Game Reviews

NOTE: This game was received free as a review copy) Paradox Interactive | 08.02.2011 It’s not too often you see a Pirate themed game, despite the popularity of Pirates.  Ok, more accurately, you don’t too often see a Pirate themed game that includes many of the traditional aspects of pirating all rolled up into one game.  You will get pirate ships in combat or you’ll get control of a pirate battling piratey villains.  Pirates of Black Cove combines both of these and mixes in some RTS and RPG elements for an interesting pirate experience. You play as one of three…

Blitz Game Studios | June 25, 2009 Droplitz is a game about controlling the flow of drops through a series of pipes to a set of collectors.  It’s pretty straightforward in it’s presentation and design.  After aligning a series of pipes and letting them fill for a few seconds the sections used are eliminated and more spill in from the top.  Let things go for too long and it’s game over.  There are varying degrees of difficulty, mostly controlled by how many distributors and collectors are available. There is a bit more strategy required if you want to maximize your…

PopCap Games, Inc | Released: May 5th 2009 Occasionally Valve likes to promote other games by having tie ins with Team Fortress 2.  Generally these will be special limited edition Hats or Weapons.  I generally steer clear of the idea of buying a game “just for the hats”.  Especially considering how these are often somewhat expensive games.  Plants vs zombies went on sale for something like $4 plus you got TWO TF2 hats for free.  For the first time I admittedly bought a game just for the special Hats for TF2.  I’ve bought other games that had hat based promos…

Review – PC – Star Sky Mårten Jonsson | Released 05.09.2011 There was a recent news article floating around about “Video Games now Considered Art”.  Now, personally, there are some questionable artistic content in say, Call of Duty, but even Movies can be considered Art and still have their craptastic turns like Revenge of the Fallen. Then there are games that really feel like they have some level of artistic quality to them.  They are interesting and original and evoke a bit of emotional reaction that isn’t just straight adrenaline.  Star Sky, a recent indie title out of Sweeden is…