The Swapper Interview with Olli Harjola and Tom Jubert
We talked to Olli Harjola and Tom Jubert of Facepalm Games about The Swapper, a puzzle game about navigating an abandoned research facility using a gun that clones you. The plot looks to be a fascinating examination into the philosophical quandaries of cloning and the whole package is wrapped in a beautiful art style composed [...]
Sanctum 2 Review
The original Sanctum was a gem that stood out from the rest of tower defense games on the PC and Mac in 2011. It blended the hectic action of first-person shooters with the strategic placement and upgrades of the tower defense genre. While it was a great game that certainly felt unique, it suffered from [...]
Divekick Interview with Adam Heart and Dave Lang
Easily one of the most interesting games we’ve seen of late, Divekick seeks to simplify the fighting game genre by skipping the learning process of combos and jumping right to the head games. With only two inputs, dive and kick, you have to headshot your way through one of the most colorful casts of characters [...]
Go Home Dinosaurs Review
Go home, dinosaurs. You’re drunk! Whenever I’m bored, chances are I will turn to a tower defense game before the latest blockbuster. The genre is so welcoming for those of us who prefer a pick-up-and-play style adventure when we are strapped for time, but still want to get in some good ol’ fashioned video gaming. [...]
ShootMania Storm Review
Nadeo took the PC racing scene by storm with their flagship title, TrackMania. For a game that launched in 2003, it’s still going strong with well over 11 million players. The success of TrackMania might have been due to the level of stripping down the game into a relatively basic experience, and then opening it [...]
Slam Bolt Scrappers Review
In the video game studio kitchen, it seems that everyone knows the recipe for success: Cool bad ass character Crazy environment Awesome weapons Interesting story Multiplayer Now, what happens when you don’t want to follow the recipe and instead try to create something brand new using old ideas? Well, that’s what we’re going to find [...]
BioShock Infinite Review
When I first saw imagery of BioShock Infinite, I immediately lost interest. I fell in love with the underwater world of Rapture and I didn’t believe Irrational Games could create an engrossing world out of a handful of buildings in the sky strung together by wire - and after the shocking departures at Irrational and the [...]
Top 10 Gaming Trends That Need to Die
We are nearing the end of an era. The current generation of consoles is on its way out. They brought a lot of joy to an immense number of people, but along with that joy they also introduced some new trends I’d like to see retired with with the consoles. Most are too profitable to be retired and [...]
Guide to Responsable Steam Shopping
Steam is at the forefront of online videogame distribution and is irrefutably the best due to its ease of use, great pricing, crazy offers, even crazier sale periods and free weekend trials, but it can be the demise of your disposable income. Over the last year I have purchased somewhere between 80 and 90 games [...]
Dota 2 is Now the Most Played Game on Steam
According to SteamGraph, an online service that logs stats for Steam games, Dota 2 has surpassed Skyrim and become the most played Steam game of all time. For a game that’s not even officially released yet, Dota 2 sure is doing well. Who knew a niche genre like MOBAs would become the second coming of Christ? I’ve never been [...]
