Now that Hollow Knight: Silksong is out and has made me eat a very big sandwich stuffed with my own words, my thoughts have turned once more to its predecessor and the qualities that made it such a special experience. There’s no one thing that makes Hollow Knight great, but, since we’re in the midst…
Author: Hatm0nster
Star Wars: Outlaws on Switch 2’s Reception Kinda Bugs Me
Another day, another overly expensive port of a decidedly not new game. It’s business as usual for Nintendo’s new console for sure, but this time the game is Star Wars: Outlaws, a release that panned by a great many for being decidedly lackluster at best and utterly broken at worst just a few months ago….
Stop ‘n’ Swop’s Inter-game Secrets
Secrets in games come in all manner of varieties, from funny little easter eggs to actual cheats that enable all sorts of craziness. Normally, secrets are meant to be found, albeit with a little sleuthing effort, but there are those that were never meant to be found at all. For a long time in Banjo-Kazooie,…
Atari’s Redemption Arc
It’s been a very long time since the name Atari has carried any real weight. Yes, a company called Atari was once the the king of the home console market in America, but that was a very long time ago, and the actual company that existed at the time has long since ceased to exist….
Stellar Blade Was Alright
I finally got around to playing and finishing Stellar Blade over the past couple of weeks, and while I enjoyed my experience, I find myself wondering what all the fuss was about. It was a perfectly solid game with a lot of good ideas while also having more than a few weaknesses that held it…
Hollow Knight: Silksong is Real!
It’s been a long time since I’ve talked about this game, and I was actually starting to think that I might never talk about it again. The wait for Hollow Knight: Silksong has been a long one, with release dates coming and going and only the briefest updates going out evvery couple of years.
Revisited: Turning Over Mario Party 2’s Bank
Well, another August has just about passed, eh? We’ll be back to regular posts next week, but for now I’ve got one more post to look back at with you. This one originally ended with my friends and I abandoning the goal, but I actually have an update for you on that. While we did…
Revisited: Tricks, Treats, and Feats – The Golden Age of Halo 3 Rocket Race
Hey again all! Staying cool, I hope! Today we’re taking a look back at Halo 3 and the sorts of moments its wonderfully varied playlists enabled. Seriously, how is it that we’re now 15+ years out from this and we’re still looking back on how good the old stuff was? I dunno about you, but…
Revisited: What Makes a Remaster So Enticing?
Hey all, I hope your August is off to a good start! I know mine is! By the time this goes up I’ll actually be visiting home for the first time in a few years (international is just that expensive these days, unfortunately), and so am not actually around to continue the series I kicked-off…
Looking Back at Chrono Trigger
A short while ago, I was asked if I’d ever consider doing classic game reviews, like Super Nintendo, N64, Gamecube and, heck anything older than PS4/Xbox One. Honestly, I probably wouldn’t have if I hadn’t been asked since I consider stuff from all those eras pretty well-tread ground. However, everyone’s experiences are, as they say,…
VIRTUAL BASTION 