ReviewScifi
Defiance: Original Video Game Soundtrack by Bear McCreary (album review)
Proving that sleep is for wimps, Bear McCreary strikes again with a cracking soundtrack for the game that is tied into the new…
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Games
Computer and board games.
May 2013
ReviewGames
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Vocal Tracks by Jamie Christopherson (album review)
When reviewing materials, it’s important to put aside personal taste as much as possible and offer a fair and balanced review. Unfortunately, I…
March 2013
ReviewCulture
PAX East 2013 (convention review).
(Boston, MA March 22-24, 2013) For the uninitiated, this is what generally occurs at gaming conventions:- * Arrive two hours early to get…
ReviewGames
Android: Netrunner: The Card Game (card game review).
‘Android: Netrunner’ is a two-player ‘living card game’ (LCG) pitting a futuristic megacorporation against the wily hacker who wants to break into its…
February 2013
ReviewGames
Carcassonne, designed by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede, artist Doris Matthaus (board game review)
What you get: 72 tiles, 1 score table, 40 wood followers in 5 colours, 4 sheets of instructions. Did you ever have a…
ReviewGames
Spartacus: A Game Of Blood And Treachery by Sean Sweigart and Aaron Dill (board game review).
Taken from the box: ‘A fast paced board game set in ancient Rome. The game includes backstabbing schemes, fierce bidding and bloody gladiatorial…
ReviewGames
Dead Space 3 Original Videogame Score by Jason Graves and James Hannigan (album review)
In space, no one can hear you scream. Be grateful for that, as the ‘Dead Space 3’ soundtrack will have you helping at…
ReviewGames
Call Of Duty: Black Ops II Original Soundtrack by Jack Wall (album review)
The main theme is composed by Reznor, giving the soundtrack a bit of name value but aside from the opening track which is…
January 2013
ReviewFantasy
Game Of Thrones Card Game (card game review).
A disclaimer. This two player game is made by Fantasy Flight Games and is based on the HBO TV show ‘Game Of Thrones’.…
December 2012
ReviewBooks
Eclipse Phase: Rimward: The Outer System (RPG review).
‘Rimward’ is a setting book for Eclipse Phase, the futuristic role-playing game (RPG) of transhuman conspiracy and horror, detailing the settlements and societies…
ReviewGames
Star Trek: Catan board game (board game review)
‘Settlers of Catan’ is a celebrated board game in which you gather resources, trade with your opponents and build roads and settlements in…
November 2012
ReviewGames
Blood Bowl: Team Manager (card game review)
A quick clarification. ‘Blood Bowl: Team Manager’ is a spin-off game of another highly successful board-game called ‘Blood Bowl’. That game was first…