Trails of Cold Steel III & IV: Epic PS5 Arrival in 2024!
On the NIS America Stream, they have announced that The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III / The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is coming to PlayStation 5 in early 2024. For a game that been on the PC and on the Nintendo Switch, no...[Read More]
Reviews
Gunnar Glasses: Fallout Vault 33 Edition Review
I didn’t fully grasp the wide breadth of style and pure ambition from the folks over at GUNNAR who provided us with a pair of their Fallout Vault 33 glasses. Co...[Read More]
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Review (PS5) – Choose Your Date
When you think of Final Fantasy, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Do you think of the thirty-plus games in the franchise? Do you think of the massive...[Read More]
Skull and Bones Review
Everyone has been riding this pirate wave since about 2003 with the huge success of Pirates of the Caribbean, a movie that definitely inspired studios to recrea...[Read More]
The COD Alpha and UAV Gunnar Optiks Review
Eyes, they are the windows of the soul as they say. And as it turns out, they are quite fragile. Everything from dirt and debris to The Mountain from Game of Th...[Read More]
QRD Stellar T5 Wireless Joy Pads For Switch Review
The Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons are quite divisive controllers. While praised for being two controllers in one, the Joy-Cons have many issues. Its small form facto...[Read More]
World of Horror Review (PC)
How can a horror game with a graphical look pulled straight from a black-and-white 1980s Apple IIe manage to instill fear and dread? In a world of high-fidelity...[Read More]
Features
Dread XP’s Co-Director Hunter Bond Interview
In case you didn’t know, we have had a long-term friendship with the now Co-Director of DreadXP, Hunter Bond. PAX East 2024, marked a new era for Dread XP...[Read More]
Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game PAX East Preview
For almost a decade, games have tried to knock Dead by Daylight off its throne as the king of the asymmetric multiplayer landscape, especially when it comes to ...[Read More]
PAX East 2024: Hands-On Preview with Visions of Mana
Who knew that 2024 was going to be an interesting year for gaming? So many new games were announced! While many were known, no one knew of this new JRPG that ho...[Read More]
Crafting Realms and Revelations: A Conversation with John R. Fultz
John R Fultz has been publishing fantasy novels and short stories for many years now. Always an advocate for embracing the more outlandish aspects of the fantas...[Read More]
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Demo Impressions
Last week, when Sony announced that they would be doing a State of Play for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, I knew it was time to go back and clear Crisis Core Final F...[Read More]
Interview with Sam Haft: Behind the Music of Hazbin Hotel
With the Prime Video soon to release Hazbin Hotel and we here at Marooners’ Rock have got the chance to watch the series’ first couple of episodes. ...[Read More]
Latest Posts
We already know that Assassin’s Creed III is going to be beautiful and devilishly entertaining. With the latest trailer, Ubisoft is showing off its AnvilNext engine, used to power the high-flying physics, fluid animation, and dynamic weather system you will experience in the upcoming franchise...[Read More]
Today, in continuation of our Darksiders II coverage (see part one here), I will be going over what may be the most addicting and, to me, the most appealing portion of Darksiders II: the character customization. Melding an action game with aspects of the RPG genre is not exactly a new idea. We’ve se...[Read More]
Gimmick game mechanics can be hit or miss. NeverDead received mixed reactions for its gameplay, and MindJack was destroyed by criticism. Inversion attempts to set itself apart with the use of gravity as a gameplay mechanic. Developed by Saber Interactive (known for TimeShift, Battle: Los Angeles, an...[Read More]
When I reviewed Darksiders back in 2010, I was pleasantly surprised. As my memories of the game aged, what stuck with me was the untouched potential behind the game and the mythos surrounding it. The initial showings for Darksiders II did nothing to make me feel that there would be any dramatic impr...[Read More]
If you haven’t listened to our latest Marooners’ Talk podcast, you should. Why? Because we got to sit down with Andrew Hill of NinjaBee Games, where we discussed the upcoming A World of Keflings DLC and much more.
For the past few days, I’ve been playing nothing but Deadlight, and I’ve definitely been enjoying myself a lot. Developed by Tequila Works and published by Microsoft Studios, Deadlight is the third title in this year’s XBLA Summer of Arcade promotion. There has been a major oversat...[Read More]
Who doesn’t enjoy going to cons? This could range from your simple anime convention or the well known Comic Con. I will one day make it to a Comic Con. At these wonderful events you get to meet fellow nerds and have a great time. Isn’t that what it’s about? My friends who run Super...[Read More]
Every time I see something from Bethesda for their upcoming supernatural/steampunk first-person adventure Dishonored, I get more and more excited. While I’m generally not keen on first-person perspective games since I feel they don’t always provide the same range of peripheral visibility...[Read More]
