Dualities in Gaming When you’ve been an avid gamer as long as I have, with a gaming history dating back to black and white Pokémon on the original Gameboy (yes, I am that old), you see a fair number of what I like to call dualities. A duality occurs when two strikingly similar games release …
Have A Nice Death, developed by the big brains over at Magic Design Studios and produced by Gearbox Games, is not a game I would typically play. It’s a roguelike. I hate roguelikes. I suck at timing and threading through enemy attacks with spontaneous precision. However, Have A Nice Death is a gorgeous-looking game. That’s …
Star Citizen, the MMORPG set in an ever-expanding ‘verse, is full of starships. Lots and lots of starships. That’s the point of the game, actually: to get in a spaceship, fly around, and do cool stuff in space. Today we take a look at another Star Citizen ship. But not just any ship. The Anvil …
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Ships, Glorious Ships There are lots of elements that attract fans of sci-fi to the genre. The journeys between planets and star systems, advanced technology, and potential interactions with alien lifeforms are just a few. When it comes to sci-fi video games, those same elements remain, but they’re dwarfed by a much larger one: the …
Sometimes the world can be a scary place. Economies are failing, climates are changing, and pollution is waiting just around the corner to beat up your grandmother. It’s stressful and anxiety-inducing. How do we manage in modern society with the threat of aliens, communists, and axe-wielding clowns? One glorious word: television. If we didn’t have …
Sometimes when gamers boot up a new game, they are thrown so many details about the world, the mechanics, and the gameplay that they are immediately overwhelmed. We like to think that most games can be played by anyone walking by who decided to pick up the controller and give it a go. But try …
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I’m going to give it to you straight, no bull. Project Zomboid is easily one of the biggest, most detailed, most intricate, and most frustrating open world survival games I’ve ever played. And I wrote extensively about Elden Ring and Skyrim. Project Zomboid just has so much stuff in it. There are 26 different skills …
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In the wide world of video games, I like to group most of them into two categories: games with a story for you to discover and games that encourage you to make your own story. The former group houses story-driven, narrative-heavy experiences known for their storytelling, characters, and themes. Think of The Last Of Us, …
Project Zomboid Louisville Guide – Kentucky’s Zombie Hotspot Read More »
If you’re playing Project Zomboid, the early-access zombie apocalypse simulation by The Indie Stone, then you’re probably wondering how to do, well, anything. The game is notorious for not telling players a damn thing about how to survive. Not only are you stranded in the zombie apocalypse, but you’re also stuck in Kentucky, and isn’t …
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When you think about isometric open-world indie games, you probably don’t think of zombies. But in Project Zomboid, an early access survival game developed by The Indie Stone, you can explore most of Kentucky in a zombie apocalypse that is far too realistic. You’ll need to master car mechanics, survival basics, and first aid necessities …
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