Checking the Score: Tim Wynn on XCOM 2
By Mark Steighner on March 4 2016
Checking the Score is a feature about video game music, composers, musicians and tools of the...
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Review: The Flame in the Flood
By Mark Steighner on February 24 2016
Simultaneously charming and terrifying, The Flame in the Flood marries a unique art style and refreshingly...
Review: Wanderjahr
By Mark Steighner on February 23 2016
Wanderjahr -- literally, “year of wandering” -- is a self-described “JRPG” from Thai developer...
Review: Devil Daggers
By Mark Steighner on February 23 2016
Eschewing nearly every gameplay mechanic or design facet that we’ve come to expect over the past decade or...
Fury of the Tempest: New Content for Devilian
By Mark Steighner on February 22 2016
In case you missed back in December -- when everyone was still in the middle of the fever dream called Big...
Review: Cities: Skylines – Snowfall
By Mark Steighner on February 21 2016
Cities: Skylines took that big frown we had from the reboot of SimCity and turned it upside down. Skylines is...
Black Desert Online Second Closed Beta Begins; New Opening Cinematic Released
By Mark Steighner on February 17 2016
Daum Games' highly anticipated new MMORPG Black Desert Online has begun its second closed beta in...
Checking the Score: Chris Remo on Firewatch
By Mark Steighner on February 16 2016
Checking the Score is a feature about video game music, composers, musicians and tools of the trade.
One...
Games and Alzheimer’s: It’s Complicated
By Mark Steighner on February 13 2016
The opening minutes of the recent Firewatch tell a beautifully affecting and genuinely surprising story of a...
If Tim Burton Made a Game, it Would Be Hero Defense – Haunted Island
By Mark Steighner on February 13 2016
For a good long while now, the tower defense genre has been one of gaming’s evergreen standbys. Every once...
Checking the Score: Unravel
By Mark Steighner on February 11 2016
Checking the Score is a feature about video game music, composers, musicians and tools of the...
Blade & Soul Surpasses 2 Million Players, Adds New Content
By Mark Steighner on February 10 2016
NCSoft's MMORPG Blade and Soul was only released a few weeks ago, but has reached over two million players....
Review: Arslan: The Warriors of Legend
By Mark Steighner on February 9 2016
A video game based on an anime based on a manga based on a series of historical novels, Arslan: The Warriors...
High Speed Vehicular Combat at 360 Degrees in ‘GRIP’
By Mark Steighner on February 8 2016
Although many gamers aren’t familiar with it, 1999’s Rollcage for PlayStation 1 and PC was a significant...
Obliteracers: Racing Fun for the Whole Family
By Mark Steighner on February 8 2016
Quick, name five family-friendly racing games other than Mario Kart. Name two? For sure, there simply...
Review: The Political Machine 2016
By Mark Steighner on February 7 2016
Part comedy, part drama, part circus and part solemn ritual, American election year politics gather a wide...
When Bad Games Happen to Good Gamers
By Mark Steighner on February 4 2016
I’ve been lucky. Both as a critic and gamer, it had been many months since I’d played a really bad game....
Review: DarkMaus
By Mark Steighner on February 4 2016
Explicitly and proudly influenced by Dark Souls, indie developer Daniel Wright’s DarkMaus is one of the...
Prepare for a Wintry Mix: Cities: Skylines’ Snowfall Expansion Nears Release
By Mark Steighner on February 3 2016
A fan favorite and a big hit with the modding community on Steam, Paradox's Cities: Skylines is about to get...
Review: Blade & Soul
By Mark Steighner on February 2 2016
Launched in Asia in 2012, NCSoft’s MMORPG Blade & Soul has been released in the West and while it’s a...
