Star Fox fans of old are starving, wilting creatures, with a severe lack of good, sci-fi on-rails shooters. Arc Squadron for iOS fixes that! While it’s been around for a decent time, I feel it necessary to share the lovely barrel-rolling, boss-smashing action with my fellow retired arwing pilots. Sporting dozens of levels and a crew of epic bosses done Star Fox style (with a series of glow...
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ACE Team, creators of outlandish first-person brawler Zeno Clash, have finally delivered a sequel. Players of the original will be pleased to know that questions will be answered, and people that haven’t yet done so should definitely go experience the original Zeno Clash. Aside from its predecessor, of course, the real question is that of how well Zeno Clash II measures up. The story follows...
League of Legends has well over a hundred different playable champions. Borderlands 2 has something to the tune of 87 bajillion guns. Warframe has a dozen warframes and weapon categories. The concept that these three games have in common is that any given character, warframe, weapon, etc. is viable to use. The dictionary has the following to say on the word viable: “Capable of working succes...
Avid internet denizens know by now that April Fool’s day is a time to surf all their favorite sites and know what not to take seriously. It’s becoming more and more commonplace for online companies to pull off everything from gags to game content expansions in order to solicit a chuckle from readers and players. Here’s a list of interesting April 1st modifications to the web! Gma...
The almighty trifecta of video game classes! Defense, utility, attack. Simple. Clean. Functional. Safe. Boring. We can get into concrete design all you like, but there’s no avoiding it! Similar to the formulaic metagame of League of Legends, much of the gaming industry is afflicted with the redundant simplicity that is the Holy Trinity. Formula is fine. Doing things the same way as it’...
Mortality is an exciting concept. Perhaps not in a positive way where our earthly existence is regarded, but examine the popularity of roguelikes, especially in the past few years: Dungeons of Dredmor, FTL and Binding of Isaac have all seen fantastic popularity. Let’s face it, we as gamers adore the idea of risking everything. It’s such a wonderful challenge! You always begin with noth...
People adore you for Shadow Refuge. Shadow Refuge is only good if you plan on either stealthing someone else or remaining inside it until it expires to gain the longer stealth. Scorpion Wire is one of the most fun abilities in the game, especially in PvP/WvW. Never use Haste while you still have endurance – the ability to dodge in the moment is simply too valuable. Using Hide in Shadows as ...
Be a part of a guild and rule the nation! Band together with your allies and take control of the castle! Join an alliance and dominate the world! Gaming, especially social gaming (as would be expected) is so absolutely inundated with this message. You know why? Because you can’t take over the world alone, or with one or two or five friends. Look at any empire-building game, any MMORPG, and e...
There’s this infectious idea passing around that games aren’t supposed to involve emotions, particularly multiplayer games. This manifests itself in the terms and phrases “qq,” “it’s just a game,” and “you mad” with numerous variations. If you play multiplayer games at all, it’s certain that you’ve seen one or all of those spoken b...
So you’re this triangle, right? You move left and right around a spinning hexagon. Pretty cool. But wait, what’s this? A myriad of patterned two-dimensional shapes rushing forward to instantly smash you against your beloved hexagon? This simply won’t do. The brilliant solution? Avoid said shapes. Here’s a run-down of the facts. - There are six levels. Hexagon, Hexagoner, H...
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