After Rocksteady Studios completed their stellar Arkham trilogy (yes I am omitting the mostly lackluster, cookie-cutter Arkham: Origins) I imagine that most game companies spent their time alternating between desperately hoping to take over the franchise while simultaneously panicking like a teenage... More

Dead Age is a rogue-like RPG with turn-based combat (currently Early-Access/Alpha). Permadeath applies to you and to all of your allies, and healing items are often hard to come by; ditto for ammo and other much-needed supplies. Your team only heals a small amount each night, so you will have to dec... More

Digital collectible card card games are seeing a surge in popularity lately, thanks in no small small part to the success of Blizzard’s Hearthstone. But there’s another franchise that’s so steeped in lore that it’s basically a perfect match for this sort of game. I’m sp... More

If you live in the United States, the police – their world, their culture, their authority, their relationship with their communities – have seen some major media attention over the past few years. Whether it’s a trigger-happy cop shooting a black man at a routine traffic stop, or ... More

Stellaris is a grand space strategy sim brought to you by the same studio that gave us Crusader Kings, Victoria, and one of my all time favorites, Europa Universalis. Of course I am talking about those Swedes over at Paradox, and their penchant for creating games with huge amounts of depth. When I h... More