Like many other millions of gaming fans around the world, my kids and I all tuned into The Game Awards 2018 (we watched it streaming live on YouTube) and were marveled by everything we saw on the show. Well, maybe except for Pepe the Prawn and Geoff Keighley fanboying out every other segment. But seeing […]
Author: Richard Cardenas
My 10 Favorite New Games of 2018
So, as we are about to close out another year, it seems right that I should give you all a peek as to what kind of gamer I am. And that carries some weight nowadays for me as for years I considered myself a gaming journalist as opposed to a fan. But, looking back at […]
geekXpop Plays for Extra Life
Make a Donation! If you have a chance, be sure to check out our periodic stream on Twitch where we will be playing games in support of the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, our stream benefiting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Myself and my family will be playing on and off throughout today and tomorrow in support […]
Returning to gXp and Dealing with My Continuing Recovery
So, it looks like I haven’t updated geekXpop since July 4th of this year. Wow! That is a long time for a site to be dormant. But, given everything that I have been going through this year, and seeing how gXp is almost exclusively a one-man show, with the occasional help from my wife and […]
Icey Review – or – A Game My Son and I Both Enjoyed Playing Together
Icey Developed by: FantaBlade Network Published by: X.D Network Inc. Genre(s): Action Side-Scroller Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 (reviewed on Nintendo Switch) Availability: Out Now Synopsis: Icey is a 2D side-scrolling action +meta game. As you follow the narrator’s omnipresent voice, you will see through Icey’s eyes and learn the truth about her world. […]
Pode Review – or – A Beautiful and Fanciful Puzzler for the Switch
Pode Developed by: Henchman & Goon Published by: Henchman & Goon Genre(s): Co-operative Puzzler Platform(s): Nintendo Switch Availability: Out Now Synopsis: Pode is a co-op puzzle exploration game about two unlikely travel companions going on an exploratory adventure within a mysterious and magical mountain. Through their unique individual talents they reveal a magical world by […]
Stunning LoL Ahri Tease Cosplay by HaneAme
One of my favorite cosplayers on the international scene today is the Taiwanese cosplayer known to the world as HaneAme. If you look around the web, you can see her modeling her cosplay creations on almost every social media platform. From her own official website, to Facebook, Instagram, Weibo, Patreon… you name it and you […]
Earthlock Review – or – A Love Letter to 90s Era JRPGs
Earthlock Developed by: Snowcastle Games Published by: Soedesco Genre(s): Role-playing Platform(s): PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows PC, Linux OS X (Reviewed on PS4) Availability: Out now Synopsis: Desert scavenger Amon soon finds himself in his life’s adventure when he crosses paths with a most peculiar creature back home in Zaber. Join Amon and […]
Juicy Realm Review – or – Frustrating Fun For Hours
Juicy Realm Developed by: SpaceCan Games Published by: X.D. Network Genre(s): Roguelike, Bullet Hell Platform(s): Microsoft Windows, OS X Availability: Out Now Synopsis: In Juicy Realm, several years in the future, plants started to sprout arms and legs, and began to develop self-awareness. Humanity did not grasp how much of a threat these creatures posed as […]
My 10 Favorite Trailers from E3 2018
Oh man, now that E3 2018 is over, do we have some fun and exciting trailers to go over to whet our appetites until their respective release dates. Some are releasing soon while others are, well… let’s just say that they are some distance in the future away; but all these trailers for these games […]