Author: cary

Fallout 76’s Original Main Story Deserves Credit

If the Internet has anything to say about it, the world won’t soon forget Fallout 76’s maligned 2018 release. Aside from a multitude of bugs and gameplay issues like poor enemy scaling and general broken-ness, the game’s world was empty. Oh, there were places to explore and lots of new sights to take in, but…

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Happy First Anniversary, Baldur’s Gate 3!

Last Saturday marked the first anniversary of the full release of Larian Studios’ wildly successful Baldur’s Gate 3 on PC. The game would make its way to console later in 2023, but after spending so long in early access, watching its massive PC release last August was something to behold. It made me all the…

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard Likely a “Holiday” Release?

Unless you happened to be at the San Diego Comic-Con’s Dragon Age: The Veilguard panel, which introduced the game’s voice cast, more news about the game just trickled out over on BioWare’s blog And by “news,” I mean mild bits of information about the game’s companions. What’s clear from the article is that these actors…

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Back in the Mix with Fallout 76

It’s been nearly two years since my last post about Fallout 76; and it’s been about that long since I played the game in earnest. I’ve popped in here and there, most notably to play through The Pitt expansion with my other half, but I’ve yet to check out the game’s newest content with any…

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Starfield’s Stories are Good Vignettes Trapped between Bad Mechanics

I’m not one for tracking gaming achievements, but I can’t help but take notice whenever I garner one of Xbox’s diamond achievements. Believe me when I say I’m not bragging, because I rarely see these rare achievements myself, but when two popped up in a row upon completing a couple of Starfield’s faction quests, I…

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