– Borderlands 3 Needs to be a Shared World Shooter

MMO-lite, loot shooter, shared-world shooter, I don’t really care what you want to label it, but Borderlands 3 needs to follow in the footsteps of games like Destiny and The Division. I spent most of my time in both imagining how much better the whole thing would be if the game I was playing was actually a Borderlands title.

– Our Absolver Review

Absolver is a solid blend of Action RPG, Kung Fu fest, and mysterious Souls-like journey. Its real legs come in the form of PVP and sharing/creating Schools of combat, but the short-lived story campaign is nothing to be sneezed at either. Read on for our review of Sloclap’s online combat-fueled ARPG, Absolver.

– Spawn. Frag. Die. Repeat. Quake Champions Early Access Review

Quake Champions is not nice. Quake Champions is the bully of the FPS campus that took my sandwich and wiped its butt with it. Quake Champions is a full throttle, blood filled killing spree. Well, not a killing spree for me. I do the dying. And not really a spree for other people, either. Special people get killing sprees.

– What’s Your Most Wanted Game in 2017?

It’s been an insane year for non-MMO releases. There have been more “Game of the Year” candidates in the first 8 months than any year I can remember. But it’s been decidedly slower in the MMO and “almost” MMO world. We’ve had some bright spots, but the bulk of what I’m personally waiting for is coming in the next three months. So let’s hear it… what games are on your must play list for the remainder of 2017?

– What’s Your Most Wanted Game in 2017?

It’s been an insane year for non-MMO releases. There have been more “Game of the Year” candidates in the first 8 months than any year I can remember. But it’s been decidedly slower in the MMO and “almost” MMO world. We’ve had some bright spots, but the bulk of what I’m personally waiting for is coming in the next three months. So let’s hear it… what games are on your must play list for the remainder of 2017?

– Co-Op in Story Driven RPGs

I’ve actually held up SWTOR’s story co-op as one of its best features when writing about the game over the years, but for as much as I love playing things co-op, I’m not too sure about the idea when it comes to story driven “singleplayer” RPGs.

– Characters and the World They Live In: Character Creation

When it comes to playing games or MMO’s, really anyone that allows the creation of a character we all have our different process when we go about creating those characters. Sometimes we choose try to reflect ourselves, maybe how we feel or just want to make something fun. I like to take the method of creating a character with the game world in mind. In a way this is coming at the creation process from a role-play standpoint even if I don’t choose to role-play.