PC Previews

   Developer Sandbox Interactive launched their closed beta for their cross-platform MMORPG, Albion Online, last month, and I’m here to tell you a bit about my experience playing it. Before I dive into my experience though, here’s a little background on the game itself for those unaware of what type of game Albion Online is. The game is a sandbox MMORPG, meaning you have pretty much tota...[Read More]

  When I went to art school, the period I loved the most was Surrealist. Bending my environment and using the outlandish to express my emotions, it all just made sense. Without making any at all. Between Me and The Night seems to be trying to walk that line, in what the developer calls “the thin path between sanity and madness.” Of course, when I saw the game I hopped all over it, ready t...[Read More]

  Â Friends, loved ones, gather around the website for a comprehensive tale of my time with a game perhaps all too familiar to many. When I was given the opportunity to take the new EKO Software game How To Survive 2 for a preview spin, I made sure I acquainted myself with the previous installment. For those as unfamiliar as I was, How to Survive is a top-down, survival-based zombie apocalyps...[Read More]

   I’ve had some limited experience with Infectonator up until now, mainly on Android. The premise is similar to that of Plague.inc, in that the player has to infect as many healthy humans as possible, effectively killing them. This is where the two games (partially) diverge though, as Infectonator dead’uns turn into zombies who, in turn, kill and infect even more people. As a crazed sci...[Read More]

NOCT Preview  -The last survivor I tried to help didn’t make it. I need you to loot the carcass. -That’s fucked up. -Don’t make this any wierder than it already is. Noct is a very, very distinctly grim experience. Interestingly similar to Limbo in that regard, the game places us in the boots of, essentially, two characters at the same time. The above discourse is one of the several that pla...[Read More]

 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]

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]

Bounty Train Preview    Alright, on a show of hands, how many of you have played any Wild West games that you thought were awesome? Ok, now exclude any that were 3rd or 1st person shooters? I mean I can’t see you, not yet anyway, but I figure that most of your hands have gone down. Which if you think about it, is pretty interesting. Why hasn’t anyone created anything other than, well let’...[Read More]

Warshift Preview    If there’s one feature I’m sure many RTS gamers have always wanted in their favourite games, then it’s the ability to take control over a single unit mid-combat to watch the chaos unfold in real-time. Imagine playing something like Supreme Commander from the perspective of a low-tier mech. Practical? Hell no. Awesome? Absolutely. Mind you, this has been done numerous t...[Read More]

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power Preview   It almost feels like it was yesterday that I played Trine for the first time. A real marvel of a game, it was. Not only did it feature beautiful graphics and phenomenal physics, but there were also some really good puzzles to be found as the three unlikely heroes made their way through the given encounters. It was a different kind of sidescroller/platfor...[Read More]