Justin Hartling

Deadpool as a character was ripe to receive his own video game; the brash, fourth wall-breaking, self-referential anti-hero is true to form with his constant quips. Though this crass humour may not hit with everyone, it’s what fans of the “merc with the mouth” is used to. Behind all this attitude lies a bland and […]

Blood Dragon is exactly what happens when developers are allowed to have complete creative control and let their imaginations go crazy. Utilizing the exact same mechanics as Far Cry 3 (actual copy of Far Cry 3 is not needed to download this), Blood Dragon drops the player into the shoes of Rex Colt, a cyber-solider […]

Remember Me poises intriguing extensional questions that, as a society, we are just scratching the surface of. Specifically memories in a growing world of social media and connection. As Nilin, you explore the world of Neo-Paris in the year 2084 on a mission to get your lost memories back. Remember Me is set in a […]

Aliens: Colonial Marines has a lot going for it. It has one of the best developers around, a great framework to build on and actually designed to be official Aliens canon. But it fails in one key aspect: the gameplay. The shooting mechanics are clunky. The controls feel outdated and Xenomorphs just blandly pop out […]

Authors have always tackled with the idea of insanity. Whether Lewis Carroll or Joseph Conrad, insanity has always been present in literature. Far Cry 3 is the first game to truly attack this idea and succeed. Throughout the amazingly open single player campaign you will guide Jason (typical bro) from lost vacationer to a man […]

If you are looking for a merely OK game to play, this is it. All-Stars manages to combine the frantic play of Super Smash Bros. and the strategic combos of Street Fighter, but not all that successfully. The frantic play is destroyed by few arenas that allow ring outs, leaving all the kills to super […]

Developers 343 Industries took every second of the three year development time to make a breathtaking game. Halo 4 takes place four years after 3, where Master Chief’s AI Cortana is reaching the end of her life. Together they set out to find a way to keep Cortana alive. Throughout the game you see a […]

Assassin’s Creed III is a gaming experience few others can match. Though the gameplay has not evolved too much from previous games in the series (follow this guy and kill that guy), the world in which the game takes place is breathtaking. This is the first Assassin’s game to really explore a developing world. After […]

Gearbox Software took everything we loved about Borderland (guns, irreverent humour, more guns) and made it even better. The planet of Pandora is the perfect location for this interstellar spaghetti western—it’s been mined and taken over by several mega-corporations, the latest being Hyperion and its ldictator Handsome Jack, who provides some of the best humour […]