Ringing in the New Year with Magic: The Gathering
This week our Time Waster took time away from video games to enjoy a Magic: The Gathering game with family and friends over the holidays.
Category Archives: Reviews
Dungeon of the Endless Takes Dungeon Crawling to New Depths
By mixing several genres to form a hybrid rogue-like game, Dungeons of the Endless manages to fix the wrongs of a wavering genre and create a brilliantly addicting title in the process.
Civilization: Beyond Earth Opens New Horizons
Missing Alpha Centauri? Firaxis got around those pesky licensing issues with the release of Civilization: Beyond Earth, which challenges players to build a new civilization on an alien world. Are you ready for liftoff?
Ruling the World in King’s Bounty: Dark Side
King’s Bounty: Dark Side takes puts us into the magical boots of some of the more traditional villains from the game world in a campaign to defeat those pesky good heroes. With new units, powers and a gargantuan world to explore, you may find that it’s good being bad.
Battling With The Wizard!
Welcome Time Wasters! This week my Time Waster came at the suggestion of John Breeden. He was nice enough to point out a small, indie game called The Wizard to me. No, this has nothing to do with Super Mario Bros. 3 or a Power Glove. The Wizard puts players in the role of Kevin, a young wizard in training. Kevin wakes up one night to discover that his beautiful face has been stolen. Not ready to live a life without beauty, he jumps up and chases the face thief through sewers, dungeons, towers and everything in between. The Wizard … Continue reading Battling With The Wizard!
Battle Fleet 2 Takes WWII Gamers To Action Stations
Battle Fleet 2 pays homage to the turn-based naval battle games of yesteryear, but also exceeds them in quite a few ways. No armchair admiral will want to be without Battle Fleet 2 in their collection.
Steampunk Goes Fighting With AErena: Clash of Champions
Although the game has a bit of a steep learning curve for new players, AErena: Clash of Champions really captures the feel of steampunk in a rare, and fun, turn-based strategy MOBA.
Early Access Preview: Making History: The Great War
We take an early peek at Making History: The Great War this week, and find a political maelstrom, challenging diplomacy and plenty of trenches and mustard gas.
Conquering And Defending Paradise
The Conquest of Paradise expansion for the core Europa Universallis IV game adds unique native tribes, a new continent to explore, and even more unlimited strategic gameplay.
Space Is Invaded, Again
The XCOM: Enemy Within expansion is far more than just a DLC. It fundamentally changes the game in new and amazing ways, making it fresh and fun all over again.