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January 19, 2017 by the_Monk
So....this game ASTRONEER....is in pre-ALPHA. All I have to say is that the pre-ALPHA for ASTRONEER is worlds better than most BETA's and even many full-release games I've played lately!   Think 'space-engineers' married to 'minecraft' wrapped up in the art style of 'no man's lie'.   http://astroneer.space/ On STEAM the almost 12 thousand reviews are 90% positive, and that's for a pre-ALPHA. http://store.steampowered....
December 28, 2015 by the_Monk
  Oooo baby!  Yes.....already pre-ordered.  You?    http://www.desertsofkharak.com/   While I was a bit disappointed in Homeworld 'remastered' due to the mash-up of mechanics since they combined some from HW1 and 2 (and I personally hated HW2) I am excited for this game.
November 19, 2015 by the_Monk
For anyone who is even remotely a fan of FIREFLY.  This little SP of a gem released Oct 20th, I just got around to trying it out a few days ago.  Aside from the obvious firefly flavour it feels like Freelancer in some ways? It's DX11, has a fantastic soundtrack, comedic value and well combat is just FUN!    Oh......and it's $20 on STEAM!!!
July 25, 2015 by the_Monk
Thing is.....the game is great for sure........but what I find best about Anno 2070 is actually the game's UI.  I have played so many (too many) RTS/Strategy games in my life with (by comparison) absolutely horrible UI's so I just had to pause playing to post about it. UBI / BlueByte have done something really right with Anno 2070 and I hope it continues in Anno 2205.  The UI is fluid and informative without drowning you in unnecessary information.  I'm fi...
June 11, 2013 by the_Monk
  The first game ( 'PAYDAY : The Heist' ) was epic 4-player coop fun (of course it was almost a direct copy of Left 4 Dead if you replace the 'survivors' with a group of thieves and the 'zombies' with police...hehe)...........this one will be even more epic........oh and speaking of 'epicness'.......the soundtrack.......wow....the soundtrack to the original was/is still one of the best in-game soundtracks since the pinnacle of game soundtracks (Homeworld ...
May 1, 2013 by the_Monk
  What a shipping fantastic time!      two funny trailers......   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxxnq5YAVHw   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab9e764D7cI     Feels like a hyper-jazzed game of battleship.........so much fun.
March 18, 2013 by the_Monk
  I have received the email referenced in the blog-post linked above.   It indicates that anyone having registered their copy of SimCity before March 25, may claim a free game from EA before March 30th.   Those of you with SimCity 5, check your email.....     Here is a second link with additional information:   http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9378384.page
February 28, 2012 by the_Monk
...it is 1975.  The cold-war has just morphed into the beginnings of WWIII.   Amidst a 1980's electric guitar peppered soundtrack and the snap, crackle and pop of various machine-gun and cannon sounds you take control of the forces of either NATO or the Warsaw Pact.   It is the game R.U.S.E. could/should have been.  By the same developers (Eugen) but no longer published by Ubisoft the game currently has an SP campaign (which is really just a tutorial) and MP (...
August 5, 2011 by the_Monk
  The second installment of Red Orchestra by studio Tripwire Interactive is about to be released on STEAM (Sept. 13th/11).  The first one was amazing (I've often referred to it as the "Flashpoint / ARMA" of the WWII FPS genre) a more realism-focused shooter for those tired of running around with the twitch-kiddies in games like COD etc. Follow the "external link" at the top to a thread on the Tripwire forums that explains pretty much everything there is to know about RO 2. ...