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Bioware is known for writing characters with a great amount of depth to them. From Mass Effect to Dragon Age to Star Wars, their games have always been made or broken by their characters. This is one of the reasons the original Mass Effect trilogy [...]

Developer: Bioware Publisher: Electronic Arts Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4 Genre: RPG, Third-Person Shooter ESRB: M for Mature Price: $59.99 Mass Effect: Andromeda launched on March 28th, 2017, a date that is just over five years from when Mass Effect 3 [...]

Shadowrun started as an alternate-universe tabletop role-playing game, where magic, elves, dwarves, monsters, and cyberpunk themes and technology are the norm in a modern-day scenario. Think of Netflix’s Bright. Hairbrained Schemes took this setting [...]

Developer: Bioware Publisher: Electronic Arts Genre: Third-Person Shooter Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Rating: Teen Price: $59.99   When I first saw footage of Anthem, I knew deep down it was going to be something special. To have the [...]

Developer: Games Farm Publisher: Kalypso Media Digital Genre: Action, RPG (ARPG) Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, PC Rating: T for Teen Price: $39.99 In 2014, Kalypso Media Digital published Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms, with the game’s subtitle serving as a [...]

Developer: Flying Wild Hog Publisher: Devolver Digital Genre: FPS, Adventure, Action, RPG Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One Rating: M for Mature Price: $39.99 I have to confess that Shadow Warrior (2013) caught me by surprise. As I detailed in the Backloggery [...]

 The trope of “man vs machine” is almost as old as the eldritch monstrosities of Lovecraftian lore, and certainly as old as the first tall tale of John Henry who out worked a steam-powered hammer. The number of films on the topic are endless, [...]

Developer: DONTNOD Entertainment Publisher: Focus Home Interactive Genre: Action, RPG Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC Rating: Mature Price: $59.99       When I first heard of Vampyr, I was skeptical. I’m not personally a big [...]

Some pieces of video game music are iconic. Even non-gamers will likely recognize the Super Mario theme or The Legend of Zelda overworld music. Music is probably one of the most under appreciated aspect of video games though. Non-gamers are often [...]

One of the biggest hooks a game can have to draw me in, is a character creator. I really appreciate games that offer a lot of choices in them and having a character creator is a huge step in that direction, even if the story is fairly linear. It allows [...]

Developer: Subset Games Publisher: Subset Games Genre: Strategy Platforms: PC Rating: n/a (Likely E for Everyone) Price: $14.99 To call indie developer Subset Games legendary might be considered hyperbole for a two-man team. However, Justin Ma and Matthew [...]

I would argue that in the case of the Mass Effect Trilogy, each game improved upon the last one in the series. Mass Effect 2 was a huge leap from the original, making the combat more fluid and simplifying many of the more obtuse RPG elements. Mass Effect [...]

Developer IMGN.PRO, Fool’s Theory   Publisher: IMGN.PRO Genre: Action, Adventure, RPG, Stealth, Rating: N/A (but most likely M) Platforms: PC/Steam Price: $29.99 An open ended, top down stealth, action, and RPG rolled up into one, Seven: The Days [...]

I’d never been to a holiday-themed convention before Holiday Matsuri, and it was a great first! This festive, three-day event has a been a December treat in Orlando, Florida, since 2011. Though it is a multi-genre convention, it is primarily focused [...]

Developer: Spike Chunsoft Publisher: NIS America Genre: Visual Novel Platforms: PS4, Vita Rating: M for Mature Price: $59.99     Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony arrives after two main series games, a third person shooter spinoff, and and two [...]