Author: Josh Tolentino

Here’s a blast from the past: I began my 2019 Game of the Year rundown with the following phrase: “2019…

It took some time (about a hundred turns, give or take), but the mighty walls of Troy finally fell. Embarrassingly,…

If I’ve learned anything from my brief time with a pre-release build of A Total War Saga: Troy, it’s this:…

This year hasn’t been especially conducive to tourism, to say the least, but no amount of international travel restrictions can…

Remakes, no matter their quality, are always a tricky business. How much of an old game’s ideas or mechanics do…

I couldn’t tell you right now if Trials of Mana, the modernized 3D remake of the now-legendary 1995 SNES classic Seiken Densetsu…

Video game sequels are weird. Whereas the sequel to a book or film need only continue or conclude the story…

Well, look who’s chewing on my neck all of a sudden: It’s State of Decay 2, a game released back…

How do you make a game about a character that’s literally invincible and unbeatable? It’s a problem everyone that’s thought…

Azur Lane has had a rather rapid rise to the upper echelons of gacha gaming. Once, it was derided as a…

It’s still hard for me to believe that Star Trek Online has been around for ten years at this point, but…

Star Trek Online celebrates its tenth birthday starting this week, and while it looks like its celebratory update, titled Star…

It can be hard to believe, but not that long ago if you wanted to experience a Star Trek story that…

It can be hard to believe, but not that long ago if you wanted to experience a Star Trek story that…

Fate/Grand Order may not be quite ready to debut its next big story expansion, but the time between now and Spring…

Its title might be a bit of a mouthful to pronounce, but Utawarerumono is a good time. I’ve sung its…

2019 sure was a year, and if I do say so myself, it felt like a pretty strong one for…

Type-MOON’s Fate franchise is a many-headed beast, but it’s not all Holy Grail Wars and gacha hellscapes. Sometimes it’s just…

There are only five days left until the New Year, but Fate/Grand Order isn’t about to give its players rest.…

Oh sure, another month means yet another Fate/Grand Order event to grind, but this one’s a biggie! Indeed, it’s time for…

Most folks might get their first taste of Granblue Fantasy with next year’s Granblue Versus, but there’s another Granblue game slated for…

Fortnite is a latecomer to this decade, only really breaking out in the halcyon days of last year once it…

Fate/Grand Order players have been having a hectic quarter, with back-to-back events threatening their supply of stamina-refilling Golden Apples. First there…

We’re not even a fortnight from the last significant Fate/Grand Order release, but time (and the event schedule) wait for no…

Any service game that aims to keep the lights on needs a steady flow of new things to do to…

When reviewing a game, it’s a given that one would play the game being reviewed to learn more about it,…

If it wasn’t obvious enough yet, it’s worth saying right now: Code Vein is like Dark Souls. It’s cliché to try to…

When reviewing a game, it’s usually a good idea to try to ask the question “Who is this game for?”…

It’s actually happening. Long after becoming an in-joke/pipe dream for aging PC gamers, Homeworld 3 is a thing that will be…

Alcohol and firearms rarely make for a sensible matchup, but they often do make for an entertaining one. So what…