As I played Mutant Year Zero a realization struck me about the subtitle of the game: Road to Eden. On the surface it's appropriate because it is an on-the-nose reference to your characters physical journey as they explore the "Zone" in search of a fabled location called Eden. However, on a completely different level (and …
A Tale of Two Games: A Blair Witch Review
Twenty years after the original found footage film took the world by storm, Bloober Team - the studio behind Layers of Fear and Observer - resurrects this franchise in an interactive form to tell the story of the search for a missing boy in the Black Hills forest that leads to revelations both good and …
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Keeping Campaigns Organized with Kanka
Around the start of 2020 I started working on what was then a conversion of the 1st edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons module Ruins of Adventure into 5th edition D&D. The module took place in the expansive Forgotten Realms setting originally created by Ed Greenwood in 1967 as the backdrop of his childhood stories but …
D&D Variants: Dash
Art by Dan Scott There are a slew of actions that players can take whilst in combat that can help them do a multitude of things from aiding in battle to avoiding it altogether. However, I feel that although some of these rules as written (RAW) get the job done, they often feel subpar, uninspired …
Taking it to the Streets – Streets of Rage 4 Review
Almost thirty years after the third game in the franchise was unleashed on the world in 1994, DotEmu and Lizardcube have combined forces to release Streets of Rage 4, but are they relying on nostalgia to lure in fans of the series or is there actually a good game under the hood? 🤛🏽 👊🏽 🤜🏽 Packaged with the …
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One Night in the City – Cloudpunk Review
Cloudpunk is a solid cyberpunk delivery service game that pulls the atmosphere and mechanics from cinematic staples such as Luc Besson's The Fifth Element and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, but does it succeed as an interactive video game that is it worth your time and money? ☁️☁️☁️ Cloudpunk is a good game, but not great. …
64 Problems But Doom Ain’t One – A Doom 64 Review
Doom 64 found new life with the bundled release alongside Doom Eternal, id Software's newest iteration of the game that truly propelled them into the mainstream, and with it a handful of new levels that help tie it into Doom 2016, but is the game even worth playing now that we have two new versions …
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Betrayal at House on the Hill – Tabletop Review
Wanting to get together with friends during this Covid-19 lockdown but not wanting to break quarantine protocol and spread the disease, I reached out to a member of my community who was wonderful enough to gift me a copy of Tabletop Simulator and promptly got a list of games together to play which included Betrayal …
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Eternally Doomed
Four years after the phenomenal Doom 2016 was laid upon us unexpecting gamers, id Software releases their highly anticipated follow up - Doom Eternal - which manages to not only take and build upon what was created in the earlier games of the series, but to add in new mechanics as well; however, is it …
Skyrim Modslist & Challenges
I created a mod list and challenges for our upcoming playthrough of Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim which will shift it to more of a realistic and deadly survival role-playing game... especially when hit with some of these challenges! + + + I recently decided to play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim again, but …