The time is nigh for the release of one of Playstation’s big, announced exclusive; The Order 1886! This game has been a long time coming from game studio, Ready At Dawn, as it has been in development since 2010. When it was announced as a new IP at E3 2013, it was speculated to be …

By Harry Huberty and Christina Ladd — Welcome back to Spells and Whistles!  In our sign-off last time, we indicated that we planned to talk planeswalkers this week. We’re putting that on hold, though, since something more topical happened after our column went to press: WotC revealed in their “Uncharted Realms” column that Mardu khan Alesha, …

Star Wars holds a dear place in the hearts of fans. That fantastic sight of yellow words crawling across the screen and the sound of lightsabers crashing against each other are iconic. Personally, the thing that comes to mind when I think of Star Wars is my C-3PO action figure holder. It held all my …

Elite: Dangerous released its first major content patch today adding community goals and extra graphical fidelity. Imagine, if you will, getting to join your fellow space friends as you build an Imperial Majestic class Interdictor. Plus the player who donates the most materials gets to name that big beautiful ship! Watch out, the mighty Federation Farragut class …

Today we got our first look at the box art and a computer generated version of the components for the Thunderbirds board game, which will soon seek funding on Kickstarter. Thunderbirds, is based off the 1965 British television show Thunderbirds. It’s a co-operative game from the king of co-operative games, Matt Leacock, whose resume includes Pandemic, Forbidden Island, and Forbidden …

Here is the second episode of my Darkest Dungeon game. I don’t want to talk about. Do you think it was a bad idea to use the characters from George R.R. “M is for Murder” Martin? I think I brought this on myself. I can only blame myself. Learn from me – dear viewers – …

This is a land of monsters and horrible demons. We should have known that we were never safe. Honestly, if you are asking me, those damned demons  attacking us was more of a “when” then an “if.” Sometimes you have to appreciate the quiet times, you know? They are shattered so quickly and unexpectedly that …

Loonacy is the rapid fire card matching game from Looney Labs, the makers of Fluxx. If you ever played the classic card game Speed while growing up then you’ll love this new twist on the classic game. Like Speed, when playing Loonacy players attempt to simultaneously match cards in their hand to cards in a …

Hi! I’m Harry Huberty, Geekly Inc.’s new resident Magic fanatic.  Elsewhere on this fine site, I’ll also be writing on the aesthetics of Magic and other fantasy art with Christina Ladd.  In this series, I’m going to focus on playing Magic, for the more casual crowd. So this column is for you and your gaming …

Persona 5 is one of my most anticipated games of the year. The series known for being both a hardcore JRPG and highschool simulator is finally coming to a current console and it shows. The trailer only offers a brief glimpse at gameplay, but it looks stylized and sharp. The characters appear older and more …