Tag: gaming

Steam Reaches New Record for Concurrent Players

It seems that Steam only continues to grow as the years wear on rather than diminish as so many other platforms do. It’s doing so regardless of growing amounts of competition from the likes of Epic Games Store and the various publisher-centric services. It’s quite increible how much staying power Valve’s platform has, being strong…

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A (Skill) Tree Grows in Veilguard

A couple weeks ago, BioWare released a video highlighting the various means of progression in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Into focus came skill progression, item progression, and companion progression, which sounds like…a lot. However, watching the video, the general tone of progression is in step with what BioWare’s done before, particularly in the Mass Effect…

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Dual Destinies Goes Big and Goes Home

It’s always a little weird reviewing Ace Attorney games. Mechanically, they are flawless. These amazing visual novel games function fine, and I’ve never had one randomly crash or glitch out. Which is a good thing, considering that it’s hard enough to keep up with the many twists and turns that players face with each of…

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Combat Un-Savvy

BioWare recently released a video showing off Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s combat, specifically that of the warrior class. The system appears to be very engaging…with more than a few shades of Mass Effect thrown in. In that, in Veilguard, players can pause combat to issue commands to companions in much the same way as they…

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Paying to Play (when it’s “Free”)

The AV Club recently posted an article on reasons why folks might choose to toss money at “free-to-play” games. Having lightly dipped my toes and flung some of my own coin into in the free-to-play waters, it piqued my interest. The writer came up with three motives players might choose to pay money in otherwise…

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