Gratuitous Space Battles is an indie game for the PC. It is exactly as the title describes it, gratuitous battles in space. You have access to a number of different races, each of which has their own ship classes, though most of these are pretty much the same. You choose what components you want to…
Don’t Starve came out in early 2013 though it had been in beta for quite some time before that. It is still currently being updated. The game is mostly sandbox, without much of a story other than the fact that a mysterious man named Maxwell has somehow (In Wilson’s case by having him build a…
Bioshock Infinite came out on March 26th, 2013. It is the latest game under the Bioshock name, though the story has no real connections to the previous two games. This game, unlike the second Bioshock, is capable of following the original which came out years before. This game has been a long time in the…
Bioshock 2 is the sequel to Bioshock, which is widely regarded as an incredible game. Bioshock 2 came out relatively quickly after the first one, less than two years. Perhaps due to this, not nearly as much work was put into the game. It sticks closely to the formula presented in the first game. The…
Return of the Lost Vikings came out in 1997. It is a puzzle game in which the players try to guide Eric, Baleog, and Olaf, along with Fang and Scorch back to their own time. The interesting part of the game is that each character has a certain set of abilities that must be used…
Starcraft was orignally released in 1998. This game has become an incredibly popular classic, causing the release of the sequel, Starcraft 2 to sell over 721,000 copies in the first few days of its release. Starcraft is an RTS game. RTS means Real Time Strategy, which focuses on building and base, training units and moving…
Worms 3D was released in 2004. This game doesn’t particularly have a story, but instead just focuses on the gameplay, which can be rather addicting. If you’re familiar with the worms games, then you know that it’s all about moving your worms around the battlefield and killing the enemy worms. Worms 3D adds a new…
Dead Space was released in 2008, with a sequel, Dead Space 2, released in 2011. The game is a blend of a 3rd person shooter and a survival horror game. In the first Dead Space, the protagonist, Isaac Clarke goes the Ishimura, a planet cracking mining vessel that has gone dark. He is an engineer,…
Originally a light novel series, Baccano! is well known for the anime adaptation of it, which was aired in 2007. The story has multiple parts, the first part beginning in 1711 with a group of people who summon a demon in order to become immortal. The rest of the story takes place in the…
Monster Rancher Battle Card Episode II was released in America in 2000 for the Playstation. The story says that this card game was played by children who were too young to raise monsters, but it was eventually widely popularized and is now played by children and adults alike. After a prologue, where your friend, using…
Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is an updated version of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. It includes changes in character balancing as well as several new characters. Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds was released in early 2011, while Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 was released in late 2011 Ultimate…
Lord of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth II was released on PC and Xbox 360 in 2006. It is an RTS game taken straight from Tolkien’s world. The player is able to choose between six different factions, the men of the west, the elves, the dwarves, Saruman’s forces, Sauron’s forces, and the goblins. Each…
