elaqure
AKA Elaqure. By day, I'm an oilfield chemist/engineer. By night, I'm a gamer and science fiction writer. Recently, I've combined these two interests and started writing about games! You can occasionally find me on social media, but I've yet to master the art of consistency there.
Contact Information
- Name: Chase Gamwell
- Twitter: @elaqure
- Discord Name: Elaqure
My Articles
Review
Horizon Zero Dawn Review – A Worthwhile Scifi Adventure?
Note: When I first started playing Horizon, the screen had a tendency to feel…cluttered. Luckily, there’s a dynamic HUD option that will only show information pertinent to the player’s current actions. I’d strongly suggest making this change. It goes a…
Review
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – An Underappreciated Step in the Right Direction?
The reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is the second-most disliked video on Youtube – right behind “Baby” by Justin Bieber. Only half as many hated the game’s reveal, but that’s still roughly 3.5 million people that thought…
Interview
EVE highlighted, Alex “The Mittani” Gianturco interviewed on The New Yorker Radio Hour
On the March 3, 2017 edition of The New Yorker Radio Hour, Simon Parkin highlighted the short history of EVE as a massively multiplayer online game that has captured the hearts and minds of countless individuals. During the piece, Simon…
Interview
Anew: The Distant Light – A Deeper Look
Last week, I wrote a preview of Resonator’s up and coming metroidvania, Anew: The Distant Light. Recently, Jeff Spoonhower and Steve Copeland, the game’s developers, were kind enough to sit down with me for an in depth conversation about the…
News
Anew: The Distant Light – First Look
Both Metroid and Castlevania have thoroughly defined the genre that carries their namesake. With hallmarks like adventure, puzzles, platforming, constant incremental progression, and epic stories, these two franchises have stood the test of time and created a hunger for similar…
Review
Final Fantasy XV – A Triumph Ten Years in the Making
It would take more than one hand to count all of the Final Fantasy games I’ve played. Not all of my experiences with the franchise have been good, but it has a part of my life for as long as…
Featured
INN Gets Hands-On With MetaArcade at PAX South
In the modern video game industry, “new” is a dated concept. Many of the most popular game franchises are based upon tried and true formulas that are nearly a decade old. In some cases, these franchises attempt a step forward,…
News
Overwatch – Year of the Rooster Event
This year promises to be a great year for gaming. And Overwatch is no exception. The game released last year to rave reviews, and since then, Blizzard has been hard at work refining and expanding the already fantastic title. And…
Review
Subnautica — You Can Take The Sky From Me
In 2012, James Cameron boarded a custom built submersible and dove – alone – to the deepest section of the Mariana Trench. A place called Challenger Deep. At almost 36,000 feet, it is the deepest place in the world. While…
Review
Executive Assault – a New Spin on Hostile Takeover
Iconic is a word reserved for the best titles gaming has to offer. Many people have personal favorites, but a few titles are always mentioned. Among those is StarCraft. Real-time strategy (RTS) games date back to the early 80s, but StarCraft…
Editorial
2016: The Year that never was?
For nearly everyone, 2016 has been a universally terrible year. Between the loss of many beloved individuals (including Carrie Fisher), Brexit, the extremely divisive US Presidential Election, and a myriad of other happenings, not much has seemed positive. The same…
Review
Olly Olly Oxenfree
Coast to Coast AM is a radio show that deals with the unusual, the paranormal, and the downright strange. I listened to it as often as I could growing up, and enjoyed hearing about all sorts of outlandish things. My young…
Review
Space Engineers: Beta than Before?
On October 23, 2013, Keen Software House released Space Engineers as an early access title on Steam. Back then, it was nothing more than a sandbox builder propped up by a robust  physics-based collision system. But as time passed, the…
Review
A Peek Inside
A young boy clad in red runs through the forest. It’s dark and he’s alone. Between the trees, he sees something – a truck. The boy continues forward as it pulls away. Ahead, two masked figures with flashlights peer into…
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