released May 21st of last year slipstream pays homage to old school arcade racing games giving you that mix between a 2d and 3d style game world, with its bright colors and jazz synth music rocking your speakers as you play.

slipstream reminds me of my arcade days playing cruise the world adding the ability to drift around turns truly a retro racer for the times of old but the game is not old, thanks to my humble bundle monthly sub I received this game and decided to try it out as it brought back memories of all the dollars I spent playing arcade racers growing up.

it offers the use of both mouse and keyboard as well as a controller not sure if steering wheels are allowed since 1 i don’t own any and 2 the steam page doesn’t disclose that information either its one of those games that lets you sit back and relax but sadly I wasn’t able to enjoy it as the bright colors speeding by made me feel sick and I didn’t wanna push my luck and end up worse off but the time I did spend playing the game really made it worth it as I miss playing old arcade racer games .

the next paragraph is taken directly from the steam page talking about the features of the game.

Features

• Authentic pseudo-3D game engine with 2D graphics, just like the glory days of the arcade racers.
• 20 Different tracks, set on a variety of exotic locations all around the world… and beyond.
• Local multiplayer up to 4 players!
• 6 Game modes:
  • Grand Tour, a road trip through exotic landscapes, with branching paths and rivals to race against.
  • Cannonball, a freely customizable race mode with optional traffic, rivals and other racers
  • Grand Prix, a championship mode with five races back to back and money prizes used to upgrade your car!
  • Single Race, just a race in any of the game’s 20 tracks
  • Time Trial, a solo race against time
  • Battle Royale, an elimination endurance race mode
• 5 Car models, each with its own specs and playstyle.
• Original soundtrack with 9 exclusive songs + you can add your own music.
• A variety of graphical options to customize the game’s visuals, including 30fps mode, CRT and NTSC filters.

the game currently sits with a 10 dollar price tag thank you all for stopping by and have a great day.

What can i say your an architect building a prison right there you go entry done have a good day. im kidding todays entry we talk about one of my favorite simulation gems prison architect.

this game offers both a campaign and a free mode i havent made it through the whole campaign but each chapter is pre set you just go along with it till you beat the chapter the real fun lies in free mode.

you start by picking the land size you want as well as the obsticals that you find on your land ranging from trees to old buildings to swamp lands from there you take that boring set amount of money and slowly work on building your lovely prison in hopes that you can make your prisoners happy.

well the happiness comes down to the player and prisoners you see you get to choose between 3 types of prisoners to accept into your new abode you have the low grade regular inmates that are identified by there grey uniforms then you have your regular inmates which you will notice by there proud orange uniforms and lastly you have the baddest of the baddest walking around max security in there red uniforms trying to instill fear in there digital warden.

now im not 100% sure how close this experience is to real life but i hope its close now your prison has a ton to offer your inmates as well as your staff me personally i like to have everything separated by a good distance i usually set my inmates to the north of my land and my staff to the south in hopes that no hostages are ever taken lol even though i havent seen anything yet would be cool though to see a hostage situation but im sure the devs are done supporting any dlc for the game.

Now when your setting up your prison you get the choice from 7 wardens i think it is each with there own agenda and effect to the prison me personally i always pick the peaceful warden he has a calming effect on prisoners. after the warden you get access to the research tree which offers a decent range of upgrades for your prison everything from a lawyer and there ability to make things more in your favor to a therapist to help prisoners talk of there issues to doctors, you also unlock janitors and ground keepers to keep your prison clean and tidy then you unlock secutiry upgrades which i feel is always fun you unlock snipers for your gaurd towers and k9 units and armed officers incase any inmates are feeling froggy and wanna jump.

you also get control over patrols assigning officers to specific areas as well as specific officers me i usually leave patrols to my k9 and armed units so that my prisoners know that im not playing around.

after your done with the basics of the prison you get to start building different rooms to help make life better for your inmates if your that type of warden you have a yard so they can hang out as well as a common room where they can watch tv you also could make a chapel or store and even a visitors center as well as the one room every inmate wants to see the parole room but most of these rooms work around schedules and thats the one thing i always failed at was trying to balance everything to keep them happy you see i am most definently a nice warden and try to make there time peaceful but im sure it will come down to your play style.

prison architect offers a wide variety of rooms and obsticles for you to play over and over and try to make the ultimate prison take it from me ive spent plenty of hours in the game and always enjoy playing it from time to time i hope you all enjoy and have a great day.

This is what I call the ultimate city builder management game and in my opinion, a million times better than sim city. of course all of this is just my opinion as always.

in cities skylines you start with a massive piece of land to build your city the way you want maybe you have some mods that make the editing much more fluid or maybe your new to the game and starting out, either way, the game offers a lot of things to unlock as your city grows so you can make it better.

so after you place your streets you will have to zone them much like in sim city this is how you draw a crowd to your city green zone is for residentials blue zone for commercial use and the yellow zone brings the smokestacks of the industry to your city which let’s be real that’s where the money comes in.

now, in the beginning, you start out with 100k to invest in roads and get your city going but its not cheap so make sure you at least have some plan for when you get started, me I like to try and divide my zones ill keep residential and commercial in one area and I try my best to move industrial as far away from the public since it is a big issue with the people more on that in a bit, the money does limit a lot since the roads do cost a good amount to make and down the road as your city grows it does become a massive pain in the butt trying to get the roads to flow.

now if you have never played this game i admit the first time I tried it I was overwhelmed by how much is in the game they literally tried to make the game as close to realistic as possible you see pollution like in real life is a major problem in game which is the one reason I keep my industrial zone as far away as possible since it affects peoples health and makes things harder to work with and its a big increase in health problems for your population another thing its not just aerial pollution you need to worry about there’s ground pollution from the waste dumps as well as sewage pollution trust me when I say this game is super realistic in most aspects.

now unlike in sim city in cities after you place your zones you also have to place the source of power you plan on using you get to choose between a wind turbine and a coal plant me I always try to play green and stick to the wind turbines, unlike the coal plant where you can just plop it down the wind turbine will change the ground into a special map of different greens and you want the very dark patches those indicate the best spots to place them down to most effectively use them and generate the most electricity for your people as you progress in growing your city though you get to unlock a water turbine which is also very helpful for your city and my favorite the solar power plant which seeing that awesome building as part of your city I feel is very worth it and it also makes your citizens proud to be part of a green city.

water is the next point in your city as you have to place the facility that will intake and be lead to your city now usually ill look at how the river flows and ill put it at the very start of the river cause the next facility which has to do with your sewage you wanna put at the end of the rivers flow and like in real life you connect the pipes around your city so everyone has access to water and can do everything they need to do, just like in electricity later on down the road you get to unlock different buildings that help make the water supply better for your city even though I haven’t had much luck with them since I admit I am still a noob at most of the game lol.

the game offers a massive variety of things for your city and the level of expansions to grow your city are huge between the parks and public transportations to ferry docks and airports there is no end of customization for this city building gem and its in my honest opinion a must play for anyone that is a fan of simulation games i know there is more i coulda mentioned but this game is really a must play or this would have been a dictionary by the time i was done i hope you all have a great day take care

So according to steam this game falls under action music ok I can see that, I was having a hard time trying to place this game so I’ll just agree with steam there the professionals.

I haven’t played a music game since ddr and rock band so I admit my curiosity was super peaked when I got this from my humble bundle codes. This game is really an indy gem cause the few songs I played were more then enough to bring back memories of rock band and ddr.

Is there a story no there isnt then again most music games didnt have one either, in Aaero you control a little space ship flying through beautiful abandoned landscapes and every once in a while you have to fight off bugs in order to survive.

Now the concept of Aaero is simple you reach a point where a glowing white line appears and you follow that line to gain points and listen to the epic songs chosen to be in the game these are songs that probably belong in a good house cd maybe late night radio mixes where it’s awesome music sorry got distracted but you follow the glowing light and I admit I thought it was gonna be easy and it’s far from easy as some songs pick up speed right off the bat and others have intricate loops you have to follow.

This game accompanies it’s great choice of music with awesome back grounds to keep the experience from getting bland and with little alien battles along the way to keep you from getting bored it adds a nice touch and I cant forget the alien boss battle yes you heard that right there are alien bosses to fight my first one was on my 4th song I think it was I fought against a sand worm and the glowing light I had to follow was inside his body so it was a bit weird but pretty fun at the same time I played this game on my computer using my xbox 1 controller and I highly recommend this game if your an old school fan of ddr and rock band thank you all and have a great day.

What I call one of the best city building strategy games I’ve ever played, that is banished. In banished you control a group of people exiled from there old lives looking to start a new and with your help hopefully they get the chance to.

You see banish makes every action count the number of people and resources you start out with is just the first step the second depends on how smart you are in making the next few choices since you play against the clock you see in banish not only do you play against the elements but it feels like in real life where age hunger and health work against you.

As you work to establish your settlement you must also establish food and jobs as things do get harder as you progress but then again that’s the point of a strategy game to not be easy.

You have a variety of jobs from farmers to fishers to teachers and so on the variety is great keeping the jobs filled is hard growing the populace is harder this is honestly the first game I’ve played that resembles real life so closely which is why I said every action counts.

Other then people depending the setting you choose you start out with live stock as well as a few houses and I must say keeping the farm animals alive is probably the easiest job in the whole game, the game also has seasons as the days go by the weather changes next thing you know your in winter trying to keep your people warm making sure to keep up on the wood as its needed for building as well resources are plenty around you just people are truly a pain in the butt to keep going.

I know it may sound like a bad game but it’s really not once you get going and have the basics figured out and you keep your population growing it truly becomes a fun game as you see how far you can expand over the map it’s a basic game with a bit of a learning curve and a good amount of strategy thank you and have a great day

I dont normally go hunting for free to play games but recently my cousin brought a free to play game to my attention that reminded me of my days playing call of dutys black ops 2 and this game is called ironsights.

I for one had no idea of its existence until he told me about it, so I decided to look for the game and give it a chance. The game comes from Aeria Games and is honestly I say a huge homage to call of duty and uses call of duty as a major inspiration the maps are a decent size as you move around them looking for the enemy the game also incorporates it’s own form of kill streaks and perks to help you fight and has a nice list of guns to buy from as you save up money.

Having played the game for a few days I already love it and admit it’s the first game I feel comfortable using a mouse and keyboard with the pace of the game is just right as well as the normal frustrations that come with this type of game.

Now before I get to the frustrating things I will say this the game seems to be really well made spec wise considering my cousin runs the game on a 2 in 1 laptop.

Now the frustrating things I’ve seen in the game that I feel could use some works the first is the headshot mechanics there is no reason I need to put 5 or 6 rounds into a dudes head for him to die I hope they tune this and try and make it more realistic I also feel the spawns need some rework there have been times where I’ll spawn right next to an enemy or in the same exact spot as the enemy just killed me in especially if there using a kill streak and they just use it in the same spot wracking up the kills it really sucks. I dont have many other complaints that I can think of.

As your scroll through the menu you can tell that micro transactions are a thing in this game as many of the chest in the item shop need real money to buy but thankfully you can grind for the in game currency and buy things that way and so far I haven’t noticed any pay to win tactics since everything is mostly on the cosmetics side of things.

All in all IronSights is a great game and really brings back that cod feeling and the fact that the game is free to play makes it even better so please check it out when you get the chance you might enjoy it thank you all and have a great day.