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Articles, News 4 years ago
Creative SXFI Theater Headset Review
While I'm apt to always purchase headsets with universal uses - i.e. I can take it with me to work for music, I can play using my Switch, and can have great audio with my Xbox - there are situations were a single headset performs a single feature so well, that I'm fine making the investment in order to have a superior experience. That's where I landed when reviewing the Creative SXFI Theater headset. While it's not as universal as other headsets, when using it via my Xbox One, playing games and watching movies, it was an experience that was a treat to my ears!
Articles, News 4 years ago
Nostalgic Gaming – Kingdom of Alamur Re-Reckoning
About a week ago, we got our review code for Kingdom of Alamur Re-Reckoning on the Xbox One. Because of a few code delivery issues, we didn't the chance to start playing the game until after reviews for the re-release had already dropped. Based on the score sand comments I was seeing, I was incredibly nervous to boot this experience up. It was reviewing so badly.
Articles, News 4 years ago
Immortals: Fenyx Rising Shown At the Ubisoft Forward Event
Immortals: Fenyx Rising was shown at the Ubisoft Forward event. Check out some footage for the game below. We have some thoughts on it! Immortals: Fenyx Rising looks like Breath of the Wild had a bady with Greek Myth (or Assassin’s Creed Odyssey?). The game looks really good! Immortals, much like Breath of the Wild, will have a huge open world that players can explore from the get-go. The Greek myth inclusion: from Zeus to Medusa and more makes this…
Articles, News 4 years ago
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Announced
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was a really good game. And now Ubisoft is bringing it back with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake! Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake has been announced. It will be coming to the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The game will be out on January 21, 2021. I thought the game looked good, but not great. It seems like it needs a little more polish. Hopefully it’ll look…
Articles 4 years ago
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World The Game Complete Edition Will Be Released Holiday 2020
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World: The Game will be returning this holiday! Oh man. This game is so very good. I can’t wait to play it again. Best of all? Its getting released on the Nintendo Switch as well as all your other favorite platforms! Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game Complete Edition will be released holiday 2020. I played this game will it was released originally and loved it. Scott Pilgrim is a beat ’em up in the…
Articles, News 4 years ago
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout – Official Reveal Trailer
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout will be coming to the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One on October 13! The game is now available for pre-order. Check out the game’s launch trailer and then come back here for some thoughts on the game. G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout actually looks really good! It should be noted that I was a big fan of the G.I. Joe comics and cartoon as a kid. The preview for this game speaks a lot to my…
Articles 4 years ago
Gamers Love Politics – We Just Hate Bad Writing
Final Fantasy 7, Metal Gear Solid, The Last of Us – there’s no doubt that gamers love a title uses politics well. But message boards are filled with cries of “I don’t want my games to be political.” Where is this disconnect coming from, and how can developers get around it? The answer is in better writing. Some gamers are bigots. There are people who just won’t play a game with a black protagonist, or that has a trans or…
Articles 4 years ago
On the Road to Delos Crossing: The Evolution of Adventure Games
It wasn’t that long ago that adventure games meant solving obscure puzzles and impossible save states. The genre has changed immeasurably over the last 30 years, but that doesn’t mean the key ingredients aren’t still there. With the release of Tell Me Why, we’re looking back at the biggest titles, and at why we still love adventure all these years later. Tell Me Why takes the genre to new heights, building a realistic world with fascinating characters. The adventure today…
Articles, News 4 years ago
Two DC Comics Games Revealed
On Saturday, DC Comics held a digital event called DC Fandome. During the event, they revealed two new games: Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League! We have details on both games below. On Saturday, DC Comics held their digital DC Fandome event. Two new games were revealed! Here are the details: Gotham Knights Gotham Knights is developed by WB Games MontrĂ©al and will be published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. In Gotham Knights, there are four characters…
Articles, News 4 years ago
From Battletoads to Bloodborne (and Back) – How Difficult Games Still Kick Our Butts
It’s Sunday afternoon in the summer. You’ve just eaten a big meal and you’re settling down to an hour in front of the TV. Battletoads. You blow the cartridge and put it in. Maybe, just maybe, this’ll be the time you make it past the second level. But probably not, because frankly you suck at this game. Sound familiar? We’ve all been there. If it wasn’t Battletoads, it might have been Mario, Punch Out, Ninja Gaiden or any other title…