Axel Cushing

1 week ago | gameluster.com | Axel Cushing

I have an older cousin to thank and/or blame for my introduction to the Cthulhu Mythos by way of his copy of Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu TTRPG. It was inevitable I’d pick up on Lovecraft and his Mythos, and all the writers who contributed to it over the years. In some respects, it’s gratifying to see that Lovecraft’s works have gained the popular appeal they didn’t seem to catch when they first came out.

1 week ago | gameluster.com | Axel Cushing

Just when you thought the Apple v. Epic fight was well and truly over, Apple has managed to bring down fresh ire from the US District Court of Northern California. In an 80 page document filed Wednesday, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has found Apple to be in violation regarding an injunction which went into effect in January 2024 after the Supreme Court declined to review the case.

2 weeks ago | gameluster.com | Axel Cushing

There is a school of thought in modern corporate management that motion inherently equates to action. That if you look busy, you must in fact be busy. And that in order to be busy, you have to tell everybody how very busy you are. This is, of course, completely ridiculous to anybody who hasn’t had the complimentary lobotomy bestowed alongside the typical MBA.

3 weeks ago | gameluster.com | Axel Cushing

Last year, I took a look at the demo for Hollywood Animal and came away wanting more. Well, it’s not quite a year later, Hollywood Animal has just had its Early Access launch, and it’s the damnedest thing. I’m still left wanting more, but not in the good way. To refresh your memory, Hollywood Animal puts you in charge of a recently acquired movie studio at the start of 1929. The stock market crash hasn’t happened yet, businesses are flush, and the last year of the Roaring 20’s looks to be a big one.

1 month ago | gameluster.com | Axel Cushing

I do love me some good old fashioned tactical RPGs. Hard to be otherwise, really, given my exposure to titles like the original X-COM and Jagged Alliance, along with more recent titles like Fire Emblem Awakening. However, it’s also left me with a high standard for the genre. If you’re going to give me grizzled warriors going toe-to-toe with vicious foes both human and otherwise, it had better be the right mix of blood, thunder, and personality.