» Rumination 12

11/25/2024

Of paradigms, elephants and fallbacks.

» Dredge review (updated)

11/18/2024

Catch of the day.

» The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales review

11/11/2024

A Japanese weeding hoe (or a Faberge egg).

» Rumination 11

11/04/2024

Thieving, fishing and boredom with the status quo.

» Wolfenstein: The New Order review (updated)

10/28/2024

An odd place to wax poetic.

» Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines review

10/21/2024

Troika's (marred) crown jewel.

» Rumination 10

10/14/2024

Owlcat mites, dumbed down quests and running vaccines to Bari.

» Rogue Trader: Void Shadows review (updated)

10/07/2024

Uneven but fun.

» Life: the original roguelike

09/30/2024

Human cooties + pig = actual swine flu.

» IP subversion

09/23/2024

And here you thought the third Troika game was coming...

» Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magicka Obscura review (updated)

09/16/2024

An awkward waltz.

» Temple of Elemental Evil review (updated)

09/09/2024

By the book.

» Greedfall review

09/02/2024

Still too single-minded.

» The Final Station review

08/26/2024

Simple done right.

» Rumination 9

08/19/2024

The rule of threes.

» X-Com series review

08/12/2024

3/11.

» Rumination 8

08/06/2024

The obligatory follow-through.

» Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales review

07/29/2024

The tenth game.

» Vampire Therapist review

07/22/2024

Great story. Not much of a game.

» Armored Core series review

07/15/2024

Secondborn. Not second-best.

» Rumination 7

07/08/2024

Coming full circle (in more ways than one).

» Front Mission review

07/01/2024

The OG mecha drama.

» X4: Timelines review (updated)

06/24/2024

Odd, but not unwelcome.

» Rumination #6

06/17/2024

Pig draws a blank.

» Broken Roads review

06/10/2024

A dip in a wading pool.

» Rumination #5

06/03/2024

The dark side of goodness and Endless dregs.

» Rogue Trader review (fin)

05/27/2024

All good things...

» Item fallacies

05/20/2024

Because even the hamster-iest hamsters have their limits.

» Rogue Trader review (part deux)

05/13/2024

It's three in the morning again...

» Rogue Trader review (part une)

05/06/2024

Not your average Games Workshop cop-out.

» Rumination #4

04/29/2024

From Vladivostok to the Koronus Expanse.

» Rumination #3

04/22/2024

Of expectations (sadly) met, adaptations done right and the importance of good writing.

» Rumination #2

04/15/2024

Of conceit, basement cat hunts and advantages of smaller scale.

» Downshift and ruminations

04/08/2024

Sometimes when you're outta breath, it's okay to stop running.

» SpaceBourne 2 review

04/01/2024

Too soon to say.

» Life is Strange review

03/25/2024

Oddly compelling.

» RoboCop: Rogue City review

03/18/2024

I'd buy that for a dollar!

» Crowdfunding

03/11/2024

The right solution done increasingly wrong.

» The Outer Worlds review

03/04/2024

Obsidian's swan song.

» One Must Fall 2097 review

02/26/2024

When robots collide.

» The Last Train Home review (updated)

02/19/2024

Ride of a lifetime.

» Notable game romances

02/12/2024

Because the real thing isn't always up to snuff.

» Endless Sky review

02/05/2024

Wee-lancer.

» Hidden & Dangerous 2 review

01/29/2024

A revelation.

» Tyranny review

01/22/2024

From the law offices of Converse, Ensorcell and Stab.

» Violence in computer games

01/15/2024

Does it incite people to be violent in real life?

» Heavy Rain review

01/08/2024

AAA production of a B movie.

» Shadowrun series review

01/01/2024

A band's arc, abbreviated.

» Fallout 4 review

12/25/2023

Bethseda. Bethesda never changes.

» The state of modern RPGs

12/18/2023

Or how Spectacle > Plot.

» Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X review

12/11/2023

If Michael Bay made Ace Combat.

» ELEX review

12/04/2023

Same duck, neater plumage.

» Yakuza: Like a Dragon review

11/27/2023

More than a sum of its parts.

» World building limitations

11/20/2023

Of plateaus, bottlenecks and getting over the hump.

» Cold Waters review

11/13/2023

A slick take on vintage gameplay.

» S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat review

11/6/2023

Best of the bunch to date.

» Satellite Reign review

10/30/2023

Syndicate in all but name.

» Ode to old soundtracks

10/23/2023

Why do they rock so much more than new ones?

» The Surge review

10/16/2023

Or how Warren's first day at work went horribly, horribly wrong.

» Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty review

10/09/2023

The parts bin bike of expansions.

» I Was a Teenage Exocolonist review

10/02/2023

A strong concept hobbled by poor mechanics.

» pigabout.games turns one!

09/25/2023

Which CDPR commemorates in the worst way.

» The Technomancer review

09/18/2023

Half-baked.

» Full Throttle: Remastered review

09/11/2023

Short and (bitter) sweet.

» Master of Orion II review

09/04/2023

The 4X gold standard.

» Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty preview

08/28/2023

The future's SO bright, I can't tell if I'm gonna like it.

» Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages review

08/21/2023

Schrödinger's shooter.

» Jagged Alliance 3 review

08/14/2023

Jamie Shannon's keeper.

» X4: Kingdom End review

08/07/2023

A solid expansion and next milestone of a grander plan.

» Remakes, remasters and re-releases

07/31/2023

So shameless cash grabs are... Flattery? Who knew.

» Dawn of War 2 review

07/24/2023

A big, dumb, shiny sequel.

» Dragon Age: Origins review

07/17/2023

Worst. Hangover. Ever.

» Crusader: No Remorse review

07/10/2023

Fully immersive before fully immersive was cool.

» Sex and violence in computer games

07/03/2023

An imbalance in need of redressing.

» Neverwinter Nights series review

06/26/2023

The (kinda/sorta) salvation of computerized D&D.

» Dark Future: Blood Red States review

06/19/2023

The thrill of the chase.

» Torchlight 2 review

06/12/2023

A glimmer at the bottom of the barrel.

» Character generators

06/05/2023

The beating hearts of any RPG.

» Space Marine review

05/29/2023

Grind. Die... Repeat?

» Operation Flaspoint: Cold War Crisis review

05/21/2023

One war sim to rule them all.

» Disco Elysium review

05/15/2023

A thinking human's Torment.

» Ballast: Things holding back game development

05/08/2023

Part Four: Money.

» Wing Commander: Privateer review

05/01/2023

As good as the day it was made.

» Phantom Doctrine review

04/24/2023

Solid fieldcraft in the midst of a meh conspiracy.

» Mad Max review

04/17/2023

WITNESS!!! ... a movie license game that doesn't suck.

» Ballast: Things holding back game development

04/10/2023

Part Three: Plugins.

» Horizon: Zero Dawn review

04/03/2023

Myopic beauty.

» FUEL review

03/27/2023

Climate crisis has never looked so good.

» Mass Effect series review

03/20/2023

A grand saga with a sagging trajectory.

» Ballast: Things holding back game development

03/13/2023

Part Two: Genres.

» Dawn of War: Dark Crusade review

03/06/2023

Third-time's different (since second-time kept the charm).

» Simple Planes review

02/27/2023

From idiom to inquiry in 29 parts or more.

» Mutant Year Zero: The Road To Eden review

02/20/2023

Charm offensive.

» Ballast: Things holding back game development

02/13/2023

Part One: Franchises.

» Starbound review

02/06/2023

A lot of bits and a little bit of everything.

» MechWarrior series review

01/30/2023

The franchise that just can't get it right.

» Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus review

01/23/2023

The little servitor that could.

» Artificial intelligence in games

01/16/2023

More like nay-I.

» Kingdom Come: Deliverance review

01/09/2023

Medieval horse simulator 2018.

» Tyrian 2000 review

01/02/2023

The most fun you can have with 28 megabytes.

» Mount & Blade series review

12/26/2022

For folks who could never get their fill of horseplay.

» Roguelikes

12/22/2022

Meritorious mechanic or slapdash solution?

» Tokyo Xanadu Ex+ review

12/12/2022

The power of friendship.

» Terminator: Resistance review

12/05/2022

The best Terminator game money can buy.

» Project Wingman review

11/28/2022

A one-man band to rival an orchestra.

» (Too) much ado about graphics

11/21/2022

A (reasonably coherent) case for less + imagination = better.

» Dex review

11/14/2022

Dreaming big on a shoestring budget.

» Alpha Protocol review

11/07/2022

MGS without the MSG.

» X4:Foundations review

10/31/2022

Space management 401.

» The GOG quandary

10/24/2022

How a good, old concept turned into more of the same.

» Euro Truck Simulator 2 review

10/17/2022

The beauty of being stuck in traffic from the comfort of home.

» Cyberpunk 2077 review

10/10/2022

Quiet life proponents need not apply.

» Cryptark review

10/04/2022

In space, everyone can hear you scream (if you leave your mike on).

» Content stream

09/28/2022

A loosely-formed counter-proposal to the accepted norms of gaming continuity.

» Hi there!

09/28/2022

There's a new game-reviewing pig in town and it'd like to make your acquaintance.