When I first heard that Star Wars: Battlefront II, possibly one of the most enjoyable and accomplished battlefield-games of the PS2/Xbox generation, was getting a reboot, I was both hugely excited and anxious at the same time. You see, when grappling with such a beloved franchise, every effort must be made to try and reach, […]

CLICK HERE to read our full coverage of San Diego Comic-Con 2015. There were a lot of eye-catching booths at San Diego Comic-Con, all promoting or selling comics, other books, clothing, art, toys, and various media properties, but there was particularly electric energy around a table for a game called Superfight. And I couldn’t resist […]

[Note: I have no experience with the iOS port of the original Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy, and cannot personally speak to changes in the game first implemented in that port.] Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy series has produced some of the best music in video games, a fact which they capitalized on (as well as the 25th anniversary […]

 

Fluxx is like your favorite collared shirt.  It’s a comfortable but enjoyable card game that allows you to multi-task, whether that means catching up with friends, playing a round while babysitting, or passing the time in the airport.  It’s the kind of game that doesn’t require much thought because it’s such a good fit.  Fluxx […]

My boyfriend and I went searching for a two-player board game last weekend.  We were fine with a game that catered to more players, but we wanted to be sure that we could entertain just the two of us for each round lasting between 30 minutes to 1 hour.  We stumbled across Eureka! in Coolidge […]

If you’ve ever played another Telltale Games title, you already know what you’re in for with The Walking Dead Season Two: Amid the Ruins. What’s on the menu is an amazing penultimate episode with some amazing storytelling that tugs on the heartstrings of players and builds up to the story’s ultimate ending episode. Playing through […]

 

Tomodachi Life is a 3DS life/social simulator game, released in North America this past June.  It is a sequel to the DS title Tomodachi Collection, which was never retailed outside of Japan.  In retrospect, that is unsurprising, as even the localized game comes off as a bit oddball, and very, very Japanese.  I would hazard […]

 

If television shows and video games could be paired in the same manner that cheese and wines can be paired – and who even said that’s a thing – I’m fairly certain that I stumbled into an apex pairing of these two disparate entertainment forms. It would seem that True Detective goes quite nicely with […]