With Alan Wake being heavily discounted on the weekly Humble Bundle sale, I thought it would be a good time to write a simple guide for beginners, based on my experience so far on Normal difficulty. The combat in Alan Wake is really hard, and if you want to save yourself some hair-pulling frustration, the […] Read more »
Singaporean Dota 2 team, Neolution International (Neolution.int), has been booted out of the The International Eastern Qualifiers after they removed their captain, Michael ‘ninjaboogie’ Ross, from the squad. Read more »
I have not played any of the earlier Tomb Raider games, except for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, which is a spin-off game from the main series. I did however, play all three of the Uncharted games, that big elephant in the room which Tomb Raider will unavoidably be compared to. The similarities […] Read more »
Last Monday, 11 March, marked the launch of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (HotS) in Singapore. It was held at the Alienware Arena at Lucky Chinatown. Although the scale of the event was definitely not as large as the ones in the US, South Korea, Europe, and Australia, it definitely gave our StarCraft community […] Read more »
Fire Emblem: Awakening has been out for over a month. If you live in Singapore though, the game has only been out for two weeks because of a distributor delay. Here are my thoughts on the game so far, after spending 30 hours+ to reach Chapter 11: Read more »
Mark your calendars: 26 March is the date BioShock Infinite will finally be released. It also happens to be a Tuesday (fast fact: Diablo III and Halo 4 were also released on a Tuesday — Edward), so now is probably the time to take your leave in advance, try to fake an illness, or make […] Read more »
The PlayStation 4 was announced today by Sony at their PlayStation Meeting 2013, a conference held in New York City. The next-generation console will be released at the end of the year during the “holiday season”, however, Sony didn’t give an exact release date, which territories will receive the PS4 first, or any details about […] Read more »
Defender’s Quest: Valley of the Forgotten is a tower defence game where your towers are actual heroes that can gain levels and skill points, and be equipped with weapons and armour in order to defend the protagonist from waves of enemies. The protagonist herself is a hero unit who is able to cast attack spells and […] Read more »
As the eighth anniversary of No Game No Talk approaches (NGNT was founded as GameSync.net in April 2005, for those with long memories), I’ve been doing some serious reflection on the challenges I’ve faced and mistakes I’ve made as the lead editor for the website. Here’s a short list of the biggest mistakes I’ve made […] Read more »
The NPCs in Borderlands 2 are characteristically insane, psychopathic, or both. From the schizophrenic Patricia Tannis, to the villainous and heartless Handsome Jack. Even the heroes from the original game are not safe: Mordecai is a sharpshooter who inexplicably becomes a better shot when drunk, and Brick is a bandit leader who enjoys seeing his own […] Read more »
