There was a time when I thought consoles were (and would always be) the best way to play. They were so much easier and faster than PCs and I’ve always much preferred a gamepad to keyboard controls. Of course, the years have seen most, if not all, the advantages of console gaming slowly get whittled…
Category: opinion
Ace Attorney – It’s Good to be Back!
High on my 2024 “most anticipated” list was Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, a compilation released on the Switch in January. My first foray into the Ace Attorney series occurred seven years ago with the original Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney trilogy, which was old news by then. Still, I had a great time with the…
I May Never Defeat Ganondorf, but Tears of the Kingdom is Still Alright
After spending over 160 hours in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, there I was, as Link, facing off with the Demon King Ganondorf, knowing I was doomed. Actually, I knew it much earlier, when the classic ender quest to “defeat Ganondorf” appeared. Though I had obtained the Master Sword, I knew I…
The Pressure to Play
I’m not sure how much this applies to other hobbies, but with gaming it sometimes feels like something that must be done rather than something to enjoy at your leisure. This shouldn’t be the case since video games are inherently a pastime activity, yet it persists all the same and comes from a variety of…
Dysmantle First Impressions
Somewhere, somehow, the game Dysmantle and I crossed paths at the end of 2023. I want to say that it it popped up as a suggested “casual” survival game on various lists, one that folks called underrated, but also…cozy? I swear that term showed up more than in descriptions I saw, “cozy.” Really? A survival…
Yep, Everyone’s Right – Palworld is Tons of Fun (For the Moment)
Count me among the uninitiated, because, if I had heard of Palworld prior to its monstrous pre-release last week, I had long since forgotten anything about it. And boy oh boy, was it ever hard to ignore. So much so that of course I had to go and grab it from the Game Pass library….
Winter Game Wandering
One of the great things about the winter season are the big sales that almost all of the major platforms put on during the New Year’s period. If you were able to resist things when they first released, then you’ll more than likely be able to get them for a song here at the beginning/end…
Evil West is Fun Throwback to the Xbox 360 Era
While I am not generally in favor of subscription services like Xbox Game Pass anymore, I’d be lying if I said that I haven’t gotten some good experiences out of them. The most recent of these is Evil West, which is one of the games included in PSN’s Games With Gold program this month (January…
Cary’s Most Anticipated Games of 2024
With 2024 now truly underway (sometime the first week of any year feels more unreal than real), why not look into the future…our individual futures with games! Though it presently feels as though it’s going to be difficult for the industry to top the massive year in gaming that was 2023, 2024 is looking to…
Cary’s 2023 GOTY: Street Fighter 6
Unlike in past years, I’m able to say that this year, I played more than one new release! This means I have a handful of games from which to choose for my game of the year. That’s said, it’s not much of a race…because my winner is, without a doubt, Street Fighter 6.
VIRTUAL BASTION 