I’m about to type something that might prove…irksome. Ahem. I don’t get Shadow of the Colossus. Oh, I heard that gasp! alright. But hear me out. I’ve only just started the game and have taken down a mere four colossi. It took me three of them to really understand the controls and tactics of the…
Category: General Commentary
Killing the 3DS Would Neither Be All That Amazing, Nor a Gift for Nintendo Fans
Handheld gaming should be dead right now. It’s now 2017 and handheld gaming still isn’t dead despite years of predictions to the contrary. Smartphones and mobile gaming were supposed to kill it as soon as they became popular, but here we are. Smartphones are nearly ubiquitous and mobile gaming has become a huge market. Despite…
All the games I didn’t buy, and one I did, from Steam’s Summer Sale
Last week, Steam’s hallowed Summer Sale began. Yes, that one of two times a year when folks can pick up a plethora of games, mostly old(er) but sometime new, for pennies. Though my wallet would like otherwise, I am not immune to Steam’s charms during these sales. In the past, I’ve used the Summer Sale…
Beyond Good & Evil 2 Prototype Gameplay and Reiging-In the Hype
Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still a very long way off. The fact that it’s happening at all is certainly something to be excited about, but it’s important not to let the hype take control just yet. The trailer shown at E3, while looking very much like the kind of game Beyond Good and…
Beyond Good & Evil 2: Different But Still Familiar
At this year’s E3, long-time fans of Beyond Good and Evil finally got the announcement they’d been waiting for since 2009: concrete proof that Beyond Good and Evil 2 was in development. Ubisoft had previously announced that the game was in development back in October 2016, but talk is cheap when it comes to a…
Top 5: Favorite Open-World Games
As much as I enjoyed my first trek through Mass Effect: Andromeda, the game left me a bit soured with regard to open-world games. Surely the feeling is only temporary, but as I search for something to take its place that’s not Borderlands 2 (so fun!), I find myself avoiding anything that resembles an open-world…
Why E3 is Still Important
“I’m pleased to announce…” These are the magic words of E3. They stoke excitement and they inspire the imagination. They are the prelude to much of what the audience is there to see. The show’s relevance has been getting called into question with increasing frequency over the years, and it’s understandable. Thanks to the internet the…
77 Hours Later, and Mass Effect: Andromeda is in the Bag
Actually, 77 and one-half to be precise, but who’s counting? Me, that’s who, because I really can’t believe that I spent anywhere near that time in the world of Mass Effect: Andromeda. But there it is, and now it’s time to talk about it. Where to even begin?! There’s so much to unpack here, but…
Knights, Bikes, Geese, and Childhood Imagination
A semi-recent trend I have been noticing is a great number of new games being made to emulate the look and feel of the SNES era. Probably because the SNES rocked. And so, I’ve picked out another that’s worth a look, Knights and Bikes, an EarthBound-inspired RPG. The first thing you will surely notice from…
For Once, More Isn’t Needed
Time and again, Nier: Automata has shown itself to be exceptionally unique among its mainstream brethren. It’s unique in its union of two seemingly unrelated styles of gameplay. It’s unique in the delivery of its story. It’s unique in its developing relationship with the player. Perhaps most importantly though, Nier: Automata is unique in that it…
VIRTUAL BASTION 