Professional wrestling is a funny one: here’s a so-called sport that built its world on theatricality, on the showmanship of its acrobatic performers acting out massive fantasies of gladiatorial duels and overly dramatic contests. Aside from the occasional unfortunate mishap, no one is ever injured and it’s all tightly stage-managed. So how do you translate that all to the video game world? For 2K...[Read More]
The Witcher 3: Witch Hunt feels like the next step in that evolution, and while not every part of the RPG comes together to satisfy all gamers, there’s enough here to see clearly where things are progressing. Available for the PS4, Xbox One and PC, Witcher 3 is still based largely on combat. But there’s a surprising level of complexity behind it, and you can go about each fight as you ...[Read More]
Great combat can't make up for a dull story, flat humor, and tedious Toad Hunts.
I’ll ask it plainly up front: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THE PEOPLE AT SQUARE ENIX? OK granted, Square Enix has been a few sandwiches short of a picnic for a few years now when it comes to decisions on their titles. Recently, though, it seems like the people making decisions in Japan have either been ...[Read More]
New Residents I’m the anointed “old-school gaming specialist” of Digital Crack. That doesn’t mean I play ONLY retro games; it means that the majority of my gaming life has been spent playing games that are now considered retro. As a result of my history with gaming, I have amassed a library of older games that ...[Read More]