Tom Ravencroft, Author at MonsterVine

Features

Tom Ravencroft’s Objectively Correct 2025 Game Opinions

2025 sure was a year, wasn’t it? Fortunately, there were a bunch of video games, and nobody is ever mad about video games. I...

Tom RavencroftJanuary 27, 2026

PC Reviews

Master of Command Review: A Deep, Addictive Strategy Roguelike for History Fans

To me, the best games are the ones you stumble on and go “Oh, yeah, this is what I have been looking for all...

Tom RavencroftNovember 22, 2025

PC Reviews

Anno 117: Pax Romana Review – The Roman Empire, Now With Trade Routes and Aqueducts

Rome is well-trod ground for games, but most of them are more like the HBO series Rome, focused on violence and chaos. You’ve got...

Tom RavencroftNovember 12, 2025

Previews

Norse: Oath of Blood Preview – Lead Your Viking Clan in a Bloody Quest for Glory

Don’t you ever want to just cast off the bonds of this boring life in a world that sucks, hit the longships, and go...

Tom RavencroftOctober 13, 2025

Previews

Pax Autocratica Lets You Rule the Stars With an Iron Fist

The famous philosopher Ebenezer Blackadder once observed that “bad guys have all the fun,” and there are a lot of games that say you...

Tom RavencroftSeptember 30, 2025

PC Reviews

Blippo+ Review – A Weird, Retro Cable-TV Art Project Disguised as a Game

Some games try to be fun and entertaining interactive experiences and some try to tell engaging and gripping stories, and some are desperately trying...

Tom RavencroftSeptember 23, 2025

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1 key art

PC Reviews

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 1 Re-Raptored Review – Match-3 Horror Comedy

I dabble in the esoteric games around these parts, but when our fearless leader DMed me to say “We got the code for Creepy...

Tom RavencroftSeptember 23, 2025