Tom Ravencroft, Author at MonsterVine

Features

Tom Ravencroft’s Settling of Scores for 2023

I wasn’t up to my usual driveling-all-over-the-place this year because I got laid off in the spring and moved across the country this summer,...

Tom RavencroftFebruary 21, 2024

Previews

BEAST: False Prophet Early Access Preview – Bad Day In Beastern Europe

We’ve had everything from soldiers to aliens to superheroes but one fanbase has been left wanting in tactics and strategy. Where oh where is...

Tom RavencroftFebruary 15, 2024

Previews

Palworld Preview: Pokin’ My Pals And Sippin’ On Sizzurp

Some games launch with a carefully planned years-long hype campaign, calculated trailer drops, slow reveals, ad placements, and a whole choreographed routine designed to...

Tom RavencroftFebruary 5, 2024

PC Reviews

Last Train Home Review – Leavin’ On A Midnight Train…TO COMMUNISM!

The internet may be full of communists today, but the Russian Revolution was not what the kids call a good time. The Bolsheviks eventually...

Tom RavencroftDecember 28, 2023

Previews

Cross Blitz Early Access Preview – Gonna Turn Into A Card Battle Blitz

Every now and then, vidya games decide they have to be…please imagine me dropping my voice an octave…serious. Whether it was the Real is...

Tom RavencroftDecember 4, 2023

PC Reviews

Star Trek: Resurgence Review – Trekking With Telltale

The problem with trying to make a Star Trek video game is that “video games” as a medium usually can’t handle the idea that...

Tom RavencroftJune 13, 2023

PC Reviews

Darkest Dungeon 2 Review: How Much More Darkest Could It Be? None More Darkest.

Darkest Dungeon is for a certain kind of person. Oh, sure, you have to like the kind of turn-based tactical action, the intricate party...

Tom RavencroftJune 1, 2023