When I was little, I was hooked on any and all Sim games (with the exception of SimGolf). SimSafari and SimPark were two of my favorites, so when I heard that the team behind Planet…
October 10, 2019 | 12:41 EDT
Magic has been a staple element of The Sims franchise from the beginning. Sure, maybe it’s not as ubiquitous as aliens or robots, but every new incarnation of the series has included a pack with a…
September 20, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
I'm not going to lie to you guys and say I'm some kind of gliding king. In fact, as I've learned, I'm pretty bad at it. I got a chance to play a demo of AWAY: The Survival Series, an upcoming game…
July 13, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
Full disclosure, 95% of the reason why I agreed to try out The Sims 4: Island Living is because of the lure of mermaids. The latest expansion pack for the popular game, Island Living released on June…
July 12, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
I've always been a fan of Stronghold. Through the thick and the thin, at some point I managed to grab a copy of every game in the series. However, I always loved the original best. Maybe it's…
June 24, 2019 | 01:00 EDT
Appropriately, I met the team from Klabater Games for We. The Revolution in a genuine French restaurant in Manhattan when I went to play a little preview of the game. Going into the meeting, I didn’t…
March 18, 2019 | 01:00 EDT
The Sims franchise is one that is known for being fraught with peculiarities. From aliens to vampires and bigfoot to tragic clowns, there is no shortage of bizarre things to encounter in any…
March 7, 2019 | 02:00 EST
I don't leave it as much of a mystery that Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War is one of my favorite video games. However, after that entry, things become a little iffy for the series. I wouldn't say any of…
January 18, 2019 | 01:01 EST
Parkasaurus first popped up on my radar at the end of last year. This inaugural title by WashBear is meant to be a tycoon game in the vein of titles like Dinopark Tycoon and Jurassic World Evolution …
September 29, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Surviving Mars is all about the challenge of exploring the red planet, and the game's mysteries bring in an additional element. Mysteries act as a sort of randomized quest that (as far as I can tell…
June 30, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
Staxel (developed by Plukit and published by Humble Bundle) is the kind of thing that's right up my alley - a fantastic, colorful town where you're plopped down with a large tract of land and plenty…
May 26, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
There is some measure of people out there who look at fancy, high-end PCs with more LEDs than a billboard and wonder just exactly how they're put together. It's a daunting challenge for someone who…
May 24, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
The Stardew Valley multiplayer beta has begun on Steam (and will kick off in a few days for GOG), and I was quite excited to hop on with a friend and give it a whirl. Fortunately, my buddy Shaun…
May 3, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
I had the chance to play about 30 minutes of Surviving Mars, a simulation game all about surviving on Mars from Haemimont Games, the minds behind the Tropico series. I don't really seek games like…
June 21, 2017 | 10:30 EDT
While watching EA's press conference this last weekend, I couldn't help but wonder why another company hadn't already made a co-op "prison escape" videogame. When I sat down at Team17's booth to…
June 16, 2017 | 10:00 EDT
I have a confession to make: I've never played an Ace Combat before. Sacrilegious, I know, and I fully intend to fix that before Ace Combat 7 releases ... but that's where I stand. That being said,…
June 14, 2017 | 02:00 EDT
I tried, I really did. In the four hours I've spent with Bot Colony, I must have restarted it twenty to thirty times due to crashes, authentication screen hangs, disconnects from the server, and…
March 7, 2017 | 09:00 EST
In the months since the release of No Man’s Sky, developer Hello Games has been nearly radio silent on the entire project, quietly updating the game with patches related solely to fixing major bugs.…
November 28, 2016 | 11:00 EST
When I first saw the trailer for Planet Coaster (developed by Frontier Developments) I felt a little tinge of excitement. I had never played RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 and it had been years since I last…
September 27, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
After three years, a ton of hype, and a bunch of anger, No Man’s Sky is here, finally, in our hands. And with it, comes controversy. The recent hubbub over the apparent lack of multiplayer in the…
August 11, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
From The Depths is a monster, lurking silently and gathering steam for its eventual rise. Featuring highly complex vehicle building and control mechanics, this game is definitely not for the faint of…
October 9, 2014 | 01:00 EDT
Nom Nom Galaxy is a game about soup production. No, no! Don’t leave! It’s good, I swear. It also features mining and landscaping, with a huge focus on automation and efficiency. Hmm, that isn’t…
March 17, 2014 | 10:00 EDT