BJ Brown

In these days of social distancing, there are quite a few games that have such depth and difficulty that they could entertain for YEARS to come. As a series that has literally done just that for at least a decade is Mount & Blade. Warband was a version of the series that even today would easily steal a full day of immersion without recognizing time has passed. Mount And Blade II: Bannerlord is the next iteration in the series, currently in early access, and is set to do just the same.
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Victory Road is a sophisticated boxing management simulator. Fights will be lost. Meals will be eaten. Injuries will be sustained. The real question is how long will your patience for success run before this simulator tires you out?
Looking like an early days Super Nintendo Game, Victory Road has a simple formula. You are the trainer for a boxer of your choosing. Day by day, you plan almost every action your boxer takes from the meals he eats to the boxers he will face. All the while, you kee...

Frequently, a gamer will run across a game that has a story that makes you go, “WUT?!” Azur Lane: Crosswave is definitely one of those.
Azur Lane: Crosswave is actually a third person shooter/RPG that actually began as a mobile game. After finding a ton of success in Japan and China, the game was not only adapted into a console game but also into manga books and anime. After a few hours playing this game, western gamers who aren’t into the mobile game or the story may want a time machine to g...

When it comes to strategy games, XCOM: UFO Defense will forever be the cream of the crop. Even when XCOM got its modern update, the results were that of strategy game greatness. Now, stepping up to the plate to smooth over the rough edges comes Phoenix Point. Lead by Julian Gollop, creator of XCOM: UFO Defense, Phoenix Point takes the tried and true formula we all know and love and truly evolves it. The real question is, does that make Phoenix Point the best of the best?
For those unfamiliar ...

Rockfish Games is on crusade to create a bigger and better loot based space shooter. Everspace 2 is coming in hot with quite a few improvements and changes from its predecessor.
The devs in Rockfish Games are really pushing for Everspace 2 to come across like a space based Diablo of sorts. With a control scheme that is adored by fans of the old school space shooter Freespace, Everspace 2 continues the look and feel of the first game. Doing so allows for very agile flying about slow ships, ast...

Now that Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered is here, the Ghostbusters franchise needs a real updated approach to gaming. Since we know that there is a Ghost Corps outfit dedicated to expanding the Ghostbusters brand, there should be a renewed focus on using the license in video games as well.
As it stands, Saber Interactive has the license to do this as they are the ones that remastered the 2009 game. With the remastered game out, here are a few ideas and concepts that should be consider...

Bunneh3000 fills you in on what Bladestorm Nightmare is and isn't.
(Xbox One footage taken with the Elgato HD Video Capture device)

When it comes to games like Skyrim, there is not a long list. Looking for games like Skyrim requires a few elements that have proven to be quite hard to bundle into a single game. We’re going to run down a list of a few games like Skyrim, but we need to take a look at what makes Skyrim such an amazing title first.
Developed by Bethesda Software back in 2011, Skyrim is actually the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls series. In addition to Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, and Oblivion, Skyrim is an o...

The summer is a great time to catch up on some gaming and discover some new favorites. Early access gem Deep Rock Galactic has quickly become one of my personal favorites after stumbling across its greatness during a summer sale on Steam. Xbox One and PC gamers will rejoice as this futuristic dwarven mining sim strives for greatness AND releases sometime later on this year. Best to get in while the price is low and the content is plentiful!
Simply put, Deep Rock Galactic is an online coop bas...

(featured pic courtesy of weekendcollective.com)

Being passionate about politics was particularly foreign to me as a kid for quite some time. I would occasionally see talk about presidents and local government races and see that it was important but couldn’t really figure out why. As I prepare to vote this year, it amuses me how I’ve come from not really caring too much about politics to it becoming my number one concern. As I discuss it with my wife, we are both quickly learning that this ra...

As a fan of Batman, I remember watching the TV show with Adam West and through most of my childhood really didn’t pay much attention to the World’s Greatest Detective since he really didn’t have any superpowers. Back then I was more of a Green Lantern or Cyclops kind of kid. As time went along though, my comic book afficionado sister once attempted to get me interested in the Dark Knight knowing that series seemed to change the common perception of how the character was portrayed. Eventually,...

Counter Strike Global Offensive is the granddaddy of first person shooter esports games. This free to play offering from Valve is over two decades old and shows no sign of slowing in popularity.
Counter Strike Global Offensive (CSGO) without a doubt separates the haves from the have nots with regards to first person shooter skill. If you are trying to become one of those skilled keyboard warriors, it is important to remove any hardware related obstacles to your eventual digital victories. You...

(original article co-written with Felisha “Nightingale” Silva on GamingPrecision.com; Article has been edited and extended)
As a gamer parent, I struggle regularly on what my household gaming policies are and will be as they get older. As a father of 5 (3 boys and 2 girls), I always wonder how I should regulate what games they play, when they play, and how long they play. Often times I listen to other podcasts with gamer parents like CheapAssGamer or Married To The Games Podcasts as well to g...

While it is hard to overlook the disaster that has been the launch of Anthem, there are those of us holding out for hope. Bioware still has a shred of clout tied to its name despite recent failings and it shows when Anthem is running smoothly. Here, let’s take a look at directions that Bioware should take the title going forward.
One of the biggest failings of the action within Anthem is that there is very little sense of dread or sense of a threat. Where there is a fleeting sense, it is usua...