It’s been a very long time since the name Atari has carried any real weight. Yes, a company called Atari was once the the king of the home console market in America, but that was a very long time ago, and the actual company that existed at the time has long since ceased to exist….
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What’s in a Name…that You Cannot Have?
Several years ago, I posted some musings on the importance I place on naming characters. This has mostly (but not always) applied to modern-ish RPGs and MMOs that I’ve dipped into over the years; the ones where you create a character of your own design who has nothing, and then you build them into something….
So, Summer Game Fest Happened, I Guess
For a very, very long time, the biggest event of the year was E3. Even after other events like Gamescom, TGS and things like Nintendo Directs emerged, E3 was pretty much still THE event of the year. E3 and the weeks leading up to it were absolutely packed with excitement, buzz and optimism as to…
Top 5: My “Deserted Island” Puzzle Games
I recently began playing the highly touted puzzle game, Blue Prince; and while I’m not yet sure of its staying power in my library, it got me thinking about puzzle games with lasting effects that I have played. As much as I enjoy puzzle games, I have mixed feelings about their replay-ability. Often, once a…
Hideo Kojima Reveals 60 Percent of Playtesters Didn’t Like Death Stranding
One of the great things about games is how subjective they are. One player’s transcendent experience is another’s absolute pile of garbage. This kind of divide is true for most games to one degree or another, but it’s especially prevalent when it comes to the more artsy and auteur titles out there. A prime example…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Has Already Cleared 1 Million Copies Sold
While the Oblivion remake is probably the year’s biggest surprise release so far, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is perhaps its biggest surprise hit. The hybrid action RPG has, as announced by the developers themselves, already sold over 1 million copies, and it’ll likely continue to sell as word continues to spread. Actually, if it weren’t…
I Vowed to Enjoy Avowed and Eventually Did
Fair warning, this post is going to contain with SPOILERS, so tread as you wish. That said… …the first one is to be prepared for a loooooong ending to Avowed. What happened was far from whatever I might have been expecting, and that was okay. I won’t lie and say that my eyes didn’t glaze…
Some Switch Games Will Get a Free Switch 2 Upgrade
I, like many, am not happy about how Nintendo has decided to price Switch 2 games, nor am I happy about its decision to charge for things like that Switch 2 tour and performance upgrades for Switch 1 games.
Japan Studio Closed Because Sony Doesn’t Want AA Games, Says Shuhei Yoshida
Despite the struggles AAA has been going through over the past year or so, it seems at least one major industry player, Sony, is still very focused on big budget titles. The focus has, seemingly, even grown to the point where even long-lived and much-beloved studios like Japan Studios are now being shuttered to bolster…
Where ‘Retro’ Ends and ‘Classic’ Begins
Now that we’re squarely in the midst of 2025, it’s really been hitting how many of my favorite games from my student days now fall in the “retro” category of games. Where the likes of the GameCube and PS2 were once the new hotness, they’re now practically fossils. Heck, the younger member of the gaming…
VIRTUAL BASTION 