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Women and Queerness in Horror: Tragedy Girls

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Tragedy Girls. When I sat down to write for this series, this week, I found myself needing a break. Not from writing though; as I’m sure you’ve all gathered by now, I am generally incapable of…

World of Warcraft’s Current Allied Races Revisited

If you’re a recurring reader of Phenixx Gaming, there’s a possibility you might remember an editorial I wrote over a year ago about my thoughts on each playable Allied Race in World of Warcraft. Considering how old that article is by this…

37 Tracks added To Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2

Warning: The following article contains an embedded video with strong language. Reader’s discretion is advised Four things in the world are constant with me: My love of creating things (music, film & TV, as well as writing), video games, and skateboarding. Those…

Chex Quest HD (PC) Review

When it comes to 90s FPS games, it seems like everyone wanted a piece of the DOOM pie. Games like Quake and Star Wars: Dark Forces sought to capture the dark, level-based adventures, as the genre came into its own during this…

Necrobarista (PC) – Review

Have you ever played Grim Fandango? It is a game where you work in the Grim Reaper’s bureaucracy chain. You get pulled into doing several things to help people get through to the other side, and endure a whole catalog of 90s adventure…

Nintendo’s Reluctance to Return to What Works

Paper Mario: The Origami King is selling well and reviewing well too. Most people who play it have better things to say about it than most Paper Mario games released in the past 20 years. Still, it doesn’t quite feel the same. I’m in…

STALKER 2 Trailer Did Not Include In-Game Graphics

If you are like me, you watched yourself lick your finger to get the last bit of something out of a jar. If you’re also like me, you watched the Xbox Games Showcase last week with a little bit of apprehension. Now, I could…

David’s Retro Rewind – Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

I’ve found that it only takes two words to get adrenaline pumping through the hearts of casual fighting game fans and highly-skilled connoisseurs alike: “Mortal Kombat!” Even though I did not yet exist when the original Mortal Kombat smashed its way into…

Satisfactory: One Year On

I think like too many of us, I’ll get the pull from Minecraft to open it up once in a while. However, like many of you, I also stop playing after a few hours because I’ve been playing it for years. I’ve been…

Batman: Arkham City’s Detailed Sales Figures Revealed

I suspect that virtually any comic book fan who has been near a game console and/or capable gaming PC at any time since August 25th, 2009 will be able to articulate exactly why the Batman: Arkham franchise deserves all the praise it…