Sales Away! Gaming Deals to Start April Off Right

Another week, another banquet of discounted games. The highlight of this occasion is the Spring Sale on Xbox Marketplace; there are hundreds of deals for you to choose from, or to first face an existential crisis and then choose. Either…

Ready Player One Movie Review: A safe but entertaining adaptation

Everyone has a memory of a film, television show, video game, or song that brings them an intense rush of emotions. As pop culture enthusiasts, these memories are more frequent and more intense. These nostalgic feelings are the foundation of…

Gaming Interview: Voice Actress Tara Sands

As video games get larger and larger in scale, the voices from the mouths of their characters become more and more important. You’ve heard those voices all over your favorite game worlds, and many of them may even seem familiar,…

Middle Earth: Shadow of War Review

  Full Spoilers for 2014’s Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor and brief spoilers for Shadow of War follow. The Lord of the Rings is one of my all time favorite franchises. The books, movies, and video game adaptations of the…

Video Game Review: Destiny 2

There are a lot of reasons why Destiny could be considered a failure, but the biggest one of all was a major loss of potential. Bungie’s big step out post-Halo was built up for over a year as a vast…

Video Game Review: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

In my opinion, the Uncharted series is an almost perfect franchise. Its stellar landscape, complex characters and fun gameplay never lost its touch—even after four installments. Nathan Drake became one of video games’ biggest icons, having both men and women…

Retro-Graded Games: Metal Gear Turns 30 – Now What?

While it’s normal to go into one’s 30th birthday with a sense of dread, it’s jarring to see the adage apply to a video game series. Especially one as dear to people as the Metal Gear franchise. Through the community…