elaqure
Chase Gamwell grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, a town heavily influenced by the US space program. There, he quickly became enamored with space travel, and this fascination eventually led to an appreciation of sci-fi in all forms. Creative writing is his true passion, and he’s always working on something new, usually in the realm of science fiction. You can find him tweeting about writing @elaqure, or posting about his latest projects on elaqure.wordpress.com.
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Games
Trouble in London – Vampyr Review
Some of the biggest issues plaguing game development today have to do with content and general design. Often, studios and publishers set out to make something wonderful, but get bogged down in the minutia of creation, so much so that…
Games
Hard Games – The Unending Thirst for Challenge
A group of bandits runs down the hill towards my farm. They’re hungry, likely haven’t eaten for days, and what meager crop I’ve managed to cultivate out in the desert seems a feast to the haggard handful. So, they descend…
News
E3 2018 Tuesday Roundup – The Nintendo Press Conference
Header art by Empanada. It’s been a few years since Nintendo has decided to eschew a traditional press conference at E3 in favor of a pre-recorded mashup. The beauty of this formula is that all of the extra fluff associated…
News
E3 2018 Monday Roundup – Square Enix, Ubisoft, PC Gaming Show, and Sony
Art by Empanda. Day two of the pre-E3 press conferences started with Square Enix early in the morning, with Ubisoft, the PC Gaming Show, and Sony playing back to back throughout the rest of the day. The Square Enix Conference…
News
E3 2018 Weekend Roundup: Microsoft and Bethesda
Continuing on from our earlier coverage on E3 2018, Microsoft and Bethesda’s press conferences were full of big announcements. Both companies have made quite the splash this year, so let’s start by looking at… The Microsoft Press Conference This year,…
News
E3 2018 Weekend Roundup: EA
E3 2018 is here, at last! For gamers, the Electronic Entertainment Expo is the most wonderful time of the year. It is an annual event where industry professionals come together to celebrate gaming, and reveal all of the latest and…
Review
Humanizing Kratos
Art by Empanda. Note: Though this isn’t strictly a review of the new God of War game, it does contain spoilers for it and the previous games in the series. Consider yourself warned! With its opening moments, God of War…
Games
Ubisoft and the open world formula
I picked up Assassin’s Creed: Origins a few weeks ago, and originally intended for this article to be a review of the game, but the more I delved into the meat of the title, the more I felt drawn to…
Editorial
Is there a case for Region Locking PUBG?
There’s something to be said for creating a behemoth. And whether Brendan Greene intended to or not, that’s what he got with Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). Though accused by some of being derivative, and decried by others for being shallow, or…
Editorial
Is Cryptocurrency Ruining the GPU Market?
Building a computer is an act of pure joy. It can take months to design the right machine: deliberating over minor differences between parts, finding the best prices, deciding when is the right time to pull the trigger. And once…
Editorial
Loot Box Apocalypse
If 2016 was the year of the sequel, 2017 is the year of the loot box. Every developer seems keen on boarding the bandwagon. And, for better or worse, a slew of games featuring slightly-different-but-mostly-the-same forms of monetization have been…
Review
Destiny 2 – Now on PC!
All screenshots were taken on the PC at 2560×1440. PC hardware: i7-7700K, Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, 16 GB RAM, 250 GB SSD, Windows 10. For years, Destiny has been making waves on consoles. The long-awaited successor to Bungie’s Halo promised…
Review
Watch Dogs 2 – Hacking Away Higher Expectations?
Note: This review contains spoilers for Watch Dogs and, oddly enough, Now You See Me 2. If you haven’t experienced either of these and would like to, I’d strongly suggest you stop reading now. If you have, or just don’t…
Review
Review: Ancient Frontier – Too much frustration on the edge of civilization?
4X strategy games are typically well-received thanks to their robust systems coming together in a harmony of strategy and combat. Most developers spend years making sure that each system is perfectly balanced against another, and when such titles are released, you get…
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