Posts from 2019

Grand Ages: Rome – A Deeply Elaborated City-building Strategy

In the city-builder Grand Ages: Rome, you become a leader of several expanding Roman colonies spread throughout Europe. Will you manage to build up a successful city and preserve the imperial glory of the Roman Republic?

Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone – The Game That Has Opened The World of Computer Games for Me

Do you remember your very first gaming experience? When it comes to computer games, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the one that has opened the door to the gaming world for me. As a five-year-old Harry Potter fan without any previous experiences with computer apart from playing the classic Microsoft 3D Pinball and drawing in Microsoft Paint, I decided to become a wizard. And this game made it possible for me.

Bang! – Authentic Wild West Adventure

In the fast-playing card interaction game Bang!, you take a part in an authentic Old West combat. Will you manage to accomplish your role’s task and, most importantly, survive the wild gunfight?

The soldier's cell as an escape game

Do you want to experience jailbreak on your own skin? To be voluntarily locked into a room that doesn't seem to be escapable and to feel the adrenaline of a prisoner trying to get out of a cell? 

Dostihy a Sázky

Dostihy a Sázky is a board game that came out for the first time in 1984, before the Velvet Revolution. The author of the game was Ladislav Mareš, who did not deny his inspiration in the foreign board game Monopoly.

Escaping Together: The Design and Evaluation of a Distributed Real-Life Escape Room

Can you imagine that you are abroad for let’s say business reasons, some of your colleagues go to a team-building escape game together and you cannot participate because you are away?

Video games for the purpose of playing or rather for the purpose of getting acquainted at this time?

Legend Of The Five Rings - Newcomers Rocky start 

An engaging card game with beautiful storytelling but tremendously steep learning curve.  

Breaking the Tropes – Masculinity in Firewatch

Melissa Kagen argues that Firewatch shines a light on the issues of toxic masculinity in gaming and lets the player perform a more nuanced form of masculinity.

The Tides of War – Scythe Review

A review of one of the most engaging boardgames out there. Here are a few words about Scythe, the engine-building game of war and peace. Will you try to defeat your opponents through combat? Will you aim to complete your secret objective? Will you form lasting alliances? All this, and more, in a 40x40 cm box full of action!

77 Kivaa Kysymystä ja Vekkulia Vastausta - Review of An Old Finnish Card Game

77 Kivaa Kysymystä ja Vekkulia Vastausta, which roughly translates into 77 Nice Questions and Mischievous Answers, takes you to a nostalgia trip even if you haven’t played it before.

Radiant Silvergun review

One of the most unique arcade shmups: Radiant Silvergun

Choices and Consequences and the lure of Dark Souls

What draws players to Dark Souls?

Churn prediction in mobile free to play games

The fight to maintain player interest: A new model for predicting and combating churn in social f2p games.

Control - A Visual Masterpiece

Control’s magnificent visual design, the unique weirdness of its world, and solid combat make it a game of the year candidate that doesn’t get diminished by the shortness of the story and the sudden ending.

Life in a dystopian future – Va-11-Hall-A – Cyberpunk Bartender Action

Va-11-Hall-A – Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Valhalla for short, is a bartending visual novel set in a fictional city called Glitch (city). Heavy with conversation, laden with interesting characters with bizarre stories, Valhalla is a lighthearted cyberpunk game where the player takes on the role of a bartender in a bar called Valhalla.

Death Stranding - Unique but Monotonous Experience

Since its announcement in 2016, fans have been trying to figure out what game designer Hideo Kojima’s newest game Death Stranding is actually about. Now that the game has been finally released, has the wait filled with wild speculation been worth it?

Windjammers – Classic arcade game you might have missed

Have you always wanted to play a game that combines one of the oldest games in the world, throwing frisbees and numerous sport games? Then you might like to try Windjammers.

Infuriatingly fun: Super Stardust HD Review  

Super Stardust HD is an enjoyable action video game that stands the test of time. 

Scotland Yard: Find Mr. X Before It Is Too Late!

Tactics, #strategy and bluffing: The #boardgame #ScotlandYard is an exciting game, in which a team of detectives tries to hunt down the criminal Mr. X.

Tetris “Challenges” Emergency Workers Worldwide

From Switzerland, to Russia and America: Emergency departments all around the world are participating in the #TetrisChallenge, laying down their tools and themselves in a #geometric and orderly way.

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch - Is it the game or the movie?

The boundary between the game and the movie is blurred. Is Black Mirror: Bandersnatch really a movie?

How ENCE rose to prominence and is this the team’s end?

ENCE is the most successful Finnish CS:GO team ever. How did ENCE reach its peak? Is the team coming to an end?

The Infinite Adventure-World of Terraria

Building, fighting, exploring, crafting, digging… The action-adventure game Terraria is a popular, widely known sandbox game where freedom and rewarding play a big role.