‘Demon’s Crystals’ Review: Perfectly Priced Fun

Demon's Crystals Review
4.0
out of 5
Demon's Crystals, the new twin-stick shooter from developer Byte4Games, takes a rather simple premise and executes it splendidly. In Arcade mode, players choose from one of four Uricans, winged and horned demon girls with guns, who the have to defeat three powerful bosses in three locations to restore balance to the world. The three locations, like a castle, forest, and a graveyard, are full of enemies, and the player must constantly move with the left stick and shoot with the…  Read More
4.0
out of 5

‘Deformers’ Review: Arena Combat Has Never Been So Squishy

Deformers Review
2.8
out of 5
Deformers, by developer Ready at Dawn Studios (The Order: 1886), is a new multiplayer battle arena game, and it could not be any farther than The Order in terms of gameplay and art direction. Players take fully customizable little blobs, called Forms, and go into battle in deathmatch and team deathmatch contests with other players in couch co-op and online. The arenas are confined areas with defined boundaries, and the goal is to shoot, squash, or knock your opponent out of…  Read More
2.8
out of 5

‘Marvel Heroes Omega’ Closed Beta Impressions

I am full blown comic book nerd, have been most of my life. While Batman is my favorite character, Marvel has always been my favorite publisher. I am also a huge fan of the Diablo series and dungeon crawler games in general, so when I heard that Gazillion Entertainment was…  Read More

LEGO Ninjago Desert Lightning Review: Need for Speed

LEGO Ninjago Desert Lightning Review
Souped-up bikes are a staple of any LEGO Ninjago toy wave. For the latest collection, which supports Season 7 (2017) of the Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu Cartoon Network series, Jay gets a new ride against a pair of new slithering foes in Desert Lightning (70622). Desert Lightning refers to Jay's ride,…  Read More

‘Alien: Covenant’ Review: A Frightening Franchise Course Correction

Alien: Covenant Review
4.5
out of 5
The Alien film franchise has been up and down in its nearly 40-year existence. The high mark has always been Ridley Scott's original film in 1979, but James Cameron did wonders with the story by adding pulse-pounding military action with 1986's Aliens. But since then, there have been five films in the canon, and none have left as indelible a mark as the first two. In 2012, Scott came back to the franchise with Prometheus, a film that tried to…  Read More
4.5
out of 5

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