You have no idea how difficult it is for me to begin this article without making a reference to Breaking Bad or Scarface, but I’ve managed to resist that temptation so far. I said in my review of The Invisible Hand that…
As the popular quote goes, “In the Game of Thrones, you win, or you die.” The same can often be said about gladiatorial tournaments held thousands of years ago and, much more recently, about video games which have sought to give players…
There is a lot that can be said of Days Gone, not all of it good and not all of it about the game itself. Most notably, one of the game’s directors/writers said last year that the game got bad reviews because of “woke…
WW2 Rebuilder is a House Flipper style game with a bit of a twist and you might be able to recognize where. I’ve played a few hours of the house that Frozen District built with PlayWay, and while I enjoy the sedate and sometimes…
A series that started way back in 1987, Police Quest is the least funny Police Academy spin-off there is, which is saying something. Joking aside, the series continued for a while with Sierra making adventure games (as they often did) not too dissimilar to everything else…
As The Trashmen famously (or perhaps infamously) sang, “Everybody knows that the (song)bird is the word.” If that’s the case, I guess one might consider a large group of songbirds to be a symphony. 2019’s Songbird Symphony, developed by Joysteak Studios and…
It might spoil my end-of-year round-up, but there is only one game that captured my attention all year. Mostly because it has a sense of dread without actively running up to you and shouting “Boo! Did I scare you?” DREDGE is rightfully one of…
The Talos Principle is by far one of the most brain-melting First-Person puzzle games I’ve ever played. Not out of its puzzle difficulty, though it does have some difficult puzzles, but out of the philosophical and psychological topics it covers. What makes…
I’m not typically a fan of hard games. After a long day of work, I want to unwind and turn my brain off, so I’m averse to the idea of enduring more struggle. This was unavoidable for me when I was roped…
August was a gigantic month for new games in both quality and quantity. The biggest standout of that month was Baldur’s Gate 3 which demolished all expectations and set up a new standard for RPGs as a whole. During that time, another…