David Sanders is, at his core, a man who's just trying to get through his game backlog before the heat death of the universe, and yet can't seem to stop adding to said game backlog. He greatly enjoys many different varieties of games, particularly several notable RPGs and turn-based strategy titles. When he's not helping to build or plan computers for friends, he can usually be found gaming on his personal machine or listening to an audiobook to unwind.
Text-based RPGs have never been “my jam,” as I suspect the youth would say. I didn’t grow up in what I think of as the genre’s “golden age” a few decades ago, so perhaps that’s why I’ve never gone out of my…
I know I certainly shouldn’t be placed in charge of building or managing anything more complex than a desktop PC, let alone an entire city, school campus, dungeon, small Caribbean country, or settlement that’s home to the last vestiges of humanity in…
“Skipper Dan,” a song by “Weird Al” Yankovic, tells the story of a brilliant actor who has always been told he’ll be extremely famous someday. However, because he can’t find any big-ticket gigs in show business, he ultimately ends up working a…
I’ve always preferred turn-based strategy games as opposed to real-time strategy. I find I struggle with having to manage multiple units and make tactical decisions without having as much time to think things through as I would prefer, even though I almost…
With the holidays upon us and the arrival of winter (at least in this hemisphere), you and/or your loved ones might be looking for some new “cozy” games to play until the hustle and bustle of the holiday season has relented and…
The weather this past summer was obscenely hot in my hometown, so to say I’m glad winter is finally here is one heck of an understatement. No matter how cold it might be outside, there are tons of hot deals to be…
I imagine knowing that your main reason for getting up in the morning and going to work so that you can pay off debt isn’t the most pleasant feeling. However, that exact situation is the force that drives the story of Potionomics.…
I don’t normally write lists of game recommendations during the more “minor” Steam sales that take place during a typical year, like the Halloween Sale and the Autumn Sale, but I’ve found myself with a few worthy suggestions up my sleeve now…
My fellow denizens of Azeroth, World of Warcraft’s 20th-anniversary event is upon us. This event may already be live depending on when you’re reading this article. Blizzard Entertainment seems quite intent on making this anniversary event the biggest in WoW’s history, which…
The pre-expansion update (or “pre-patch”) for World of Warcraft: The War Within launched earlier this week, and I’m disappointed to report that the update’s first few days have been a bit of a mess, to put it diplomatically. For starters, Blizzard originally…