Rend Wants to get the Team Back Together By Levi Rubeck • May 3rd, 2018 Like Overwatch meets EVE Online crashing into Minecraft, Rend is an MMO sandbox RPG that requires a clan that can work together and evolve to confront not only the other online antagonists, but the toothy bite of the world itself.
Battlefield 1 Ain’t Much of a WWI Game By Matt Sayer • June 16th, 2016 Why bother setting your game in WWI when it’ll play like any other time? Is dying of infected trench foot THAT much fun?
The Two-Sided Invitation of Cartoon Aesthetics By Jose Cardoso • June 10th, 2016 Bob’s not your everyday hero, but his battles against pollen and fungus are no less daring.
Finding Depth in Clownish Comedy By Jose Cardoso • April 19th, 2016 Just because you’re a smoking fish with some beefy arms and a shotgun doesn’t mean a game can’t be deep.
Paragon: Making MOBA Less of a Dirty Word By Tim Mulkerin • February 24th, 2016 If you’re not in the MOBA club, you’re not in the club. Paragon is making accommodations for those not willing to invest 200 hours to learn the basics.
Secret Ponchos Review: Gunslinger Glory By Jeremiah Cheney • October 21st, 2015 Switchblade Monkeys made a multiplayer shooter that does right by its Western source material. Suddenly I want spaghetti.
Bang! Bang! Bang! By Reid McCarter and Patrick Lindsey • June 11th, 2015 Reid McCarter and Patrick Lindsey introduce their critical anthology Shooter, a collection of essays about games with guns.