Five of the Best Local Multiplayer Games for Last-Gen Consoles

By Shawn Bain | June 9, 2014
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With multiplayer transitioning to the online platform and the glory days of playing in the same room with friends in the past, these games stand out in the declining genre Some of my fondest memories growing up were of my best friends and me sitting around a television with controllers in our hands, pummeling baddies…

Review: Murdered: Soul Suspect (PS4)

By Joe Morgan | June 9, 2014
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Developer: Airtight Games Publisher: Square Enix Platform: PlayStation 4 (Reviewed), Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC Genre: Action Adventure  ESRB: M Price: $59.99, Available Here   Content Warning Murdered: Soul Suspect is a game not intended for children. While it doesn’t contains some of the explicit gore or sexuality shown in other games (like Wolfenstein: The…

Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 Remix Trailer Released

By Francis King Jr | June 7, 2014
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Square Enix released the trailer for the next Kingdom Hearts compilation late last night, along with a teaser for Kingdom Hearts III at the end. Link here.

Review: The Wolf Among Us: In Sheep’s Clothing

By Jonathan Klassen | June 6, 2014
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Content Warning: Blood. Violence. Offensive Language. Alcohol use. Story: After being sent to near death in last episode, a beaten and battered Bigby Wolf must uncover the larger mystery surrounding The Crooked Man and Bloody Mary.  At around 1 hour in play length, this game runs on the short side.  That being said, the story…

Review: Transistor (PS4)

By Joe Morgan | June 4, 2014
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Developer: Supergiant Games Publisher: Supergiant Games  Platform: PlayStation 4 (Reviewed), PC Genre: Action RPG ESRB: T Price: $19.99, Available Here   Content Warning: Transistor is, overall, a relatively clean game. There’s no blood and very little offensive language (none I can think of off the top of my head). Story: The game opens with our protagonist, Red,…

Review: Wolfenstein: The New Order (PS4)

By Joe Morgan | June 4, 2014
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Developer: MachineGames Publishers: Bethesda Softworks Platform: PlayStation 4 (Reviewed), Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Genre: First Person Shooter ESRB: M Price: $59.99, Available Here   Content Warning Given the legacy of the series, the very nature of Wolfenstein seems to demand a certain bar of coarse, brutal content be served up. The series’ newest entry, Wolfenstein: The…

Don’t Tell Me How to Game (Gaming with Conviction)

By Drew Koehler | June 3, 2014
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In this day and age, there should be no doubt that gaming is typically demonized in our culture.  Any time that something violent and tragic happens, the media tries to blame video games.  Though no study has conclusively linked violent behavior to violent video games, for most people there is the appearance of a link,…