The Bestiarium: Aliens
Introduce the “X-Files” theme song on this entry.
So, remember when I said that Vampires was going to be a long entry, well bring up your popcorn and go to the bathroom now because this is a longer one. ...
Adventures with Age of Decadence Part 1 – My Journey to Immorality
Age of Decadence is a Steam darling modeled after the old school, bad ass, doesn’t-fuck-around, clunky-as-hell RPGs of the 90s that came and went way before my time. I was playing Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, and Je...
5 Random Game Ideas That Should Totally Happen
Madden, but for Ancient or Fake Sports
I know hardcore gamers rarely touch them, but the generic sports game model as seen in the Maddens, MLBs, and NBAs is a really well designed system from a gameplay pers...
The Cruelty of Tharsis
There’s a not so fine line between really hard games that are fun and really hard games that are not fun.
The key to making a punishing game enjoyable is to repeatedly evoke that horribly stinging gut feelin...
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified & The Men In Black
Hello, and welcome to another edition of Gaming For Official Use Only. I've been playing a lot of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified lately, which is a fun amalgam of XCOM, Mass Effect and Mad Men, so I thought I co...
XCOM and the 9 Unknown Men
Welcome back to Gaming For Official Use Only. For this installment I thought I'd go down a different road. Whenever most people think of conspiracy theories, their first thought drifts towards a nebulous grou...