...Let's be real-- if Dead Island: Riptide is a game that sounds up your alley, the plot is of no consequence to you. You are here to kill zombies in as many creative possible ways as you can. You want it bloody and you want it laced with profanity like any good its-so-bad-its-good B movie. Actually, the B movie comparisons wouldn't get out of my head during my time spent playing Dead Island: Riptide. Calling this game the equivalent of a B movie in video games isn't far off the mark. Cutting some corners with visuals to suit the lower budget? Check. Over the top voice acting that makes the events of the game sound bigger than something it really is? Check. Does it feel like a lower grade version of something we've seen before? Yeah, check... (Click More... for More)

GO RIGHT AND CONQUER. Three daring adventurers go forth on a quest to head to the right and bash anything they see. Waves of enemies attempt to stop said three daring adventurers, but they are going left, rather than right, and therefore do not conquer. Eventually a larger enemy attempts to come down rather than right or left, which throws off three daring adventurers until they realize there is a method and pattern to his madness. That's why this is my favorite beatemup in the Sacred Citadel.

When I first read the original description for this novel, one that carefully hid the true nature of the story, I was deeply concerned. When a television series runs this long (Supernatural is now set to go at least nine seasons), there is bound to be repetition. And the seventh season, during which this novel is set, was designed to call back to the very first season in many of its story elements. A novel featuring a Wendigo, the topic of the second episode of the entire series, was not necessarily something I was anticipating with great fondness.

Adventure games never died. I feel like I need to say that because this is a point-and-click adventure game, and most reviews of point-and-click adventure games require the author to talk about how the genre "died" and the game being reviewed is "bringing it back." But, they never died in the first place. They just went more niche and were biding their time before re-emerging. That's exactly what sci-fi/noir hit Gemini Rue did, coming out now for iOS.

RPG's have come a long way in the past few decades. We started out with tile-based low resolution pixel art leaving us to our imagination, all the way up to realistic 3D worlds that we can explore today. Evoland is an indie RPG that pays homage to the history of RPG's from the looks, play styles, and even stereotypes, but does that make it an overall fun experience?

BIT.TRIP Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien is the newest entry to the BIT.TRIP series, but it is also the first sequel to a BIT.TRIP game. The first Runner is a pretty simple game - you run and collect gold bars while evading enemies to the rhythm or beat the music. It was quite notorious for being quite difficult and making nods to the old days of gaming, not to mention having a great soundtrack. But what does Runner2 have to offer that the previous game already gave us?

I first read the original version of “The Middle Kingdom” back in the mid-1990s, while at university. I was immediately hooked on this incredibly detailed, brutal vision of the future. The original Chung Kuo series was set to last nine huge volumes, but by the time that the seventh volume came out, support for Wingrove’s magnum opus collapsed. The series came to an abrupt (and very hard to find) conclusion in a rushed eighth volume. (Read More... for More)

The previous volume of the Stargate Atlantis: Legacy series, “The Furies”, felt a bit thin on action, even if the characterization work was as solid as it has ever been for the post-finale epic. As it turns out, there was a very good reason for that: it serves as a prelude to all of the tension and revelation in this novel. (Click More... for more)

This issue jumps right in where the previous installment of the arc left off, and that makes it a rather difficult read, even for those relatively well-versed in the current status quo of the Buffyverse. When last we saw the Slayer, she was working for Kennedy’s ex-Slayer high-stakes security firm. As it happens, her client is being hunted by agents of Wolfram and Hart, and as longtime “Angel” fans know, that’s not good news. As one would expect, the loss of magic from the Earth dimension has changed their game. (Click More... for more)

Thanks to the success of Telltale Games essentially reviving the point-and-click adventure genre and bringing it into the 21st century, we've been witnessing many independent developers do their own take of the genre. Most of these entries are firmly stuck in the 90's with their graphics and sound, which is great for the lovers of nostalgia - but there's a breath of fresh air to be had when an independent developer stands out to bring Telltale-like quality to their own story. That's what we get with Phoenix Online Studios' Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller.