PC GAMING ON A BUDGET: $500 LAPTOP

PC GAMING ON A BUDGET: $500 LAPTOP

BACK IN THE DAY I grew up as a PC user until my senior year of college, which was way back in the day. Before we had the YouTubes and the FaceBooks. That’s right, I’m talking about nearly the turn of the century… 2003. As soon as I could afford to pick up my...
Leisure Suit Larry Through the Years

Leisure Suit Larry Through the Years

My first experience at gaming happened some 26+ years ago. My parents bought me an IBM PCjr from a friend who worked at IBM, since it had been considered a commercial failure and was being sold on the cheap to IBM employees. While it may have been a commercial...
A Real Time Strategy Rougelike

A Real Time Strategy Rougelike

FTL, Faster Than Light,is a space role-playing game with roguelike elements developed by indie developer Subset Games. If you’re unfamiliar with roguelike elements, they are a sub-genre of role-playing video games that are characterized by level randomization,...
Dishonored

Dishonored

At its core, Dishonored is a simple story of revenge. You play as Corvo Attano, a respected member of the royal guard that was framed for murdering the Empress during a coup d’état. This puts you on the wrong side of the authorities, forcing you to join the old...
How to Survive a Steam Sale

How to Survive a Steam Sale

How to Survive a Steam Sale Steam has become almost synonymous with PC gaming in recent years.  Even though it’s a form of always-online DRM (Digital Rights Management), the benefits outweigh the costs. One of those benefits are the insane amount of sales and...
Spawn More Overlords

Spawn More Overlords

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm After being thoroughly disappointed with Diablo III, I was nervous that Blizzard might let me down with the latest expansion of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. However, after playing through the entire campaign and some multiplayer...