The Wolf Among Us: Episode Two – Smoke and Mirrors Review
Better Things to Come Telltale Games have “Telltale” in their name for a reason. They are the current champions of storytelling in video games. No other game development companies contain writers that are as consist...
Worth a Play – Eternal Sonata
One of the most famous composers in history, Frédéric Chopin, lies upon his deathbed. With his loved ones surrounding him, he falls into a deep slumber. Thus begins the events of Eternal Sonata. Up until its release and fo...
Lego Marvel Super Heroes Review
Silver AwardAvengers Assembled Traveller’s Tales’ obvious affection for Lego showed all the way back in 2005 when they created Lego Star Wars, which is credited with starting the Lego game series. They’ve released man...
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures Review
Shockingly Decent The original Pac-Man is 33 years old. I’ve purchased it more than any other game ever. I bought it on Xbox Live a few weeks ago. Pac-Man has always fared well on a 2D plane, such as in the fantastic ...
Make Me Uncomfortable (SPOILERS)
[Warning: This contains HUGE spoilers about The Walking Dead and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Read on at your own risk.] The people who regularly read my op eds and features are probably at t...
Mario Party: Island Tour Review
All Work and no Play I’ll admit I rushed out to rent and enjoyed the original Mario Party when it released in 1999. Then Mario Party 2  released and was nearly identical to the first game, and Mario Party 3  was exact...
Phil Spencer Wants Gears of War to Remain an Xbox Exclusive
In a tweet today sent out in reply to Twitter user @ArashOrak1, who expressed his sentiments about wanting to keep the Gears of War series “as [a] Microsoft exclusive”, Microsoft Game Studios Corporate Vice Presiden...
Xbox One Top-Selling Home Console in U.S. for December, 3DS Top-Selling Overall
The Xbox One was the top-selling U.S. console for December according to Microsoft and NPD U.S. sales data released today. The console sold 908,000 units. It led annual hardware sales on a dollars basis. The Xbox 360 came in thi...
The Winds of Change
I’m not usually the type of guy who likes to share personal details about himself with anyone, but I’ve already talked a little bit about my depression, so I’m just going to say this and deal with the repercus...
Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW! Review
The Land of Eww I suppose I’m a fan of Adventure Time. Its brand of subversive humor is right up my alley, and I’ve actually enjoyed the episodes I’ve seen. When I first read reports that Adventure Time: Exp...
10 Games to Play When Depressed
Like many people, I suffer from depression. Mine is often draining and seemingly endless at times. It conjures up many feelings within me, among them anger, worthlessness and weakness. It’s pretty much caused me to withdraw i...
SpawnFirst’s 10 Best Games of 2013
2013 has been an amazing year for video games. We here at SpawnFirst wish to recognize that as we look back on a year filled with a lot of ups and some downs (here’s looking at you, Ride to Hell: Retribution). The games...
Need for Speed: Rivals Review
Silver AwardI Feel the Need I played Need for Speed: Undercover again a few months ago. It’s still one of the worst racing games of the past decade. It’s riddled with bugs, repetitive and stupid. Thankfully, Criterion Games e...
Farming Simulator Review
Harvesting Boredom A certain amount of effort must got into simulation games for them to turn out the right way. The formula is tricky. Animal Crossing: New Leaf nailed it, offering a home away from home that really did feel ...
Zoo Tycoon Review
I Am the Poop Master The original Zoo Tycoon wasn’t all that good. It was OK, but it was lacking a bit in the creativity department. The sequel was worse. Still, both games managed to garner a pretty big fan base. I won...
