Reviews

Telltale’s Game of Thrones Episode One starts strong at the Red Wedding, but falls a little flat.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is an incredibly beautiful puzzle adventure of two sons trying to find a cure for their dying father. Using simultaneous two-character controls, Brothers raises the challenge of the puzzles as well as the engagement of the player. Starbreeze Studios crafted a beautiful world that weaves the mechanics …

Lords of the Black Sun is a 4x turn-based strategy game by Arkavi Studios. Originally named Star Lords, the game is based in space, but not in any star system in particular, as they are randomly generated based on options chosen during game setup. The ultimate goal is up to …

Retrobooster is a cave-flyer reminiscent of the older bullet-hell games such as ‘Spacewar!’ and Galaxian. The game features a highly responsive ship that requires skill and practice to properly maneuver. The game is exceedingly difficult but that’s where the fun begins.

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions is a frustratingly fun take on a classic arcade style.

Let’s all go down to Kyrat.

DK produces a gorgeous collected edition book celebrating 75 years of Marvel cover art.

N-Control’s controller ‘enhancer’ bedecks your usual stock control pad with a smorgasbord of doodads, and it’s awesome.

Few games can tackle questions of faith and belief. Taking the RPG trope of an everyday-person thrust into the heart of events beyond their comprehension, becoming the only person able to save the world, it’s surprising most titles haven’t tackled such themes sooner.

Tales from the Borderlands welcomes you back to Pandora in the hilarious first episode, Zer0 Sum. Telltale easily adapted their amazing graphic adventure style to the gritty, cell shaded world of Pandora.

This is a two part review, first is my take on the game, down below is fellow BG’er Daniel Spiler’s take. Mine is for newcomers and a general opinion, his is bent more toward the veteran players of the game.

“A menagerie of deadly monsters for the world’s greatest role playing game”

DK produces a knockout of a book celebrating 75 years of one of comics’ greatest superheroes. One of the marquee publishers for large-scale tomes on comic book and pop culture characters, DK has been making titles not to be missed by comic fans for years. The company has made it …

Styx sneaks onto consoles and the PC in a game that’s a covert, stealthy affair, but also one that’s tougher than tough- and not in a good way.

Assassinating on the seas once again.

Dark Horse explores the darker side of Dunwall in their newest art book.