
Articles by Ron Welch

Beholder 2 Review - Where’s Your 27b/6?
Did you ever play Papers, Please? Did you wish there was a little more political sabotage and a little less paperwork? If so, you should play Beholder 2.

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus Review: Turn-Based Perfection
In the grim darkness of the far future, there are no men of science, only priests serving the immortal machine.

10 Years of Left 4 Dead: Hunters and Boomers and Smokers, Oh My!

Gaming Obscura: Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland
Goosebumps was an incredible thing for ‘90s kids. Now, 25 years later, the children’s horror anthology is still growing.

10 Years of Saints Row 2 - Anti-Charles Bronson
Saints Row 2 represents a different time, not just for Volition, but for games as a whole.

10 Years of Spore - A Reputation Well-Deserved?
It is better to innovate and fall short than to stagnate and succeed. Every misstep is a small success, a burst of inspiration telling us what can be improved.

Saints Row IV Five Years Later - Hail to the Chief
Every Saints Row game, I think, represents the commercialization of both the 3rd Street Saints and the franchise itself.

Thief of Thieves Review - Post Mortem
The protagonist of Thief of Thieves is often insulted for being a jack of all trades, master of none. That phrase also describes the game itself and carries the same negative connotation.

Five Years of Papers, Please - Glory to Arstotzka
Mass Effect. Call of Juarez: Gunslinger. Saints Row. When a game’s title music puts you in just the right mood, you know you’re in for a good time.

Beholder 2 Will Make You Empathize with NPCs
Adventure games are evolving. The days where bestselling titles like Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max Hit the Road reigned are long behind us.

Pool Panic Review - Look, But Don't Touch
It’s hard to recover from a bad first impression. That’s the story of Pool Panic, the newest title from Rekim and Adult Swim Games.

Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis Rewind Review - Dinosaur Therapy Simulator
Who wouldn’t want their own Jurassic Park? Who wouldn’t their own island paradise filled with ancient reptilian beasts, viewed from the safety of an electric fence?