Josh Boykin

If there’s one benefit to Assassin’s Creed moving to a bi-yearly release cycle, it’s that it makes space to show off other games in the off-years. Ubisoft brought three titles to PAX West 2016 for press to get […]

South Park: The Stick of Truth was 2015’s surprise smash RPG hit. The gameplay felt a bit shallow, but the visuals and comedy felt ripped straight out of an episode of the show. Featuring loads of potty humor a […]

Ubisoft revealed Steep at E3 this year, an open-world winter sports exploration kept hush for quite some time. The last time I truly dug in to a winter sports title was 1080 Snowboarding, the Nintendo […]

DISCLAIMER: Josh Boykin backed this game on Kickstarter in April 2013.

It’s been years since the $20 I put into inXile’s hands was supposed to turn into Torment: Tides of Numenera, but the project’s become a […]

2D fighting games have a storied history in arcades, but they’ve also been a big presence in the console market. Street Fighter V’s release on PS4 and PC made a splash, but broken netcode held it back from lar […]

I’ll admit that I’m a sucker for music puzzle games. When the Playstation Portable came out in North America in 2005, I wanted the system to play one game: Lumines. It felt like Tetris set to music, and the rew […]

2016 has been a year for great turn-based strategy games. Both XCOM 2 and the new 3DS Fire Emblem titles were great additions to the genre, but a small indie title from Image and Form International AB deserves […]

Crush Your Enemies is basically about one thing: crushing your enemies as quickly as possible. I played a sampling of the game at this year’s E3, but now I’ve been able to take some time with the full enemy c […]

It’s odd to think about a book that covers video gaming history but isn’t retro. This particularly feels weird when thought of in terms of eSports, since organized video game competitions aren’t exactly new. […]

I won’t kid, one of my favorite surprise announcements this year came out of the Microsoft camp: custom-painted Xbox One controllers. Sure, practically all controllers do the same things, but there’s something […]

Gambitious Entertainment shared a tent with Devolver Digital this year at E3; they’re two different companies but share a indie-like style to their games. One of my favorite games I played at E3 2016 was Vile […]

We in the gaming world are no strangers to open-world sci-fi or fantasy games, but what about a game that’s both sci-fi AND fantasy? Nordic Games and Piranha Bytes proposes just that situation with their […]

Anime fans around the world await 2017, the year when the second season of Funimation’s Attack on Titan graces us with its heartbreaking trauma and fast-paced action. Players looking for new experiences in the […]

Typically this week, all the hot gaming news comes from E3: the Electronic Entertainment Expo. This year though, E3 has a rival: EA Play. Electronic Arts put on its own mini-convention at LA Live, showing off f […]

Mounts aren’t unusual in MMORPGs like World of Warcraft and Guild Wars, but a whole game that revolves around mounts? Nexon’s newest game does just that: players in Riders of Icarus explore the land in search […]

I’ve reviewed NoScope’s gaming glasses since they released their self-branded model in 2014. Gunnar Optiks introduced the concept of special, yellow-tinted lenses into the professional gaming space before, but […]

UPDATE: Twitter user @BenGlory relayed a link to me showing the newly-posted lore confirming the new champion! Her name: Alpha.

We’ve removed the question mark from our old title as a result. Alpha, welcome to […]

The Game Developers’ Conference is a great chance to meet other professionals in the game industry and learn about successes and failures from the past year, but it’s also a chance to play some new games. During […]

Most video game RPG players are familiar with elements found in tabletop RPGs: focus on story and character development, character progression, equipment improvement and the like. Still, one of the big draws to […]