Can XCom2 deliver the tactical brilliance of Enemy Unknown?

XCom2 is only a couple of weeks away, and I’m tempted to make it my first major game purchase of 2015. For those not familiar with the franchise, here’s what I loved about its predecessor, ‘XCom: Enemy Unknown’. Turn based combat suits this middle aged gamer better As a middle aged gamer (MAG), my reflexes and coordination aren’t what

From Test Drive to Total Recall: The visual experience of gaming

Randyte/ January 5, 2016/ Console Gaming, Desktop Gaming/ 0 comments

Gaming has changed a lot in my lifetime. One of my earliest gaming experiences was playing the original ‘Test Drive’ car game on my uncle’s PC. At the time, the Hercules graphics card was the state of the art in home computer graphics. The video below, though it’s an emulation, gives you a pretty good feel for what that experience was