Jun 16Ghostwire Tokyo: Save Their Souls.Every so often I stumble across a game that feels like it came from a previous era. Sometimes this is a conscious choice, driven by a desire to evoke the feelings of a certain period of time or to reap some of that healthy nostalgia that all us older, cashed…Bethesda7 min read
Jun 9Tandis: Mental Geometry.You ever do any of those tests where they put say 4 shapes in front of you and ask you to pick the odd one out? It’s a simple enough task, but one that usually requires you to mentally rotate the objects in order to find that does (or doesn’t)…Geometry4 min read
May 26Teardown: Voxel DestructionI have this feeling that all gamers, at one point or another, have lusted after the dream of a fully destructible world: one where there’s absolutely no limits to the amount of chaos and mayhem you can unleash upon the world. I can remember vividly the promises of Red Faction…Destruction5 min read
May 16A Memoir Blue: Sinking Into the Past.It has been fascinating to watch the medium of games evolve over the decades I’ve been able to experience them. From the early days where they were pure escapism, to their early adulthood where they danced on the edge of being mainstream to today where they now sit alongside all…Annapurna Interactive4 min read
May 9Destiny 2: The Witch Queen: Light Turned Against You.The ebb and flow of time I have on my hands to both play and write about games has led to the situation you see before you: a review coming not only a long time after the release but also a long time after I’ve finished playing it. This has…Bungie6 min read
Apr 7The one who pulls out the sword will be crowned king: I AM THE RIGHTFUL KING!There are games I play for the story. There are games I play for the mechanics. There are games I play for the simple audio visual experience. Then there are games I play to break. This is one of those games.Dark Comedy5 min read
Mar 14Dying Light 2: Kick Squad…Wherefore Art Thou?The last few years have seen AAA titles tend in a few notable (and notorious) directions. The large investment of capital from the publishers and developers pushes them towards wanting outsized returns on their investments, which has saddled us with such fun things as microtransactions, subscriptions, season passes and even…Co Op7 min read
Mar 3Sifu: Rise.Ah man, I’m torn here. It’s been a hot minute since I’ve played any fighting game, let alone spent enough time with one to get my sense back for frame timing and what have you. This isn’t because I don’t like them, I still do, but gone are the days…Action5 min read
Feb 14Not for Broadcast: Disruptive Advancement.There was something to be said of the early days of gaming where including full motion video in your game was something that was celebrated. I remember playing the Crusader series and being blown away by having real, live people show up in the cutscenes in all their blurry lo-fi…Alternate History6 min read
Feb 9The Pathless: My Curse to Bear.One of the challenges in attempting to play (and review) a new game every week is managing the backlog of titles that I’ve accumulated in my review queue. For the most part I’ll always get around to the ones I’m really looking forward to, but there’s always a smattering of…Adventure7 min read
