Terry Micheal 
Human imagination is incredible and can come up with some of the most fantastic things. Through time, man has created myths that have a firm footing in their cultural beliefs at the time. Take the werewolf, for example. It’s believed to be a superstition that gained popularity through German poetry and fiction in the 15th … Read more
Base-building as a game mechanic has been around for a long time. It can be traced back to games like SimCity, which gave players control over an entire city, and players had to keep their city efficiently running and citizens happy. More recently, though, games like Satisfactory and Valheim have expanded a bit more on … Read more
I was first introduced to the mechanic of gathering ingredients and crafting potions/armor in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. The game encouraged players to explore the wilderness for herbs and scrap to craft the most powerful items in the game. This tradition has since carried on, and in Skyrim, players could only access some of … Read more
MMORPGs is a relatively new genre that has burst into popularity thanks to the advances in internet technology, allowing players to connect from across the world. However, interestingly, we can trace the genre’s roots as far back as 1974 with the title Mazeware. Those games weren’t strictly MMORPG (keyword being massive); they were as Multi-User … Read more
I have always believed that the perspective a game chooses to play in can dictate the content of the game and the visual detailing it offers. Take, for example, Age of Empires, a 2D title with a top-down perspective. The game offers 39 unique civilizations, each with types of army units and buildings so forth. … Read more
There are two types of games, those who prefer keyboard and mouse, and those who prefer controllers. Honestly, both have pros and cons; I like controllers for racing games and keyboard and mouse for first-person shooting games. Let’s face it, aiming and flicking are better with a mouse and driving a car is better with … Read more
It’s not controversial to say that Macs don’t excel at gaming; they aren’t built around that. While PC users get a choice of what kind of specs they’d like, whether they want a four-core CPU or a sixty-four one is entirely the users choice. While some PCs struggle to run the latest games at 30FPS, … Read more
Since Doom came out in ’93 and revolutionized the FPS genre, I have always gravitated towards games that used guns instead of magic or swords. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t dislike games without guns; Dark Souls is the first title that comes to my mind that I enjoy a lot but doesn’t have … Read more
Our culture has a significant impact on our taste and preferences, evident in what kind of media we choose to consume. Hollywood, for example, has been churning out Superhero movies by the number since 2008 more than any other movie industry. Now that’s not to say that people not from America have a tough time … Read more
It might seem counterintuitive to look for 2D MMORPGs in 2021 when even our phones are more than capable of rendering beautiful 3D games. But you can’t deny that even though technically 2D is a downgrade, some games more than make up for it with their aesthetically pleasing art style and deep, complex mechanics that … Read more
Mabinogi is a Korean MMORPG developed by Nexon and released in 2004. Being an almost twenty-year-old game, the market for MMORPGs was very different and experimental at the time. The game had a unique take on the genre; instead of limiting stats to certain races or classes, players were free to level up and invest … Read more
Baldur’s Gate is a well known ARPG, Dark Alliance is a spin-off released in 2001, and it went on to becoming an instant hit and winning a lot of awards for the various platforms it was released on. Like previous entries of the series Dark Alliance was based on Dungeons & Dragons rules, specifically the … Read more
Kingdom Hearts is a franchise that has been around since the 2000s. The games feature various Disney characters and various characters from Square Enix’s IPs like Final Fantasy. So far, the franchise has thirteen titles, most of which were received favorably and has a loyal and dedicated fanbase always waiting for the next title in … Read more
In 1993 id Software released Doom, the game that started the FPS genre and resulted in a slew of games entering the market featuring similar graphics and running on the identical engine; these games were labelled Doom clones. That’s what people called FPS games before the genre was able to define itself apart from Doom. … Read more
Salt and Sanctuary is a 2D souls-like platformer that was developed by Ska Studios and released in 2016. The game was favorably received by both critics and fans alike, praising the translation of the souls genre to a 2D platformer. The game is heavily inspired by dark souls, no doubt, with mechanics like resting on … Read more
Battle Brothers is one of those engaging tactical puzzles that revels in the brutality and sheer difficulty it offers. Games like Battle Brothers appeal to the hardcore audience that wishes to exercise the most important muscle of all – the brain. Now I don’t want to sound pretentious when I say something like Doom doesn’t … Read more
Neverwinter is a successful MMORPG released in 2013 and developed by Cryptic Studios. Of course, hardcore fans of the ARPG genre know of Neverwinter Nights – an isometric ARPG series created by the legendary Bioware and Obsidian Entertainment based on Dungeons & Dragons rules. However, the Neverwinter MMORPG has detached from its predecessors and ditches … Read more
Warframe has a fascinating history; the developer Digital Extremes had worked on the classic Unreal games; the work was good enough that Epic tried to bring them into their umbrella. This, of course, didn’t work out. Then, in 2008, Digital Extremes released Dark Sector. Although it was a good enough title, it was released when … Read more
Space Station 13 is an online RPG experience that was one of a kind upon its release in 2003. One developer created the game – Exadv1, who in 2006 released the code to the public, allowing them to work on it while he retired. The community has since tried to remake the game in a … Read more
God-sims aren’t exactly the most popular genre. The gameplay usually consists of the players ensuring the survival and success of a tribe or civilization, thus playing God. Black and White is a God-sim that was developed by Lionhead Studios and released in 2001. Both gamers and critics praised it for its visuals and, for the … Read more
