The World of eSports and Competitive Gaming

The ever-growing competitive world of Gaming Editors Note: This serves as a small look into what is out there, and is by no means fully comprehensive in terms of competitive gaming and esports as a whole. Over the years, the world of video games has continually evolved. What started as a small industry of 8 […]

Editorial: Nier: Automata and its brilliance

Nier Automata is the most weird and unique game I’ve played all year From the narrative to the combat style(s) to the character designs to the 4th wall breaking meta moment at the end, Nier is a must-play for fans of the action hack-and-slash genre and definitely in the conversation for GOTY. And what really […]

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War – Review

Orcs-A-Plenty Middle-Earth: Shadow of War Launch Trailer Monolith studios put itself on the map when Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor was significantly better than it had any right to be. The game garnered high praise and even brought home GOTY awards. Tasked with creating a sequel many thought wouldn’t even happen, Monolith stepped up to the […]

The First Hours of Destiny 2

  Destiny 2, Bungie’s much anticipated follow up to the original game from 2014, is finally here. Well, it has actually been here for a few weeks now. I, of course, am one of the many gamers hooked by the sequel, so here are some brief thoughts on my first 15 or so hours with […]

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Hellblade is the most important game of 2017. There hasn’t been an experience like this since Journey.   Hellblade follows Senua, a Pict from the Gaelic/Celtic area and time period (700s?) infused with Norse mythology existing (think God of War esque). However, she is suffering from a undefined psychosis that makes us constantly question the […]

Pyre Review

Supergiant Games is the king of indie developers. The creators of Bastion and Transistor, two of the best games I’ve ever played, have made another masterpiece. Pyre is another great example of how to make a small, short experience and make every second of it charming, engaging, and thoughtful from both a narrative and gameplay/mechanical […]

Editorial- Games that tell their stories through gameplay

“Gameplay is king” You might see that statement made from respected critics from IGN to people commenting on a YouTube review to people like me and Matt. This statement means that for a video game, playing the game comes first. No matter how good your story is, no matter how interesting the plot, characters, environment, […]

Top 5 Sony E3 Predictions- Brett

Days Gone will be shown and released this fall 2. God of War shown, early 2018 3. Insomniac Spider-Man gameplay shown, late 2018 4. Bloodborne 2 doesn’t happen, and if it does, its not this year 5. Kojima fucking lied, Death Stranding will be shown, no release date