Domina - solid core, needs more

"That's my boy," I said, with both excitement and relief, as my Thraex gladiator raised his sword in victory. Cheers from the crowd boosted his ego. Pixelated blood was all over the arena like paint. On the middle were four dead gladiators that he slaughtered in under 10 seconds. Back at the Ludus, I rewarded him some coins and wine, before upgrading his gears significantly. I grew fond of him, and changed his name to "Spartacus". Big mistake. If permadeath strategy games ever taught me anything, it's that getting attached to your characters in a big no-no, and Domina is no different.

Skyshine's Bedlam - simple enough to hook you in, too shallow to last

It's rather unfortunate that Skyshine's Bedlam is one of those games. You know what I mean: the ones that seem promising on paper, but instead of turning out as they should, they end up a disappointment. Bedlam has very interesting concepts and premises, and along with a very memorable art-style, its mechanics are surprisingly simple yet straightforward enough to suck you in right away. That is, until the imbalances and unnecessary grinding slowly begin to make it obvious that the game is yet another missed opportunity.

Six Video Games That Seriously Need Sequels

There are two kinds of reactions to sequels. It's either, "ugh, another Assassin's Creed?", or "another Assassin's Creed? Yay!" Then there are some games that don't get any sequel, at all! Or yet, hopefully! Some of these games here are quite disappointing, but they still deserve sequels because they left us wondering how they'd be like had they were done better. Others are plain awesome, so it's just so disappointing that they're still not having any sequel.

Ah, It's Been a While!

Congratulations, you've seen my fingers.

Wow, it's been a while since I posted anything on here! But that doesn't mean I game less and less. In fact, I've been checking out a lot of games and revisiting some old ones for the past couple of months. The thing is that, I haven't had the spirit to write anything on gaming. Maybe the games are too interesting, maybe they're too boring. The thing is, I hadn't felt the need to pour my thoughts on those games down into words. And like I said before, I didn't start this site for blogging, it's for posting stuff that I write. That's different than blogging. For bloggers, they need to come up with something to post on a regular basis. For me, I merely need some sort of a place/site to post what I've written, but I will always write whether the place/site exists or not. Now enough with that, on to it we go!

Skyhill - a challenging little game of luck and gamble

You're a hotshot who just had a business in the city and are now looking for a place to wind up at. The planet is having a rough time at the moment, and word has it that the next world war is very likely at your frontdoor. But you're lucky enough to get yourself into an expensive suite at the top floor of one prestigious hotel, when out of nowhere, the city is hit by a bio-weapon and the impact turns everyone who's unlucky enough to be unprotected into mutants. Your wife is somewhere in the city, and what stands between you and her are 99 floors full of mutants and lunatics lurking in almost every corner.

Let's Talk About Unreal Tournament 3

Whoa, it's been a while since I have wrote (or written, both are kind of correct) something. Been through some ups and downs (mostly downs), had some grammar rules forgotten, and also (and most importantly!), played a bunch of great games since the last time I posted here. I'll talk about them later if I feel like it, but for now, let's talk about Unreal Tournament 3, which I've been playing quite a lot for the past few days.

How Twitter (Rather Unlikely) Helps Me Discover Hidden Gems

Here's a rather lazy post but I already wrote it anyway so why not. Now you must have noticed that the games I talked about here are not all popular mainstream games. There are some games you might not recognize or even paid attention to before. Although they are not necessarily "indie" (as everyone likes to put it these days), they basically are smaller and lesser known games. They are what I personally call "gems". They are out there, but you need a keen pair of eyes to spot them.

Early Launch, the One Mission That Almost Single-Handedly Screws Brink Beyond Recognition

Notice that your ally is using a pistol against an assault rifle? Also, do you notice that he's not firing his pistol?

I started playing Brink again -- after a long break from this game -- from scratch. And now I have to face my old forgotten enemy: this one particular mission called Early Launch. For those of you who didn't bother to play this game but are probably intrigued to know why is this mission so frustrating, spend one minute reading this mission summary here from IGN. I will try to make this post less ugly with pictures, so yahoo! But seriously though, brace yourself for my harsh language in 3, 2, 1...

Left 4 Dead - Dated But Still Very Enjoyable

We all have that one friend who seems to never have aged since they were 16, except maybe 3 days but other than that looks pretty much the same. Maybe it's just me but that's what I likened Left 4 Dead to. Remember back in 2008 when it came out and everyone went nuts over it? Yeah, I remember that too. I remember those moments - the first time I saw the release trailer, the first time I reached the top of Mercy Hospital, and the first time I confronted the Tank. That was a quite a long ago, but you'd be foolish to think that nobody's still playing this gem anymore these days.

Sanctum 2 - A Decent Tower Defense-First Person Shooter Hybrid

Sanctum was one of those games that fused together different genres; an approach that is so rare that you won't be the one to blame if you thought it has never been done before. The sequel, Sanctum 2 was released in 2013 and retains the team-based sci-fi style of the original that is mixed together with the elements of tower defense.