Subscribe via iTunes or RSS, or download here On the eve of our penultimate Blogcast recording before episode 200 (I think I did that right), the gang laments the temporary absence of a certain Powerhouse, talks about our earliest and dearest fighting game members memories, reveals next week’s new releases, and keeps on Necrodancin’ and……
New color, more durable switches If you’re looking for a budget mouse like Asus ROG’s Sica but need something to compliment the look of your white themed PC, you’re in luck—there’s a new version of the Sica available, one with a Glacier White color finish. In addition to a new color option, Asus also upgraded…
Firing on all cylinders Life is good at Nvidia, which capped off a record year with $1.40 million in revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter ended January 31, 2016. That’s a jump of 12 percent from $1.25 billion a year earlier, and a 7 percent spike from $1.30 billion in the previous quarter. The strong…
Giving Lara Croft a Shield Lara Croft has been to many places over the years, some dark and dank, others bright but just as dangerous. Now she’s headed over to the Nvidia’s Shield platform. Square Enix announced today that it’s releasing a handful of games to Shield, starting with the Tomb Raider reboot (not to…
SwapQuest is a mix of a retro RPG with a tile-swapping puzzle game, inspired by classics like Pipe Mania. The idea behind it was to take many of the elements I loved as a child in console RPGs from the 90’s and blend them with a movement system more reminiscent of a puzzle game. Out…
Paragon is a gorgeous, third-person action game with rich layers of strategy. It’s also a MOBA. Did I lose you already? Do you get anxious around that word? Don’t. In fact, forget I said it. Let’s look at the basics, instead: Paragon is a competitive game with two teams of five. Each team tries to…
Game developers weigh in on VR input I recently had the chance to attend Valve’s Steam VR Developer Showcase and had a great time trying out a dozen VR demos (you can read about the games here). It was the first developer-focused event that I’ve attended that showed a wide assortment of games that used…
Top Deal: We’re less than two months into 2016 and it’s already shaping up to be an exciting year. Part of the reason is because of VR—Oculus and HTC both have VR headsets hitting the streets real soon, and you can bet others will follow suit. Can your PC handle VR? If you’re rocking an…
Two-Bay NAS Box At minimum, anyone who can’t afford to lose their files should have a Network Attached Storage (NAS) box of some sort. There’s no shortage of options out there, one of the newest being Western Digital’s My Cloud EX2 Ultra, a high-performance, two-bay NAS for the prosumer crowd. The Ultra model’s been upgraded…
Straight to multiplayer If you don’t give a rat’s behind about single player campaigns and just want to shoot your friends in a virtual environment, Activision has a proposition for you—buy just the multiplayer portion of Call of Duty: Black Ops III and you’ll pay a reduced rate. The Call of Duty: Black Ops III…