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News 9 months ago
Wild Card: Ubisoft Enters Acti/Xbox Merger
In what will hopefully be the final surprise twist in the wild Activision/Microsoft Merger – Ubisoft will control the cloud rights to Activision Blizzard games for the next 15 years. Nobody saw it coming, but early this morning the companies involved made the announcement. Ubisoft will offer all classic and new Activision games for the next 15 years through Ubisoft+. They will also be able to license out the games to other streaming companies, including Microsoft. This has led to…
News 9 months ago
I’m Playing the Original Fallout (And It Hurts)
When the original Fallout came out in 1997, I was not even close to being able to play it. And multiple attempts in the years since have proven fruitless. Why? Various reasons. When I was a teenager, I guess it was down to the fact that it was just too damn dense to hold my attention. Things aren’t obvious, and that isn’t a good thing. Even today, hours into the experience, I’m still noticing buttons and finding new ways of…
News 9 months ago
Disney Lorcana was called Project Famous During Production, Ryan Miller Speaks!
GenCon 2023 has come and gone, but one of the highlights of my weekend was interviewing Disney Lorcana designer Ryan Miller. During our 20 minute interview, Ryan and I chatted about how Lorcana came to be, some of his favourite cards, and what the actual targeted demographic was for the game (hint, it wasn’t kids!) You can watch the entire video below, but I will post some of the highlights as well! Disney Lorcana was code named Project Famous during…
Articles, News 9 months ago
The Lord of the Rings Adventure Book Game
Our good friends at Ravensburger North America sent over the Lord of the Rings: Adventure Book Game while I was away at GenCon, and of course my son Lochlan hopped into it as soon as he could. Let’s take a quick look at how the game plays, and provide some thoughts on the experience as a whole! The Adventure Begins – How to Play In Lord of the Rings: Adventure Book Game, players will work together to complete chapters of…
News 9 months ago
This Isn’t the Red Dead We Wanted
The original Red Dead Redemption is making its return – and I kind of wish it wasn’t. That’s not entirely fair. It’s fantastic that the barebones remaster of the original game is coming to PlayStation 4 and Switch. The fantastic Xbox backwards compatible version is good enough that it makes sense to re-release the game where it isn’t available. PC could use some love, but there we go. Still, it leaves a bitter taste in the mouth. No sooner than…
News 9 months ago
GenCon 2023 Post Coverage – Borderlands®: Mister Torgue’s Arena of Badassery
One of my favourite booths to stop by at when I visited GenCon this year was the Monster Fight Club booth. Not only were they showing off some amazing terrain and large scale battlemaps, but they were also demoing a board game based on one of my favourite IPs – Borderlands. Shockingly, as someone who visits Kickstarter rather frequently, I was amazed that somehow I missed seeing Borderlands: Mister Torgue’s Arena of Badassery (what a title). When given a demo…
News 9 months ago
Remasters We Really Need
I’ve written a lot about remakes and remasters lately, but by and large they have been for games that are already easily available. Where’s access to the titles we really need? Like, sure, it’s fantastic I can play Grand Theft Auto 3 on my Xbox Series X. But Liberty City Stories is forever trapped on PSP (or PS2 if you want the inferior version). Same goes for Vice City Stories. There are two entries in one of the most major…
News 9 months ago
Unboxing Old Salt Board Game
If you want to win me over before I even get your game down to the table to play, have a fantastic insert for all your pieces. I might be jumping a bit ahead on this unboxing article, but honestly Old Salt has one of the better board game inserts I’ve ever seen, and that gets this unboxing off to a good start! Component Quality First up, the component quality in Old Salt is fantastic. While the publishing team does…
News 10 months ago
Final Fantasy IX Remake Could Be Good
Final Fantasy IX was a timeless celebration of everything the franchise had been up to that point. It celebrated the best of the SNES classics, while improving on what we had loved about VII and VIII. With X, a new era began, and things have never quite been the same. And that’s why fans are rightfully worried about the upcoming Final Fantasy IX remake. It hasn’t been officially announced yet. But it was on the Geforce leak and insiders have…
News 10 months ago
Do You Need The Witcher Old World Expansions to Enjoy the Base Game?
I’ve produced a few videos around The Witcher: Old World as well as a couple articles here on the website. A comment I often get is, “You can’t really enjoy this game without the expansions, there isn’t enough content.” So after half a dozen games I’ve decided to revisit those comments and see if I agree or not. Spoiler alert – I do not. Everyone plays board games differently, and sure, if you purchase The Witcher: Old World and played…