Jordan’s Top 10 Games of 2014
2014 was such a consistently good year for gaming that, at some point, I forgot how good it really was. As I recapped what I played this year, I realized that I would have to cut several awesome games from…
Read more2014 was such a consistently good year for gaming that, at some point, I forgot how good it really was. As I recapped what I played this year, I realized that I would have to cut several awesome games from…
Read more2014 had been one of the most anticipated years in gaming to date. Tons of quality titles that have been talked about for years released, some of which exceeded expectations while others failed to impress. When I made out a…
Read more2014 is the year gaming culture went mainstream. It’s true games themselves have been part of the mainstream culture for a while; but actual gaming culture itself has been vanquished to the darker corners of the internet, conventions, and dank-dark…
Read moreDriveclub was one of a handful of games this fall that had a terrible launch full of issues and two months later, the team at Evolution Studios has finally gotten a handle on the network issues that have plagued that game…
Read moreWith the bulk of Black Friday deals starting on Thanksgiving Day, we here at SmashPad wanted to make some recommendations for the best games and deals that you should consider when making the rounds this weekend.
Read moreSurely by now, you’ve heard of the crisis facing Ferguson, Missouri. Some say this, some say that. It doesn’t really matter at this point. But what does matter is that the cat’s out of the bag; Pandora’s box is now open….
Read moreArcade Racing seems to be a lost art these days. It’s been eight years since the last OutRun, seven since the last Sega Rally, and even Ridge Racer sat out all system launches of a generation for the first time…
Read moreIn the past, Fighting games have made their homes on consoles. These days the PC is seeing more and more Fighters released. In this article, I’m going to outline a good PC build for playing all the best fighters at…
Read moreToday Nintendo unveiled the rewards that “Platinum” and “Gold” members of its loyalty program are entitled to claim. To the dismay of many of its members, including yours truly, the prizes are quite underwhelming.
Read moreI take a look at five of the six games that are available to PlayStation Plus members for this month at no extra cost.
Read moreCultural significance. You don’t really associate those two words with much of anything we write about in gaming journalism. Even as mainstream as gaming has become, most of what we think of as major events in the gaming industry come…
Read moreFor the second year in a row, Nintendo has bucked the traditional big auditorium presentation in favor of one of their now-steady Nintendo Direct addresses. Known for packing a lot of information into each one, however, there was a lot…
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