Joe Donato

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Movie Review

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 makes the one classic mistake that befalls so many superhero franchises -- it tries to juggle…

11 years ago

The cat games of PAX East 2014: Featuring Mew-Genics and Cat-lateral Damage

If there was a theme at PAX East this year, it probably wasn’t cats, but that doesn’t mean we can’t…

11 years ago

One year later, it’s finally time for Transistor

A year ago I played Transistor for the first time at PAX East. Now, a year later I’ve played the…

11 years ago

Daylight is a ghost story in a post-Slenderman world

Daylight will live and die by how well its scare mechanics hold up. Yes, it’s one of those horror games…

11 years ago

Klei shows off their wares at PAX East: Don’t Starve DLC & Invisible Inc.

Klei Entertainment, developers of Shank, Mark of the Ninja, Don’t Starve, and now Invisible, Inc., have become a literal cornerstone…

11 years ago

Totem is full of co-op “a-ha” moments

Press Play hasn’t wasted time bringing puzzle platformers to the Xbox One. First we had Max: The Curse of Brotherhood,…

11 years ago

PAX East 2014: Magicka: Wizard Wars combines Avada Kedavra and PTFO into one game

Magicka: Wizard Wars is a welcome break from the typical top-down point-and-click combat game. Rather than basing the fighting around…

11 years ago

PAX East 2014: Orcs Must Die: Unchained is a MOBA transition done right

In the world of successful, colorful, fantasy tower defense hybrids, two games come to mind: Dungeon Defenders and Orcs Must…

11 years ago

PAX East 2014: Below was the show’s most charming game

Below may be the 45th indie roguelike to be announced in the last year or so, but after playing it,…

11 years ago

PAX East 2014: Sniper Elite 3 could be a stealth fan must-play

It would be easy to ignorantly write off Sniper Elite 3 for any number of reasons. It's a war shooter…

11 years ago