I’m a huge fan of games that have tactical combat. I’ve been playing these types of games since Ultima III, Ogre, and Pool of Radiance. But other than Dragon Age: Origins, I haven’t seen a game with good strategic combat in years. Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics was released four years ago, in 2007. But having […]

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One of my favorite new board games is Castle Panic, which I discovered at PAX East this past year. If you’ve never heard of Castle Panic, you can read my review of the game here. Fireside games has just announced the expansion to this board game: The Wizard’s Tower. Your Castle has been rebuilt, and […]

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  It took me three evenings to finish Limbo, and I’m glad to say that I did it with no walkthrough and no hints. In fact, I plan to get all the game’s trophies with the exception of that one that would have you complete the game in one sitting with five or less deaths. […]

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I’m a huge fan of Sci-Fi. Yet somehow, I’d not realized until recently what a huge portion of video games fall squarely within the genre. Looking at the biggies of 2010, we’ve got Super Mario Galaxy 2, Halo: Reach, Vanquish, Limbo, Super Street Fighter 4, Mass Effect 2, and God of War 3, all of […]

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