It’s taken many attempts for me to get into the MOBA scene. Between needing to learn each character’s role, strength & weakness, as well as dealing with rage when I don’t know what I’m doing, I just haven’t been able to stick with it. That all changed recently, and now I’m finally beginning to understand […]
The early years of my PC gaming life were dominated by three games – Civilization II, Wing Commander III, and Battlezone. The first two titles spawned sequels and spiritual successors, but the blend of FPS and RTS genres never took off outside of one direct sequel and Command & Conquer: Renegade’s multiplayer. Considering the huge […]
At the start of the year I highlighted some of the games I was looking forward to, but since then many others have also been announced for 2016 releases. It’s now at the point where I have had to pick and choose which titles I can afford at their release. Ugh, damn you Year of […]
My love for Rocket League has been well documented. Ever since I started playing last year it has been my go-to quick-play multiplayer title, all thanks to its evergreen gameplay and spectacular presentation. It doesn’t matter that I’m not the best at aerial play (although I’m getting better) or that I sometimes hilariously overshoot the […]
I learned three things from yesterday’s Persona 5 livestream. Firstly, gamers will enthusiastically type “WAIFU” when given any opportunity to do so. Secondly, I’m often at a loss as to what on earth is going on with Japanese mascots. Thirdly, the user interface of the Persona series has always been excellent, but what was shown […]
While I am a fan of tough games, and often play on higher difficulties, I consider Battlefleet Gothic: Armada to be a difficult game. Even on the easier settings it can crush you for simple mistakes, but then again that’s most likely what its fans want from it. The now discontinued turn-based board game it […]