• Keeper Review - This One's A Keeper

    Keeper Review - This One's A Keeper
    Keeper is strange. This may seem unsurprising given that it's the latest game from developer Double Fine, which has for years carried itself with a distinct oddball identity, but Keeper is unusual even by the studio's standards. It doesn't fit cleanly into a traditional genre, and at some points feels more like a prestige art project. But this is also Double Fine at its most uncompromising, and the experience is better for it.The closest analog for Keeper is 2012's Journey--the two games share a
  • Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 Review - Aged, But Still A Fine Wine

    Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 Review - Aged, But Still A Fine Wine
    Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines has always held a special place in my heart for many reasons, but certainly the most prominent is this: It was the first time I remember playing a game and thinking, "Wow, I am absolutely too young to be playing this."I was 11 years old when I took my first stroll down the streets of Bloodline's Santa Monica--when I clumsily WASD'd my way through rooms filled with empty pill bottles, condom wrappers, and other bits of paraphernalia that I can only recall with