Marcus Lindqvist
Editor-in-Chief
Founded the blog in 2013 after a decade in QA. Still insists on finishing every RPG before it scores.
Vancouver Game Blog · Since 2013
Reviews for players who read the patch notes.
TitanRuneRealm digs into RPGs, strategy sims, and indie gems the way you actually play them — dozens of hours in, save files deep, no rushed launch-day verdicts. Written from a small desk on Cambie Street.
- 480+
- Games reviewed
- 11 yrs
- Covering the scene
- 92k
- Monthly readers
Est.
2013
2013
What keeps our readers coming back
- 40+ hrsMinimum playtime per major review
- ZeroPay-to-play scores, ever
- Same-weekTurnaround on big launches
- 100%Games bought or disclosed
How we work
Four steps between a launch and our verdict.
Every review on TitanRuneRealm goes through the same routine — no shortcuts, no press-tour hype, just the game and the hours we put into it.
- 01
Hands-on playthrough
We finish the main campaign and chase the side content — a minimum of 40 hours on any major RPG before a single line of the review is written.
- 02
Deep analysis
Combat systems, pacing, writing, and accessibility options get broken down against the genre's best, from Baldur's Gate 3 to the latest indie roguelike.
- 03
Benchmark & verify
Performance is tested on three rigs — a Steam Deck, a mid-range 1440p build, and a high-end machine — so our frame-rate notes match your setup.
- 04
Publish & discuss
The review goes live with a clear score breakdown, and our editors stay in the comments for a week to answer follow-up questions.
Work with us
Coverage, guides, and testing for studios and readers.
We keep editorial and commercial work strictly separated — every sponsored piece is labelled, and scores are never for sale. Pricing is in Canadian dollars.
Featured Deep-Dive Review
A 2,500-word review plus a 6–8 minute video breakdown of your title, published across the site and newsletter. Clearly labelled as sponsored placement — the score itself is always independent.
- 2,500-word written review
- 6–8 minute video breakdown
- Newsletter feature to 92k readers
- Sponsored placement, independent score
The desk
A small crew, a lot of hours logged.
Four full-time editors run TitanRuneRealm out of our Mount Pleasant office. No content farm, no ghost-written scores — just the people whose names are on the reviews.
Priya Raghavan
Senior RPG Critic
700+ hours in the Persona series and counting. Covers narrative-driven and JRPG releases.
Devon Kwan
Hardware Lead
Runs our test bench of three rigs and a wall of controllers. Latency numbers are his love language.
Yuki Tanaka
Indie Games Editor
Champions the small studios. Reviewed over 200 indie titles from her spot near Main Street.
In their words
Watch the latest video verdict.
Our reviews live as long reads and as video breakdowns. Here's what readers say keeps them subscribed.
Our 12-minute verdict on this season's biggest open-world RPG.
Finally a review site that waits until it has actually beaten the game. Their 40-hour verdict on the last Final Fantasy talked me out of a day-one purchase — and they were right.
Devon's headset benchmarks are the reason I stopped guessing. Real latency numbers, tested on real games, explained so a non-nerd can follow along.
Yuki's indie coverage is a treasure. I've found four of my favourite games of the year through her write-ups that no big outlet even mentioned.
Get in touch
Pitch a review, send hardware, or just say hello.
Studios, PR teams, and readers are all welcome. We read every message from the Cambie Street desk and reply within two business days.
- Phone
- +1 (604) 564-3294
- Studio
- 4198 Cambie Street, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, BC V5Z 2Y1
- [email protected]
- Editorial hours
- Mon–Fri, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM PT