Gaming
Dead Island 2 is like a high school reunion – for better and for worse
★★★ | California is not an island
Gaming
Hitman: Freelancer is a superlative expansion of the franchise
★★★★ | Contract thriller
Gaming
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection (PC)
★★★★★ | It's a steal
PC
Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered is just as great on PC as it was on PlayStation
Swinging to the PC just a hair under four years after its debut on the PlayStation 4, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered is the definitive take on the web-slinging superhero. It’s really that simple. If you haven’t experienced the adventures of Peter Parker yet, you’re in for a
Horizon Forbidden West
Horizon Forbidden West is a visual delight, but a step back in gameplay
Horizon Forbidden West is disappointing on many fronts. It is also a very good game. These contradictions go hand in hand over the course of the fifty-plus-hour main campaign. Often, the incredible highs of Guerilla Games’ epic adventure outweigh all complaints. But sometimes, and often in crucial moments, the letdowns
Kingdom of the Dead
Kingdom of the Dead (PC)
I admire Kingdom of the Dead more than I think I like it. Not that it’s a bad game. It nails a lot of the mid-90s and early-00s aesthetics and game play tropes perfectly. Controls are slick and smooth, and while the levels can’t reach the heights of
Nintendo
Sifu mistakes difficulty for pleasure
During the filming of Marathon Man, Dustin Hoffman refused to sleep, bathe, or eat to get into the exhausted mindset of his character. Watching from the sidelines, Laurence Olivier remarked: “My dear boy, why don’t you try acting? It’s much easier.” In an interview with GamingBolt, Félix Garczynski,
Hell Architect
2021 Gaming Catch-Up
It wouldn’t be an understatement to say that 2021 was a busy year. Even with COVID lockdowns continuing in Finland – often with no rhyme or reason – I somehow managed to cover almost as much as in a pre-COVID year. But, as always, some things slip between the cracks. So
Halo
Halo Infinite is messy, ambitious, and better than you'd expect
(Halo Infinite is out on December 8th. The distributor provided a review code.) Halo is one of the Xbox’s most important and longest-running titles. An icon of system-selling blockbusters, it almost single-handedly carried the fledgling console into the big leagues. Over the years, its star diminished some, and the
Back 4 Blood
Back 4 Blood is good until it isn't
Spinning off from the beloved (but undoubtedly aged) Left 4 Dead series, Back 4 Blood (see what they did there?) is a nostalgic effort in reanimating a straggling franchise. Unlike many others who try the same, only ending up in a ghoulish Weekend at Bernie’s type of deal, B4B
Battlefield
Battlefield 2042 might be good one day – just not today
Battlefield 2042 has struggled on the road to release, not least because of COVID-19, which sent the development team into remote work for the better part of two years. The initial beta in the late summer season was a disaster, and the first few weeks after the public launch have
Forza Horizon
Forza Horizon 5 is racing heaven
Set in a fictional take on Mexico and continuing the freewheeling, ultrawealthy lifestyle that is as noxious as it is loud, Horizon overcomes its annoying trappings through the sheer joy of exploration. The world is vast and constantly changing, and there’s so much to explore at your leisure. What’