Author: cary

Scariest Horror Subgenre: Lights, Camera…NO Action, Please!

Strictly speaking, I am the world’s worst authority when it comes to horror games. They tend to fall so far outside my comfort zone that, were it not for the internet, and magazines before it, I’d hardly know they exist. Well, all except for one game: Doom. That game…boy oh boy…that game was the first…

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Spooktober and You!

We have once again come around to our favorite time of the year – when the days become more shadowy and the nighttime fog settles in, we know that Halloween is approaching. Here on Virtual Bastion, that means its time again for #Spooktober! Spooktober is our yearly, October celebration of all things scary when it…

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The End of the Road: Street Fighter 6 World Tour review

After defeating the final opponent in Street Fighter 6’s World Tour with my level 60 fighter, Petra, all I could think was “what’s next?” The story may have been over, but Petra’s journey wasn’t. If nothing else, she still had forty more levels ahead of her! It turned out that Capcom had thought about that,…

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Starfield, the Adventure Begins

After racking up about 20 hours in Starfield during its release weekend, it’s as good a time as any to throw my hat into the first impressions ring, the TL;DR of which is Starfield has so far been an enjoyable but imperfect experience. It’s different but also familiar, as if Bethesda simply placed a new…

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Persona 5 Royal: Final Thoughts

Even though I’ve had some time to reflect on my time with Persona 5 Royal, I remain unsure how to best summarize my experience with the game. When I think about how it went, my brain stalls like a flooded car, because there are just too many things that I want to say and too…

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