Author: Crystal Shards

  • Review: Chuck E. Cheese’s Arcade Room (Nintendo 3DS)

    Chuck E. Cheese’s Arcade Room (Nintendo 3DS) Publisher: UFO Interactive Games, Inc. Developer: UFO Interactive Games, Inc. Genre: Mini-Game Compilation Release Date: 04/26/2012 As a child, I only got to go to Chuck E. Cheese’s a couple of times, because I was an army brat and living overseas isn’t conducive to connecting with American culture.…

  • Review: Alice and the Magic Gardens (PC)

    Alice and the Magic Gardens (PC) Publisher: Alawar Entertainment Developer: Alawar Entertainment Genre: Match 3 Release Date: 04/10/2012 Alawar Entertainment is a Russian video game developer/publisher that generally makes hidden object and puzzle games for Big Fish Games. They sent us a code for Alice and the Magic Gardens to review, and I decided I…

  • Review: Fallout: New Vegas – Ultimate Edition (PC)

    Fallout: New Vegas – Ultimate Edition Developer: Obsidian Entertainment Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Genre: Role-Playing Release Date: 02/07/2012 I haven’t spent too much time with the Fallout franchise; I’d seen a couple friends play it and they seemed to be pretty interested in it, and it seemed like the kind of franchise I’d enjoy, being as…

  • EvilleCon 2012: Interview with Joey Stalker

    I lived in Evansville, Indiana for four years without ever having the chance of attending EvilleCon, their local anime convention, which hosts an assortment of events, panels, video gaming, table-top gaming, vendors, artists, and more. While not exactly an otaku myself, I did grow up watching such classics as Dragon Ball Z, Pokemon, Full Metal…

  • 10 Thoughts on… Elemental: Fallen Enchantress (Beta 1) (PC)

    Growing up, my dad and I played a lot of turn-based strategy games together. We stayed glued to the screen for hours playing games like Lords of Magic. Eventually, I was able to see some patterns in the game and my father started to include me in the decision-making process, but it wasn’t until recently””when…

  • Review: Puddle (Microsoft XBox 360)

    Puddle is a puzzle game with an interesting concept, but does that translate into a good game? Let’s take a look.