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…
Category: opinion
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.
Revisted: Fixing Donkey Kong 64
Hey all, I hope you enjoyed the holiday break (or perhaps are still enjoying it)! I know I sure did…or at least I’m assuming I did. In the interest of clearing the way for the new year (and because the first week of the new year is pretty dead news-wise), I’m writing this a couple…
Hatmonster’s 2023 GotY: BG3 and…
I’ve been hearing a lot of talk recently calling 2023 one of the best years in gaming. To be completely honest, I don’t see it. I mean, yeah, a lot of pretty good stuff came out this year, but I feel as though very little of it was actually memorable or impactful. In my case,…
Starfield: Hard Bounce
To be fair, I don’t have the best track record with Bethesda’s huge role-playing games. Sure, I can say now that I’m happy to sink into life hours into Fallout 76 and (ZeniMax’s) The Elder Scrolls Online, that (Obsidian’s) Fallout: New Vegas is a true stand-out among stand-outs, and that I’ll take another round of…
Getting Back To It: Fable II (and Beyond)
I talk about this a lot, but it really is incredible just how quicklytime seems to pass isn’t it? I mean it’s somehow already been 15 years since Fable II released for the Xbox 360! How did that happen? Something else that’s been bothering me lately is that I don’t think I’ve replayed the game…
VIRTUAL BASTION 