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…
Author: Hatm0nster
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,…
HCS To Retire Halo Infinite This Year
Halo Studios has announced that Halo Infinite will be retired from the HCS esports circuit after the championship this year. It also seems that there will be no HCS in 2026 in order to make presparations for the next Halo title. This was inevitable, perhaps, but it’s still surprising to see the game being brought…
What Games Are You Getting This Summer?
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found myself buying fewer and fewer games at launch. There’s a few reasons for this, price being the biggest but also things like poor launch performance and DLC. Seriously, launch is probably the worst time to buy games, especially those from AAA studios. So, I usually wait. Sometimes months, sometimes…
Ubisoft CEO Blames Organized Criticism For Poor Game Reception
The more I see and hear from the executives in charge of major AAA gaming companies, the more convinced I become that they truly neither care about their product, nor do they want to. While they still make stupid amounts of money thanks to the casual audience, AAA is nonetheless becoming less and less relevant…
Is it Time to Move On?
As an aging gamer, I like my nostalgia and legacy series just as much as the next 30–something gaming fan. I mean, it was just last October that I was singing the praises of the Silent Hill 2 remake and I’m pretty sure I’ve talked about more than a few sequels, remakes and spiritual successors…
Halo 4 and Halo 5 Reportedly Managed to Sell 10 Million Units Each
As the Halo series has gone on, its image has only gotten worse. Yet, it seems that sales for each game haven’t exactly slowed down. According to one Chris Haluke, former Lead Designer at 343 Industries, both Halo 4 and Halo 5 managed to hit 10 million units sold over their lifetimes. While perhaps not…
Missing Missables
After last week’s post, I got to thinking a little bit. Despite all of the cool games that are still coming out, it’s still awfully easy to focus on the gaming business’s negative aspects. Like, it’s really tempting to talk about the Microsoft layoffs and all of the resulting studio closures and game cancellations, but,…
Arkane Studios Founder Slams GamePass After Microsoft’s Massive Cuts
One of my takes that’s absolutely aged like milk over the past couple of years was that GamePass was a good thing. More and more often I keep coming back to that position and wondering why I ever held it. Not only has it been doing to gaming what Netflix and the like have done…
VIRTUAL BASTION 