Tag Archives: Role Playing

Like most nations in the real world, Skyrim (opens in new tab) is anything but homogenous. It has no one definitive landscape or city. It’s a sum of disparate parts stitched together into a rich geographical tapestry. While the concept of variety in most open-world games translates into a series …

Dark Souls 3 (opens in new tab) has remained enigmatic since its surprise announcement at E3 this year, and not by way of the series’ usual systemic arcaneries and lore-based conundrums. Those remain largely unexplained and unexplored, of course, but right now the real question to be asked of Dark …

Dark Souls 3 (opens in new tab) has some truly, freakishly, massively huge enemies who’d like nothing better than to crush you under their bony heels. I mean, you might have assumed that going in, but the first gameplay trailer from Microsoft’s Gamescom 2015 press conference really settles it. These …

Excited for another slice of deliciously-punishing Souls action? Of course you are. And while From Software has confirmed Dark Souls 3 won’t be the final entry in the series, it will aim to be the most efficient action-RPG the Japanese studio has ever created. In an excerpt from the latest …

Future Dragon Age: Inquisition (opens in new tab) DLC will be found only on Xbox One, PS4 and PC, BioWare and EA revealed (opens in new tab) today. It’s unfortunate news for those playing on Xbox 360 or PS3, but there’s also a silver lining here. To help ease the …

Because we need something to tide us over until we get more information on Mass Effect Andromeda. (opens in new tab) Miniatures artist Caroline Rae (opens in new tab) has created a series of perfect tiny Mass Effect characters barely bigger than coins and they’re ridiculously cute. Utterly painstakingly recreated …

Which is best? WHICH IS BEEEESSSST? With the official announcement of Fallout 4 (opens in new tab), the internet has been split into three camps. The first cannot wait for Fallout 4. The second wishes it was was a successor to Skyrim (opens in new tab), Bethesda’s other massively successful, …

Soft to the touch If you like scaring off potential lovers by turning your bed into a sea full of stuffed animals, then have I got the list for you. Video game land is filled to the brim with critters ripe for shrinking down into huggable plushie form, so Ive …

Completing one level of Village Quests in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (opens in new tab) unlocks the next level, giving you access to new monsters to hunt and items to collect. If you decide to do quests out of order, it can be hard to remember which are plot quests …

Love stinks I believe it was the great American poet J. Geils who once said: “You love her / And she loves him / And he loves somebody else / You just can’t win.” Yep, ever since humans have figured out what to do with their dangly bits, they’ve been …