StarCraft, Warcraft, and Command and Conquer are the most famous historical examples, but they can all trace their lineage back to Westwood’s Dune II. If you’re curious about how it all started, here’s a look at the inventor of real-time “build-n-rush” strategy as it is known today.
The Jaguar’s limited popularity consigned the first AvP to the margins of history, but Rebellion came back swinging in 1999, with their updated take on the three-way matchup for home computers.
After a super-long hiatus, we grab a cup of coffee, snag a bite from our ‘sinner’s sandwich’, and head to ‘NOT Twin Peaks’ where Sean and Rob will attempt to review the game to end all games: Deadly Premonition!
Uncertain of his sister’s fate, a boy enters Limbo. Will you?
There’s a growing legacy of atmospheric games coming out of Russia and the Ukraine; all uniquely Slavic and all taking gameplay chances that most Western studios wouldn’t dare. Joining the ranks of Metro 2033, and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and Penumbra games is Action Form’s Cryostasis, a psychological and survival horror game where cold is your greatest enemy.
We are minus Boris, but not minus the awesome. On this episode of the ‘cast’ we embark on an extended game of the week, Sean gets swallowed by the black hole of the interwebs, and the ‘Stupid News’ is as stupid as ever!
There’s quite a few remakes and reboots coming out of E3 this year, and one of the more surprising ones is the reappearance of X-COM as a first person shooter. Many fans have cried foul at the abandonment of the series’ staple turn-based strategy style, but what’s changed in the new version isn’t going to mean much to people who haven’t played the original. And that’s where WE come in…
