Author: Wes Tacos

Back at March’s EGLX show, local hero CJ Andriessen and I got to sit down with Uncaged: World Fighters, a…

Nothing — NOTHING — gets me going like neon, synths, and wanton violence. There’s something about that combo that’s so…

A game’s art direction is often the first thing they notice about it, and as such, an attractive game can…

A couple of weeks ago we ran a contest for Little Medusa on Sega Genesis, a new retro game made…

More games should really star adorable robots who use their enemies’ weapons and abilities against them as they hack, slack,…

This one doesn’t need a ton of introduction from me; the original Guacamelee! is a beloved classic at this point,…

Super Rare Games wasn’t kidding when they named their company — as it turns out, if you don’t produce a…

Who likes classic arcades games? Who has a Switch? Who wants to play classic arcade games on their Switch? If…

How many monster-rock-opera games have you played this year? I’m guessing zero. That’s roughly how many I had played until…

Growing up, I didn’t really play a whole lot of adventure or point and click games. For starters, I didn’t…

You may have heard of Brawlout, the competitive party fighter from Angry Mob Games. You may also have heard that…

Despite having retired from the character of Ash after the recent cancellation of Ash vs. Evil Dead, it seems Bruce…

Sometimes we do a contest where we give away digital prizes, like game keys. Other times, we give away physical…

OnRush, the frenetic racing game without racing from Codemasters, is upping its game this summer — introducing the Summer Slam…

I really miss the days of the side-scrolling run-and-gun shooter. It’s such a fun and cathartic genre, and I’m shocked…

Look, sports fans, I know we don’t cover a ton of sports games around these parts. As a lifelong sports…

I begin most contests with a bit of pomp and circumstance to really up the drama before revealing the true…

Games these days, am I right? It’s all downloads and teraflops and megawatts and gigabytes. What happened to the good…

Slam Land, the wacky sports game where you can literally grab your friends and dunk them for your own sick…

Most of our contests revolve around bigger titles — or at least, ones by development teams with at least a…

If you’re anything like me, you like both blobs and cats. You also like free games because you’re extremely cheap,…

Certain genres are perfect for mindless time-killing as you cleanse your pallet between deeper games. They don’t have to be…

When it comes to movies, I’m a big fan of horror. I like squinting my eyes in the theater in…

Has “Souls-like” become it own official subgenre of games yet? I mean, the metroidvania thing really kicked off, and with…

Evil Dead (2013) is one of my favorite movies. Like, seriously, top-three material. The visuals are gruesome and stunning, the…

I’ve gotta say, I don’t think I’ve ever encountered a one-on-one game where you play either as a dutiful human…

I’m the kind of person whose ears instantly perk up at the sound of a interesting name. After all, your…

You guys ready for some more free stuff? I thought you might be! The good people over at Fun.com wanted…

As a big fan of monsters, spooky things, and pillow forts, I’m excited about this one: The fine folks over…

In this, the age of the HD remaster, plenty of games that were overlooked the first time around are getting…