Reviews

Gauntlet: Slayer Edition is still a bit light on content, but that doesn't keep its improved combat from being a good time.

This week we look back at Firefly's "Ariel," in which Simon asks the Serenity crew to help him break into an Alliance hospital.

Nvidia's newest mid-range GPU cranks up the pressure on AMD.

M.C. Escher and Isaac Newton were born more than 200 years apart, and as such never worked together (barring any science fiction tomfoolery that I'm unaware of). But if the universe had given them the chance to meet--to sit down under a tree and talk about mathematics, art and philosophy--we can imagine they would have had a lot of interesting things to say to each other. We might also imagine tha...[Read More]

Tales from the Borderlands' penultimate episode, Escape Plan Bravo, presents a change of pace from the frantic action of previous episodes. Things have been very action-oriented up until this point: a group of characters on the run, blowing up heads and desecrating corpses, stealing money, lying, and playing a seemingly endless game of cat and mouse with angry treasure-seekers and bounty hunters. ...[Read More]

Like the spartan sheen of its digital environments, Volume is stealth gameplay at its most fundamental level. It's a fine-tuned equation, and aside from several threatening variables, not much can upset its balance.Volume is a cyberpunk retelling of the classic Robin Hood legend. It takes place in simulations filled with labyrinthine corridors and enemy guards, wherein our hero Rob Locksley broadc...[Read More]

What is a community? At a glance, it's a group of people who interact and are connected to each other, but it's more than that. Look at any gaming message board. Skimming through the different threads won't tell you much initially other than the fact that everyone there has an interest in games. But dig deeper, and you'll find artistic people who create fan art or even fan fiction of their favorit...[Read More]

When Cabal 2 was first released in South Korea in 2012, it might have been something a little more original, and it certainly would have looked better to our eyes than it does now. But three years is a lifetime for a massively multiplayer role-playing game, and the time it’s taken to localize this game has not done it any favors.If you follow the betas and launches of various MMORPGs coming ...[Read More]

Loss is a thing you cannot fix. Misplacing an object is inconvenient, troubling at best if the thing was of some sentimental value or important use to you. Leaving your iPhone on the train is terrible, money falling out of your pocket sucks, and unless other humans are as benevolent and selfless as we hope them to be, we'll never recover these things. But objects can be replaced. With people, it's...[Read More]

There are a lot of colorful, challenging 2D platformers on the market, so a new addition needs to shine brightly to stand out. Fair but rewarding difficulty, satisfying combat, and an interesting story are required to grab attention. Red Goddess: Inner World fails to achieve even a modicum of success in any of these categories. The narrative is convoluted and dull, the combat is unwieldy and frust...[Read More]