At the end of “A Crooked Mile”, the last episode of The Wolf Among Us, Bigby Wolf was left in a bad state after being taken down by Bloody Mary, an intriguing and maniacal villain introduced in that episode. Now he has little time to heal and needs to find a way to corner the…
1. Cool Pizza Even stranger than this game’s title is the fact that it has absolutely nothing to do with the premise of the game itself. The controls are simple: tilt to move from side to side, go over ramps to get air, and tap to attack enemies before hitting the ground. As the levels…
You’ve just opened and set up your shiny new Xbox One. You’ve been waiting for this moment ever since the next gen announcement and now that you have effectively blown off your rent and dropped an entire paycheck on this beautiful black box, you can hardly contain yourself. It is gorgeous, and perfect in every…
Way back in 2000, the game system of choice was the Nintendo 64. One of the games that was a major hit was the sequel to Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie. Coming out on November 20, 2000, it was instantly a big hit. Set two years after the first game, where Banjo and his bird companion Kazooie rescued…
Gaming, like everything, has trends in it. Two of the trends that I noticed recently is the rise of episodic gaming and games with microtransactions in them. This is something that has been on the rise for years but seems to be really coming into fashion now. Episodic Gaming The company that has been criticised…
China has finally lifted its law banning video game consoles, which has been in place since 2000. Microsoft took quick action at this opportunity which opens the gaming industry to the world’s most populated country. The company already has a plan in place to officially release Xbox One in China in September. The company has…
Why is it that we are so attached to these tiny games on our phones? They don’t have the complexity of Skyrim. They don’t have the free reign of Grand Theft Auto V. They’re far from the complex story of Halo. They don’t involve the organization and strategy of World of Warcraft. So what’s the…
The new online casual mathematics puzzle that’s sweeping the nation is 2048, a game that appeals to the kindergartener in all of us by showing how 2+2=4. The game was developed by Gabriele Cirulli, an Italian web designer who specializes in making simplistic but intuitive graphical user interfaces. It has become an internet sensation because…
Slavery: The Game allows players to “go back to the 17th century, when Europe ruled the world” and “become the most powerful slave trader”, according to the gruesome YouTube promotion. Slavery: The Game, an online gaming site created by a Dutch filmmaker, makes jest at exploiting, buying and mistreating slaves, which is a major controversy…
If you had access to a PC from before Harry Potter was published to roughly the time the song “Bad Day” came out, chances are you’ve wasted a significant portion of your childhood playing at least one of the following awesome games: Fair warning: the nostalgia evoked by this list may compel you to waste a significant portion…
Until smartphones came along—and casual gaming was declared a significant category—popular titles by and large seemed to have been designed with care and passion, things players appreciated. They weren’t necessarily any more sophisticated than the popular casual games we have now, but with much expected of titles to justify the purchase of expensive and otherwise-useless…
Evolve, a brand-new game from the creators of Left 4 Dead– Turtle Rock Studios, and 2K Games, is the epitome of ‘big game hunting’ meets alien planet adventure. As part of a group of ‘planet-tamers’, who are ultimately responsible for keeping settlers on this wild new planet safe, you and three friends will embark on one…
CandySwipe, a mobile game which invites players to match colourful candy pieces, was released by Runsome Apps in late 2010. It wasn’t revolutionary by any stretch of the imagination, but it had an art style of its own and a good chance of competing in a market which has historically rewarded its brand of play-in-bursts…
Remember the good ole’ days of gaming? It was a time when every game that came out exceeded your expectations; a time when there were only three controls: movement, action and jump. It was the beauty of simplicity. The games came in bulky cartridges that you were sure could survive a nuclear attack. When these…
It is quite clear that video game scores have evolved over the years. They have made a drastic transformation from simple electronic jingles to complete soundtracks accompanied by orchestras. The music is also becoming more recognized as an art form and getting closer to the level of respect that film soundtracks receive. The true beauty of…