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Half-Life Franchise Temporarily Free-to-Play

New life has been breathed into Valve’s seemingly dead Half-Life franchise with the announcement of Half-Life: Alyx, a VR game taking place in between the first two Half-Life games. It’s been more than a full decade since Half-Life 2: Episode 2, so…

Is Tom Clancy’s The Division Still Active?

A lot of players who enjoyed Tom Clancy’s The Division moved onto The Division 2 last year. While everyone has their opinions on the series, many find themselves enjoying The Division 2 for its upgrades in gameplay and progression. I’m sort of in…

Galleons – Metropolis Review

WARNING! The video embedded in this article contains profanity. Reader discretion is advised. Typically, when I reach out to a band/press contact to ask for a press copy of an upcoming album, I either don’t hear back or get the run-around. When…

Marvel’s Avengers Delayed To September

It’s that time of the year again folks, it is delay season and this time, almost all if not all the anticipated games of 2020 have been delayed. Earlier in 2019 we had Doom Eternal get pushed back, next was The Last…

Dying Light 2 Delayed Indefinitely For Now

Zombie games are done to death, unironically they just won’t die; whether it is two different Walking Dead VR games coming out in 2020, games stuck in early access until the sun explodes, or Sony’s attempts to get Days Gone into everyone’s hearts. It is hard to…

Dyslexia And Gaming: Facing Challenges

I like video games, I’ve been playing them since I was a little child laughing at the farting alien, as he saved other aliens from horrible business practices. For the most part, games have been this driving force in my life for…

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Delayed To April

Final Fantasy fans were left disappointed this past week, with news of Final Fantasy VII Remake’s impending release being delayed. Yet another victim of the delay season, this time however not as big as a delay as the previous victim, Marvel’s Avengers.…

Ocarina of Time World Speedrun Records Get Smashed

AGDQ may be over, but the pursuit of speedruns never stops. Even in seemingly stagnant scenes, speedrunning is vibrant, and yesterday, a seemingly untouchable record was finally topped. Yesterday, the world record for the Nintendo 64 version of The Legend of Zelda:…

NHS Mental Health Nurse Says Loot Boxes Are Addicting

In the UK, we have this thing called the NHS, National Health Service, it is as one might assume a health service. It was formed following World War II to deal with health issues both from the war and following it. If…

Hovership Havoc (Xbox One) Review

Twin-stick shooters are a favorite of mine. When I first got into PC gaming, I really enjoyed playing these overly-stylized, arcade-like shooters. There’s usually a lot happening, and the thrill of feeling overwhelmed while trying to push forward to the next level…