adventure games

It has been one hell of a headache for the past 5 years on the stretch of the freeway in Sand Hills. Drivers are pleased to drive on the reconstructed stretch of I-30 for the 4th time after so many fa...

In Which I Discuss Knuckles' Supposed Hallucinations, Shadow's Relevance, and Why I Love Rouge the Bat

Eye of the Beholder is a Dungeons and Dragons game originally released for the SNES. The GBA version has some changes, mostly in the battle system, but there are others such as a lack of a beholder, a...

An era proposal, and whether there could be an M-rated game in this franchise.

As early as its second game, the long running RPG series Final Fantasy has featured Guest characters. These characters, unlike the player's main party members who join them permanently as they make th...

More than a decade ago, the concept of an open-world game built around the struggles of survival in a cruel environment was new and fresh. It may have seen its first inception in the early 90s with Un...

Here's a topic that I've been wanting to address for a long time now, because I think it's important to differentiate between the "silent protagonist" and the "blank slate" and to understand why this ...

The Playstation 2 was one of, if not, the most successful selling consoles in video game history. By March 23, 2012, well over 150 million units were sold worldwide, a record in the gaming industry. T...

I've played in numerous escape rooms. I've been relatively successful—in fact, I've only failed two of them! Escape rooms are freaking AWESOME. They're a little bit intimidating if you haven't done on...

Two years ago, Virginia was announced - a detective procedural video game embalming nostalgic qualities of David Lynch's Twin Peaks and splashed in a pastel colored' FireWatch' environment of soft pol...

By the looks of the trailer, John Carpenter's cult classic (sadly overshadowed by Spielberg's E.T at the time) seems to be the obvious inspiration to the game. The developers whose previous release wa...

Survival stories translated into movies, books and video games have taught us there are many ways to endure in a life altering/stagnating situation - Shut up and focus, proceed plan with the lowest po...

When I was four, before I even began to comprehend my ABCs, I got the greatest gift imaginable for a child at the time: The Nintendo Entertainment System. This magical grey box came with a single game...

When it comes to the media industry, reviews are meant to function as a shorthand, telling you what you need to know just by looking at the numbers. The higher the score, the better the game, movie, o...

(sighs) So, the time has finally come for me to talk about this game. There’s no denying the influence that Life Is Strange has created over many of its fans. Some say that it’s a story about moving o...

(Spoilers for Batman: The Telltale Series follow, you've been warned) In recent years, Telltale's line of videogames have gained some popularity amongst a wide variety of fans. Telltale's initial proj...

Pros: Extremely immersive art direction that brings players to the real-world Ural mountains Storytelling is directly told through the games willingness to let players adventure on their own Use of so...

Mario's world has grown quite a bit since he faced off against Donkey Kong in 1981, especially when it comes to his supporting cast of characters. We've met Mario's brother Luigi (and their evil count...