John Markley

About John Markley

John Markley John is a gamer from Illinois who has been playing video games since encountering Galaga on his cousin’s Atari 2600. His favorite gaming memories include Final Fantasy III, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade, Planescape: Torment, Persona 3 and 4, the Infamous series, and the time a series of “friendly fire” incidents while playing NES brawler River City Ransom with his cousin escalated into an actual fistfight.



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Spaceward Ho! Review

by John Markley

Spaceward Ho! is a very old name in the turn-based interstellar empire strategy genre, born when the building blocks of


The Best Android Tablets

by John Markley

The selection of available Android tablets has grown impressively in a very short time. In the face of such variety,


King’s League Review

by John Markley

Does Difference Games new Strategy title make the majors?  The King’s League is a strategy game from Difference Games, a


Vector Review

by John Markley

Elegant Deliverance Vector is a side-scrolling action/platformer game based on parkour, the art of rapidly and fluidly navigating past obstacles.


Covenant of Solitude Review

by John Markley

 Unspectacularly Entertaining Japanese RPG releases have been disappointingly sparse on the current generation of consoles, but the genre has found


Dream House Days Review

by John Markley

Unabashedly Happy! Dream House Days is the most recent in Kairosoft’s long line of mobile management simulation games. This time,


Slay Review

by John Markley

Fun, Simple and Addictive Slay is a turn-based strategy game created by Sean O’Connor. It has quite a long history



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