December 2025 - Shadow Gaming

Mount & Blade Meets Diablo: Is Sands of Salzaar the Ultimate Indie Sandbox?

Sands of Salzaar (Chinese: 部落与弯刀) is a sprawling, ambitious blend of genres that feels like a fever dream born from a marriage between Mount & Blade and Diablo. Developed by…

Chris December 31, 2025

Reviews

Doom of Icewind Dale: Alazander’s Return to Awesomeness

The release of Doom of Icewind Dale is a landmark moment for the Neverwinter Nights community. Developed by industry veteran Luke Scull—the creative force behind Tyrants of the Moonsea, and…

Chris December 31, 2025

Reviews

Shattered Lands, Infinite Ambition: A Review of Shards of the Realm

In the crowded landscape of indie strategy RPGs, it is rare to find a project that attempts to juggle as many heavy chains as Shards of the Realm. Developed primarily…

Chris December 31, 2025

Movie Reviews

Mortal Kombat (1995): The Undisputed King of Video Game Adaptations

Paul W.S. Anderson’s Mortal Kombat, released in the summer of 1995, was the thunderous realization of what a video game movie should be. For decades, the "video game movie curse"…

Chris December 30, 2025

Movie Reviews

Hackers (1995): A Neon-Soaked Time Capsule of Cyber-Optimism

Released in 1995, Iain Softley’s Hackers arrived at a peculiar crossroads in cultural history. The World Wide Web was barely a toddler, "dialing up" involved a series of screeching electronic…

Chris December 30, 2025

Gaming News

The Anthem of Creation: A Legacy of Soaring High

In the vast landscape of modern gaming, few titles have managed to capture the raw, exhilarating feeling of freedom quite like Anthem. Developed by BioWare, the game offered a vision…

Chris December 29, 2025

Reviews

Magic Reborn: How Updates and DLC Saved Forspoken

In the ever-shifting landscape of modern gaming, few titles have experienced a journey quite as tumultuous as Forspoken. Developed by Luminous Productions and published by Square Enix, the game arrived…

Chris December 29, 2025

Gaming News

Blood, Sand, and Sorcery: Carving a Legend in Age of Reforging

In the ever-evolving landscape of independent CRPGs, few titles attempt as much as Age of Reforging: The Freelands. Developed by PersonaeGame Studio and released into its full version in early…

Chris December 28, 2025

Retro-Games

The Throne of Bhaal Beckons: A Definitive Review of Baldur’s Gate II

Release Date: September 21, 2000 Developer: BioWare Get it On: GOG In the pantheon of role-playing games, few titles command as much reverence as Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn.…

Chris December 28, 2025

Gaming News

Steel, Sorcery, and Steam: The Enigmatic World of Shadow of the Road

In the landscape of modern tactical RPGs, few settings manage to feel truly "new." We have seen endless iterations of Tolkien-esque high fantasy and gritty cyberpunk dystopias. However, every so…

Chris December 28, 2025