Big Steaming Pile – Victoria II
The Victorian Era was a period of great advancement and upheaval in history. New technologies like the telephone and telegraph expedited communications, nations like Germany and Italy were united, and…
Big Steaming Bonus – No Luca No
We’re going to do something a little different today. Ordinarily, as the title of our column implies, we cover games available on Steam, but this time, we’re going to take…
Big Steaming Pile – Train Simulator 2013
Simulators have been an expansive genre in PC gaming for quite a long time now, from the Maxis classics like SimCity and SimEarth, to the incredibly expansive Microsoft Flight Simulator…
Big Steaming Pile – Napoleon: Total War
Napoleon's military prowess has been studied for centuries now, and in 2010, armchair generals got their opportunity to emulate the campaigns of L'Empereur with today's piece of the Big Steaming…
Big Steaming Pile – I Am Bread
One of the aspects of game design that’s always fascinated me is character design. From plumber brothers to blue hedgehogs to whatever the hell Crash Bandicoot was supposed to be,…
Big Steaming Pile – Sunless Sea
Victorian London has sunken beneath the Earth’s surface, into a deep, dark underground ocean pockmarked with a sprinkling of islands and untold flora and fauna. As in times past, brave…
Big Steaming Pile – Shadowrun Returns
The Shadowrun franchise has been around since 1989, combining fantasy tropes like magic and creatures like orcs and trolls with sci-fi aspects like cybernetics and digital worlds in a futuristic…
Big Steaming Pile – Autobahn Police Simulator
It’s not terribly uncommon for video games to put you in the shoes of a law enforcement officer. From Police Quest to the SWAT series to True Crime: Streets of…
Big Steaming Pile – Verdun: 1914-1918
Anyone who’s familiar with the Western Front of World War I would probably not be inclined to think it would make for a very enjoyable game. Bolt-action rifles, trench warfare,…