Posts by Francis King Jr
Review: Silence
Developer: Daedalic Entertainment Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment Genre: Adventure Rating: T Price: $29.99 Welcome to Silence, a beautiful and mystical world that rests between life and death. Silence is the sequel to Daedalic Entertainment’s 2014 point-and-click adventure, The Whispered World. Naturally, this review is full of spoilers for that game. In fact, I’m going to tell you the ending right now:…
Read MoreReview: Tyranny (PC)
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment Publisher: Paradox Interactive Genre: RPG Rating: T Price: $44.99 “Kyros’s Will has swept over the land, crushing all who oppose him. Soon there will be none left to stand in his way. Noble warrior, you must rise up, and stand for freedom, even if that stand will be your last!” That’s what I assume…
Read MoreSnowden Live
Patriot. Traitor. Criminal. Hero. All of these words have been used to describe Edward Snowden, the CIA employee turned expatriate and fugitive. Snowden is the upcoming biopic/thriller that chronicles the fateful decisions of the world’s most wanted man. Any political thriller directed by Academy Award winner Oliver Stone and starring Joseph Gordon Levitt already has my rapt…
Read MorePreview: We Happy Few
The highly anticipated indie darling We Happy Few recently went into early access, offering PC and Xbox players the chance to buy their way into an alpha build of the game and give feedback to the developers. Yours truly has thrown himself into the procedurally generated world of Wellington Wells to report to you on the…
Read MoreReview: Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PC)
Developer: Eidos Montreal Publisher: Square Enix Genre: ARPG Price: $19.99 ESRB: M A few months back in my review of Hardcore Henry, I promised that eventually we would get around to writing about the 2011 prequel to the widely beloved 2000 classic Deus Ex. Well, it’s time for me to pay the piper. With Deus Ex: Mankind Divided just down…
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