“We have a problem…” Remember the ending of Return of the Jedi, with the Ewok celebration (and in the re-release, the footage of liberated cities pulling down statues of Emperor Palpatine)? Star Wars: Aftermath starts just a few seconds after that, right when things start to go wrong. Imperial troops fire indiscriminately into
In June 2016, Dark Horse Books will offer How to Talk to Girls at Parties, a new graphic novel adaptation of an award-winning short story from Neil Gaiman, illustrated by award-winning artists Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá.
Continuing the trend of interesting 2D-platformers, Randall, by developer We The Force, is a Metroidvania-style platformer that focuses more on the Metroid side of the genre. For those who don’t know, Metroidvania is a style of platformer that relies on gated progression and back-tracking. In other words, some areas in the game will be inaccessible until you discover abilities that
The 2D-platformer is possibly the most iconic and prevalent genre in video games today. At times, it seems like there’s another one being released every day. So coming across a unique 2D-platformer feels like a rare treat, and Klaus might very well be that treat. Developed by La Cosa Entertainment, Klaus is a 2D-platformer in the vein of Thomas
Developed by Drinkbox Studios, the fine folk that gave us Guacamelee, Severed is a first-person hack n’ slash dungeon crawler that blends elements of games like Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and Fruit Ninja. The combination of these games with the first-person perspective makes Severed easily the most unique game I played the
What if you could play a Choose Your Own Adventure game? Would you abandon a friend? Would you kidnap a princess? Would you steal a legendary weapon to help your cause? These are the decisions you’ll make in Stories: The Path of Destinies by developer Spearhead Games. Stories is an isometric action RPG with a combat system that
I’ll be the first to admit it, I may have a slight gadget addiction. To make matters a little worse, or dare say interesting, I’m slowly trying to make a smart house, the goal of which is to find the best tech out there and integrate it in a way where it’s almost seamless. Meaning that you
Continuing our month of Star Wars reviews, I wanted to take a look at 1994’s The Crystal Star by Vonda McIntyre, which picks up five or six years after Return of the Jedi. There’s a lot of Expanded Universe books that got into some very deep subjects; topics that questioned the nature of morality, power, responsibility, and
One month has passed since Horzine Biotech accidentally caused an outbreak of genetically mutated creatures that have since overrun Europe. But when all seems lost, a group of survivors band together to combat the “Zeds” and manage to get a foot-hold against the hordes of mutants. However, the Zeds have a few new tricks up