I Can’t Escape: Darkness Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
I Can’t Escape: Darkness Review    Randomness is not an easy thing to pull off in games. How does one design a truly random system without the game in question devolving into an RNG-induced madness or a horrible grindfest where that 1% drop may well never spawn? Indeed, a component of true unpredictability may well make a game that much more interesting if handled properly, but it can also ru...[Read More]
Skyshine’s Bedlam Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Skyshine’s Bedlam Review    When I first saw Skyshine’s Bedlam at this year’s E3, I got to talk to John Mueller, Art Director on the project. Sitting down with the game, he told me of his team’s love of post-apocalyptic tales of survival, and their drive to bring it to the public. The idea originally started as a modified game of D&D, heavily inspired by properties like Judge Dredd,...[Read More]
FromSoftware Establishing New Studio | MOUSE n JOYPAD
FromSoftware Establishing New Studio   FromSoftware is the patron saint of incredibly hard games at the moment, and have released that they are planning on establishing a new development studio in Fukuoka, Japan sometime in October. While continuing the proud tradition of creating possibly the most difficult games on the market right now, this new development studio provi...[Read More]
Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime Review    Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a new-ish Indie game on Steam and Xbox One by developers Asteroid Base, who are obviously going for a theme here. Before we dig into the meat of this succulent review allow me to say something here, I really enjoyed this game but I was under a tight schedule while reviewing it; so if I miss out on a point of interest o...[Read More]
AMD Restructures Company Architecture | MOUSE n JOYPAD
AMD Restructures Company Architecture To Improve Competition With Nvidia   Ever since 2006 when Advanced Micro Devices purchased ATI and joined in on the competition of the discrete desktop graphics processor unit (GPU) race, results have tended to be lopsided in favor for the more specifically graphics-focused Nvidia Corporation in terms of both shear raw power and lower...[Read More]
Blood Bowl 2: Beta launched | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Blood Bowl 2: Beta launched, With New Video Pre-order Blood Bowl 2 on Steam, and start playing now!  The beta of Blood Bowl 2, the sequel to the video game adaptation of Games Workshop’s famous board game that combines American football with the fantasy world of Warhammer, has launched! Players who have pre-ordered the game on Steam (official release on September 22) may already start playing a...[Read More]
Colonies Online Preview | MOUSE n JOYPAD
 Colonies Online Preview    For a while now, we’ve been living in an age where video games are no longer a one-off purchase. MMORPG titles aside, about seven years ago it was normal to pay 40-60$ for a game, take it home and enjoy the investment for as long as you wanted to. With the dawn of the digital age, however, this all changed. Not only do prices fluctuate wildly now, but there’s al...[Read More]
Cross of the Dutchman Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Cross of the Dutchman Review    Cross of the Dutchman is a perplexing game. It is amazingly ambitious for an indie title, but is on the borderline of being too simplistic. It takes advantage of an amazing legend, but focuses entirely on his days as a farmer. It deals with heavy subject material, but everything come across very light. It’s not a bad game by any means, but it misses so many opp...[Read More]
New Details About Afro Samurai 2 | MOUSE n JOYPAD
New Details About Afro Samurai 2    Afro Samurai is a bizarre mix of different ideas. Samurai films originally inspired Hollywood Westerns; but Takashi Okazaki took his love for American hip-hop and those films, and turned it full circle back into an avant-garde tale of revenge. That, and it features a cyborg that wears a teddy bear’s head as a mask. As is I said before, it’s bizarre. Origi...[Read More]
Might and Magic: Heroes VII Beta Preview | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Might and Magic: Heroes VII Beta Preview     I’ll be honest- I suck at turn-based strategy games. I’m familiar with the challenge and understand the way the game is supposed to be played; I even took some extra time to look up strategies online- but it’s no use. I’m simply a noob, and I even struggle beating the computer on easy mode. It’s been 3 versions since I’ve last played the...[Read More]
Skylanders: SuperChargers’ Drive to Keep The Series Fresh | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Skylanders: SuperChargers’ Drive to Keep The Series Fresh & Fans Happy My Personal Tour of Vicarious Visions and Their Balancing Act With Their Expanding Series With the Toys-To-Life model continuing to surge in our market, the steady and continued growth year after year isn’t anything a gamer should turn their nose up at. With many child-friendly companies like Nintendo, Disne...[Read More]
Mad Max Review | MOUSE n JOYPAD
Mad Max Review    When I first came into contact with the Mad Max movies, I was about seven years old. Mad Max 2 was my entry point into this universe, and I was thoroughly unimpressed by its pacing, themes and characters. Nothing about this setting intrigued me, and since I was unable to understand the deeper, sublime meanings hidden behind the comparatively thin plot there was little for me t...[Read More]