Practicing Glitchcraft: Gears of War Ultimate Edition
Gears of War is a dark, gritty third-person shooter set in a world with lots of grey and lots of red. First released in November of 2006, GoW and its two direct…
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The PUGcast Podcast: PS4.5? Neo Thank You
There has been plenty of juicy news over the past few weeks. Lucky for you, the PUGcast crew is here to help you know what's important. We begin with an…
What We’re Playing – 22nd April 2016
Here at Power Up Gaming, the higher-ups allow us to play any games we like. Most of the time we choose to play Leisure Suit Larry exclusively, but occasionally a…
Practicing Glitchcraft: Metroid Prime Trilogy
Welcome back to Practicing Glitchcraft. Being the third installment, it seems only right that we cover not one, but three games. Metroid Prime, Echoes, and Corruption still exist as some…
What We’re Playing – 15th April 2016
When the staff here at Power Up Gaming aren't writing articles for the website, they're usually flinging flaming bags of faecal matter at passing cars. When they're not doing that, they're…
The PUGcast Podcast: That’s a Rapp
Your favorite group of very non-super heroes are back for the latest iteration of the PUGcast. Podcast. This time, we get pretty serious while we discuss JD's near-death experience, Final…
Card Games: What’s the Big Deal?
No expansive open world, no flashy cutscenes and an incredibly formulaic graphical and gameplay structure. On the surface, it's hard to fathom why card-based games could be a more attractive alternative than…
What We’re Playing – 8th April 2016
Whether you're after some recommendations for the weekend, or you just really want to know what makes our staff tick, here's what we've been playing this week at Power Up Gaming. Owen…
The Problem With Final Fantasy In The West
With the recent release of the Platinum Demo, Square Enix has given us a small slice of what we can expect from Final Fantasy XV. For all intents and purposes,…
Practicing Glitchcraft: Final Fantasy VII and XIV
Final Fantasy has a big year in store. Final Fantasy XV, World of Final Fantasy, a VII remake (next year), and a movie are all on the way. So let's…
The Division vs Destiny: Who Had the Better Launch (Part 2)
Welcome back to Part 2 of The Division or Destiny. Yesterday we discussed how The Division's story, combat, and multiplayer stood up against Destiny's. While The Division's setting in Midtown Manhattan sparked more…
The Division vs Destiny: Who Had the Better Launch (Part 1)
The concept of “Shared World Shooters” is relatively new (though we didn’t forget you Hellgate: London!). As a genre they have aggressively approached the fore thanks to the technical prowess…
Practicing Glitchcraft: Rise of the Tomb Raider
Practicing Glitchcraft is an all-new article segment dedicated to pointing out all the ways to screw up the games we hold dear to our hearts. Let's kick this series off with…
The PUGcast Podcast: Nintendon’t
Welcome to the angry episode of the PUGcast. JD is mad at Nintendo for being disrespectful to fans. JD is also mad at Nintendo for being stupid (but it turns…
Micro Review: Twilight Princess Approved by Irish Nuns
What does Twilight Princess sound like to you? To Scott, it sounds like unspeakable acts performed by Irish Nuns. In this Micro Review, you can expect nothing productive, and just…
Who were Lionhead Studios?
The recently announced closure of innovative developer Lionhead Studios was sad - if not entirely surprising - news for many of us here are Power Up Gaming. Lionhead brought us…
Micro Review: How Assassin’s Creed Crashed the Housing Market
Earlier this week, we debuted a brand new comedy series called Micro Reviews with Scott, in which our own Scott Russell gives his in-depth opinions on his favorite games, and…
Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor – What It Got Right
Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor have topped a lot of game of the year lists for 2014. Although to be fair, it didn’t have a whole lot of competition as…
Micro Review: Why Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” is Inspired by Metal Gear Solid
Micro Reviews with Scott is a brand new comedy video series for Power Up Gaming. In this series, Scott Russell gives quick, mini reviews of his favorite video games. The reviews are…
The PUGcast Podcast: No Man’s Sky Has Eighteen Quintillion Planets
The topics of this week's podcast are obvious: Spider-Man and U.S. politics. Those, and plenty of other gaming greatness. No Man's Sky finally has a release date, and we discuss…
