Aaron Giddings

Aaron is proof that while you can take a developer out of the game industry, it's much harder to take the game industry out of a developer. When not at his day job, Aaron enjoys teaching Axis & Allies to his kids, writing sci-fi stories, playing classic space sims on Twitch, and riding around the American Midwest on his Harley.

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Hardware Review – Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 Intercept Glasses By GUNNAR Optiks

We don’t know whether GUNNAR Optik’s new special edition tie-in with Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 will actually make wearers better at that specific game. What we can say is that they will make wearers better at just about everything else they do on a screen.

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Sky Gamblers: Afterburner (Switch) Review

The Nintendo Switch marked major changes in Nintendo’s support for small developers, but for some genre fans, the little console/handheld hybrid that could is always going to be missing some big name titles. Often that void gets filled by more indie games. Such is the case with Sky Gamblers: Afterburner, a high flying jet combat game from Atypical Games.

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Dwarf Fortress Comes To Steam!

It’s on its way. The grand-daddy of all open-world builders is finally on its way to Steam. Some say that it was the primary inspiration for games like Minecraft, RimWorld, and Prison Architect, and that if you listen carefully, you can hear someone shouting “No one tosses a dwarf!” if you try to click and drag one of the dwarven sprites. All we know is that it’s called Dwa...[Read More]

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Hardware Review – Torpedoes Inbound! Torpedo Gaming Glasses By GUNNAR Optkis

GUNNAR Optiks has done a lot to make themselves the first name in computer eye wear. As more studies seem to find health issues from the blue light of our various screens, and everyone from Apple to Microsoft goes about introducing some form of Night mode into their various operating systems, a good pair of glasses becomes an increasingly vital defense. For 2019, GUNNAR looks to sink the competiti...[Read More]

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World of Horror – PAX South Hands-On

The Ysbryd booth at PAX South this year featured two games: YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG, and World of Horror. Obviously I didn’t need to see the YIIK demo, since I was playing through my review copy at the time, but World of Horror looked like nothing else on the show floor. “How scary can a black and white game be, especially one with an old-school point and click style UI?” The PR rep just smiled at...[Read More]

Gunnar Optiks Launches Division 2 Tie In Glasses

Gunnar Optiks, makers of our favorite computer and gaming glasses, today announced their special edition tie-in glasses with Ubisoft’s upcoming Tom Clancy’s The Division 2.

Rockstar Games Job Postings Hint at Grand Theft Auto VI

We all know that Grand Theft Auto VI is coming. There’s no way that one of the most financially successful games of all time doesn’t get a sequel. Now, thanks to some intriguing new job posts, we have a pretty good clue that Rockstar Games are starting full scale development.

Fundings Knot a Problem for Knitting – The Card Game

Earlier today we reported on the Kickstarter launch of Knitting – The Card Game, a multiplayer card game all about knitting. Less than twelve hours after launching, the game is already funded. It would appear that a lot of knitting fans wanted to make sure they had a skein in this game, and we’re not just spinning a yarn here.

Marshmello’s Fortnite Concert Pulls Huge Viewers

It’s the biggest in-game concert ever, at least by the concurrency numbers. Earlier today, popular musician Marshmello put on a major concert inside of Fortnite. As of this writing, the crowd viewing the concert is estimated to have been over six million! It’s unclear whether or not that’s counting the number of people where were watching the concert outside of the game on variou...[Read More]

Sky Gamblers: Afterburner Announced For Switch

The popular mobile jet combat franchise Sky Gamblers has a surprise – a reworked game is coming to the Nintendo Switch! Sky Gamblers: Afterburner marks the first foray of the franchise off of the portable screen and into the living room.

PAX South 2019 Hands On With Totally Reliable Delivery Service

Making its debut announcement at PAX South this year at the tinyBuild booth was a new game about the trials and tribulations of getting packages to their destinations. Totally Reliable Delivery Service is a ragdoll physics simulation for up to four players and plays like a party game multiplayer version of Crazy Taxi only with packages instead of people.

PAX South 2019: Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown VR Hands-On

It’s been almost twelve years since the last numbered Ace Combat game came to consoles. There have been a few spin-offs in the intervening years, but Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is the next official continuation in the series. With the official launch just a couple of weeks away, Bandai brought a big presense to PAX South featuring a set of linked multiplayer consoles, and several PS VR setups. I ...[Read More]

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