Rob Zacny

Games Opinion

LG's Pricey Adjustable Curve OLED Flex Is a Multi-Class Specialist

You can make trade-offs to save money or money can be the trade-off. The OLED Flex does everything you could want a display to do, but at a cost.
Rob Zacny
4.27.23
Games Reviews

‘The Great War: Western Front’ Gives World War 1 a Total War Treatment

What could be more Western Front than a game that opens with some strong ideas and tons of promise, but loses momentum late in the game?
Rob Zacny
3.27.23
Games Reviews

'Company of Heroes 3' Achieves a Victory, but Not a Decisive One

A great new setting and a classic, durable RTS design are let down by an ambitious but underwhelming campaign.
Rob Zacny
2.20.23
Games Reviews

‘Like a Dragon: Ishin!’ Can't Stop Interrupting Itself With Nonsense

The Yakuza formula may be simple, but this Meiji-era remake shows that its ingredient ratios are delicate.
Rob Zacny
2.17.23
Games Reviews

'Dead Space' Is Back, And 'Dead Space' Still Kicks Ass

What's old is new again, and in this case, it's the formative space horror game getting a new, extremely good looking lease on life. Welcome back.
Patrick Klepek
Rob Zacny
1.26.23
Games Reviews

‘The Callisto Protocol’ Is Not the Second Coming of ‘Dead Space’

A video game set in space, where everything has gone wrong, should rule. This one doesn’t.
Patrick Klepek
Rob Zacny
12.2.22
Games Reviews

'Midnight Suns' Is Less Marvel XCOM and More Marvel Fire Emblem

Whether that's a good thing depends on whether you want a game about battle tactics or a game about superhero relationships.
Rob Zacny
11.30.22
Games Reviews

A Medieval Murder Mystery Is Painted on History’s Canvas in ‘Pentiment’

A historical whodunnit sets the stage for one of the year's best and most beautiful games.
Rob Zacny
11.15.22
Games Reviews

‘The Last of Us’ Isn't Very Old, But It's Already Worth Revisiting

Regardless of how one feels about charging $70 for an update to a game from 2013, 'The Last of Us' remains an utterly compelling ride.
Patrick Klepek
Rob Zacny
8.31.22
Games Opinion

‘Total War: Warhammer 3’ Has Everything You Want, and Some Old Flaws You Don't

I propose to move immediately off these works.
Rob Zacny
8.22.22
Games Reviews

Is ‘Bear and Breakfast’ a Cute Management Sim or a Slow Death?

Adorable. Silly. Kind of excruciating.
Rob Zacny
8.3.22
Games Opinion

How Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri Exploded the F1 Driver Market

How the silly season politics of Aston Martin, Alpine, and McLaren explain why a new era is arriving for race driver contracts.
Rob Zacny
8.2.22
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