For about as long as I can remember, I’ve heard that save scumming is something only lesser gamers do. I’ve heard that it’s tantamount to cheating, and that those who do it are robbing themselves of a genuine experience within whatever game they’re playing. In other words, the sentiment seemed to be that you just…
Category: opinion
Backlog Busting
I’m not entirely sure what stone overturned in my mind, but recently, while flipping back and forth between a decision to load up either Oblivion or Blue Prince, I felt suddenly compelled to review my gaming backlog instead. The “B” word fills some with dread, others delight. For me, it’s somewhere in between. I like…
Marathon is Everything Wrong with AAA Gaming
With just about everyone out there weighing in on the Marathon situation, I wasn’t sure if I really wanted to write anything about it myself. After all, what is there to add at this point? It’s a terrible situation that was entirely avoidable, and is likely to lose Sony an insane amount of money and…
Do I Really Need It Right Now?
I dunno about you all, but I got something of a weakness for game sales. It’s not so much that I go on sprees and just buy tons of games whenever there’s a sale, but I do find myself grabbing something on impulse whenever I think the sale is good enough. This would be fine,…
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered First Impressions
While making my way through the new remaster of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion this past weekend as Argonian assassin, Jade-In-Shadow, we happened upon a kerfuffle at the vineyards outside Skingrad. Not wanting to become embroiled in the conflict, Jade stuck to the shadows and watched as some townsfolks battled intruding magic-users of some sort….
Triple-A Gaming Isn’t Over, But It’s Definitely Not Relevant Anymore
Over the weekend, I just happened to take a look at the list of games I’ve played over the last several months, and I made an interesting discovery. Aside from Silent Hill 2 and Metaphor: ReFantazio, there wasn’t a single “AAA” game on the list. I’m not even sure I would count Silent Hill 2…
Top 5: My “Deserted Island” Action-Adventure Games
When combining the genres of “action” and “adventure” into one, well…the mega-genre of “action-adventure” games could be applied to nearly any game that’s ever been made. But there has to be some delineation between genres somewhere, right? In choosing a small set of action-adventure games I’d like to have with me on my purported “deserted…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Starts Off VERY Strong!
After hearing so much good buzz about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and checking out a little bit of gameplay for myself (to avoid spoilers), I finally decided to just jump in and see what exactly it is about the game that’s got so many people so excited. I’ve only had time enough to play through…
Fallout 76’s Ghoulish Prospects
The Appalachia of Fallout 76 today is quite different from the one players saw back in 2018. While things were very rocky, literally and figuratively, at the start, the game is now teeming with life in all sorts of forms, and Bethesda recently added a new but familiar face to the roster – that of…
Top 5: My “Deserted Island” RPGs
On this site’s former life, a long, long, loooong time ago, I ran a “deserted island” series that featured lists of games that I’d want to have if I were to get stuck on an abandoned isle with any given console of the time. Since that series ended with the Xbox 360/PS3, I’ve since considered…
VIRTUAL BASTION 