbox [...]
The days of 2D side-scrollers with platforming have mostly gone away but every once in a great while we get a Metroidvania style game that makes you remember how much fun they can be. Dust: An Elysian Tail looks to do exactly that with wonderful hand-drawn animation, mechanically sound gameplay and a pretty interesting story. [...]
The Christmas of 1999 was a great year for me. I still remember waking up Christmas morning and running downstairs to open my presents. The first few were clothes and then I opened up the average sized box and yelled out in excitement at the PlayStation in my hands. Moments later I opened up a [...]
Allow me to preface this by saying that I am still not sold on the Kinect. The tech behind it is awesome and I think it has many amazing possible applications, but the games available for it so far have been silly and gimmicky. The year and a half since its release, I have begrudgingly [...]
It seems that racing games have taken a bit of time off since their heyday in the early 2000’s but developer Techland and publisher Ubisoft are looking to bring off-road racing games back in to the limelight. When you think of racing games you expect speed, customization, choice of vehicles, and some sweet jumps to [...]
