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Despelote (PC) Review

There’s only so much that you can learn about the world in school, as World History classes can’t touch upon every region and every significant event within the wide reaches of the globe. While video games are typically a medium where players…

Thornhill- BODIES (Album) Review

Like many people who grew up during the 2000s, I’m a big Deftones fan. Their sound is certainly one that has stood the test of time, and its impact has created many other sub-genres within the rock and alternative music scene. I…

Dead Island 2 is free on Epic

Monday, Mafia: The Old Country let me remind people that even the Mafia hate fascists, and we’ve got done much-needed maintenance to the site. Tuesday, It Has My Face is Mission Impossible 2, there are rumors of a GTA IV port/remaster on…

Doctor Who “The Well” – Review

Well, in another life we did indeed say “The Midnight sky’s the road I’m takin’,” but that’s enough about an episode with Merlin in it. Written by Russell T Davies, and importantly, there is a use of an ampersand between him &…

Switch 2 User Agreement Isn’t Anything New, But is Telling

(Editor’s Note: The following article contains mention of ROMs or other legal “grey areas.” Phenixx Gaming is not encouraging such activities.) There’s a lot of chatter online this week about the Nintendo Switch 2 User Agreement. A specific section concerning what the…

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Trilogy Enhanced Editions announced

If there is one set of PC-centric titles that I wanted to get into early on, it has to be GSC Game World’s S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. Starting in 2007 with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, the series focuses sci-fi-ish take on the Chornobyl disaster,…

Star Vortex Early Access (PC) Review

When I first heard the idea of “Diablo 2 in space”, my attention was immediately caught. That’s how Star Vortex was pitched to me, and it’s how the game is advertised in the very first sentence on its Steam page. The action-RPG formula has…

Xbox Company Microsoft Lays Off 3% of Workforce

Tariff uncertainty and prolonged inflation post-COVID are leaving many executives scrambling for solutions to appease shareholders despite continued record profits. There are a lot of things going right for Xbox right now, including finding newfound success selling its games on PlayStation 5.…

Tony Hawk Wants to see a THUG Remaster too

I’ve recently said that we’re in the age of remakes/remasters, and I think that’s true. The late ’80s and early ’90s were a golden age of platformers. RPGs and the early 3D platformers took the late ’90s, and if you are old…

Dragon is Dead Gets Full Release Date

The Dark-Fantasy-meets-Rogue-lite pipeline has been flourishing for quite a while now. Games like Darkest Dungeon and Death Must Die have been a raging success. Now, PM Studios’ Dragon is Dead is coming out of Early Access. Dragon is Dead will get its…