When BioShock was released in 2007, it was an amazingly beautiful game on various levels. Graphically, the underwater city of Rapture dazzled with its art deco style. More importantly, the story was fantastic to play through. BioShock 2 was a fine effort and was certainly enjoyable, but it didn’t quite match up to its predecessor. [...]

If you had to name an immensely popular entertainment property off the top of your head, The Walking Dead could easily come to mind. The comic series began steamrolling its way into mainstream media when the now-critically acclaimed television series debuted in 2010. Gamers were treated to a fantastic gaming experience last year, when Telltale [...]

This week presented an interesting challenge as I wanted to shake things up a bit and try out a new platform, which has resulted in me getting my PC ready to stream this week. We will be checking out some Steam games that I’ll be playing in Big Picture Mode so that there’s as little [...]

When we have off weeks with no big release to play, we will usually be playing a classic from this generation on SmashPad Streamkend to celebrate the great games we’ve seen on the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii as the next-generation of consoles is taking over. Valkyria Chronicles got the spotlight two weeks ago and [...]

  At first, 2012 seemed like a disappointing year because there wasn’t that one game that blew everybody away and won all of the awards. However, when I look through all the games myself and the rest of our staff enjoyed the most this past year, 2012 was actually a great year for gaming thank to the [...]

It’s been a long seven years since team members on the Black Mesa: Source website announced their intention to bring gamers Half-Life with Half-Life 2 graphics. By 2009 (the longtime-announced release date), there was still no sight of HD headcrabs and it seemed we were not going to ever see them. Then, earlier this month, [...]

BioWare and Mass Effect 3 have seen their fair share of controversy over the last few months. From fans reacting negatively to the ending of the series to the creators of BioWare reportedly leaving the company because of the fans’ outcries, Mass Effect 3 seemed to be stuck in a perpetual loop of disappointment. But with [...]

Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead has been a riveting, suspenseful ride since Episode 1 premiered in May.  Since then players got to witness how Lee, the killer-turned-babysitter, is coping with not only looking after a presumably orphaned little girl named Clementine, but how the world around him is falling apart.  With walkers roaming the world [...]

“If we don’t end war, war will end us.” – H.G. Wells These hallowed words by H.G. Wells exemplify just how barbaric and demeaning war can become, and Spec Ops: The Line showcases the aspects of making the hard choices no one else is willing to make. How far will a soldier go to save [...]

True Crime: Hong Kong almost didn’t see the light of day. Developed by United Front Games, it was supposed to be Activision’s foray into the current generation of open world action games, but it didn’t turn out that way. Activision didn’t think this entry in their True Crime franchise was going to be able to [...]