COVID-19 is here. All across the country “shelter in place” orders have rolled out and “social distancing” guidelines are becoming more and more strict. Some places have locked down their streets entirely, hoping to curb the spread of the coronavirus even if it means restricting their populations to a temporary lifestyle that exists entirely in…
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Pokémon has been a prodigious staple of Nintendo consoles since the series launched with Red and Blue back in 1996. Twenty-three years and over thirty mainline installments later, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield arrived on November 15th to the uproar of critical acclaim and the clamor of fan uncertainty. Not only have Sword and Shield…
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After the massive success of Breath of the Wild in 2017, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening returns the series’ attention to a more focused and traditional gameplay experience.
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Moving forward Gears 5 will be remembered as the definitive Xbox One experience. If there was ever any reason to dive headfirst into the current gaming generation, this is it.
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Marvel’s Spider-Man game broke records for PS4 exclusive launches, becoming not only the highest-selling single-player PS4 exclusive but topping the opening weekend gross of recent MCU flick Spider-Man Homecoming. After the tremendous success of Marvel’s Spider-Man, creative and financial attention turned to the future of AAA superhero games. The Batman: Arkham trilogy held up the mantle for…
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The remastered version of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed 3 is finally here. It has been seven years since Assassin’s Creed III first released back in 2012 so fans of the franchise have had plenty of time to reflect on its overall impact on it. The most notable impact would be its introduction of naval combat, which…
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Kingdom Hearts III concludes 17 years and multiple spin-offs with a beautiful story and a fantastic gameplay experience, becoming the best game in the series. In 2002, Kingdom Hearts debuted on the Playstation 2. Bringing together concepts that nobody thought had synergy, Square-Enix combined Final Fantasy and Disney to create one of the most memorable…
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By Contributing Writer- Jeremy Wilkerson Super Smash Bros. is a franchise that has been going on for about 20 years now. The series has jumped from a fun party game about fighting and launching your friends with Nintendo’s biggest characters to a worldwide phenomenon for the gaming community. With the roster expanding past Nintendo, and the…
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Since video game awards season is now upon us, I felt like it would a good time to look back and see which games I love most as a fan of the medium. This is just my personal list of top 5 games which I personally feel have pushed the medium forward throughout my years…
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This place. Ain’t no such thing as civilized. When the reveal trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 was released in 2016, there was nonstop conversation and hype surrounding the game. Since then, it was pushed back twice, which only led to elevate intrigue and excitement. I’ve been looking forward to this game the most out of…
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I’ve been aboard the hype train for Marvel’s Spider-Man since the day it was announced at E3 2016. Now it’s finally here and I’m so glad to say that it lives up to the hype. Marvel’s Spider-Man is a super fun dive into the Spider-verse and certainly one of the finest to date. To be…
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Ever since its reveal in 2016, God of War has been one of the most anticipated games of this year. The continuation of Kratos’ story sees him in Midgard, many years after the events of God of War 3 which saw Greece and the entire Greek Pantheon destroyed. Kratos is now much older and hides…
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