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Games Done Quick Founder Exits Organization

The first Games Done Quick speedrunning event took place in 2010. The location might surprise you, considering how successful the organization is now though. Mike Uyama, the founder of Games Done Quick, ran the event out of his mother’s basement, kicking off…

Kerbal Space Program Is Free On Epic

Monday, nothing happened because it is the first week in January and everyone is still sending out-of-office emails before they can be bothered to deal with people. Though last week we covered that Dishonored 2 is available with Prime. Tuesday, Payday 3 was given a Steam…

Valkyrie Elysium (PC) Review

2022 saw the release of a lot of lesser-known RPGs in its latter half that piqued my interest, including Soul Hackers 2 and Star Ocean: The Divine Force. Another one on my radar was Valkyrie Elysium, which hooked me with the premise of playing a…

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Cupid’s Errant Arrow” Review

It’s the one with the Quito! I said it in the first review a few weeks ago now, but Lower Decks is the series for the biggest of Star Trek nerds to enjoy all that is theirs. Similar to what Star Wars fans get with the forty-million series every…

Tower of Fantasy is Great for Beginners

One of my failed 2022 goals and projects was to really dive into Genshin Impact. I have a few friends that play, and I wanted to see how far I could get without spending a dime. The problem I found with Genshin…

Buying Hitman 3 Will Soon Be Much Less Confusing

The recent Hitman Trilogy has had an interesting method of support. Each new entry allowed the levels from previous games to be enjoyed with newly added mechanics and updates. There isn’t anything wrong with playing 2016’s Hitman or the following Hitman 2,…

Banner Saga 3 (PC) Retrospective Review

I’m back once again to discuss the final installment in Stoic Studios Nordic inspired tactics series The Banner Saga. If you haven’t already seen my article on The Banner Saga 2 I would encourage you to look it over here. Released in…

Stranded Deep Now Available on Xbox Game Pass

Releasing games on Game Pass without announcing them first has become sort of a trend at Microsoft, and I think it’s fun to read these surprise announcements, especially if the surprise games are up your alley. While this has definitely happened before,…

Prime Gaming – January 2023

“New Year, new me!” they say. Well, I’m still the same grumpy old man moaning about Prime Gaming, so the new year is about as refreshing as a stale fart. As always, you can pick up a lot of “in-game content” or…

Deathloop (PC) – Review

I might have most of the games developed by Arkane: The studio behind the Dishonored series. Specifically, the action-RPG Arx Fatalis, the reboot of the Prey series, and most recently, Deathloop. The newest addition to the French portion of the studio’s catalog is a retro-futuristic disfigured…