RPGs are typically known for their grand stories and complex characters. Alongside turn-based fighting where allies and foes alike take turns slapping each other silly. Ahem, considering these kinds of games usually give us a wide array of characters that we can choose to travel alongside us, we thought it would be a good idea…
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Listmas 2024: Gaming’s Best Buddies
At last the Christmas season has come again, and so has Listmas, one of our longest- running traditions here at Virtual Bastion! As Cary explained earlier this week, this year we’re looking at the best gifts in gaming: all the friends, allies and companions we’ve gotten to journey with over the years. As fun as…
Another Year, Another Listmas!
Each year, when a chill sets in and the smell of hot chocolate wafts dreamily in the background, we know that Listmas isn’t far away. Of course, it also means that the end-of-year holidays are on the horizon; but it wouldn’t be the holidays in the blogosphere without Listmas! For over a decade, we’ve been…
Sony May Be Working on a New Handheld Console
Ever since the release of the Switch, Nintendo has pretty much been the only game in town for handheld gaming. Yes, there is the Steam Deck, which is a great option for playing PC games on the go, but it’s not exactly in direct competition with Switch in the way that the 3DS and PS…
A Little to the Left is a Little Tedious
As part of one’s Nintendo Switch Online subscription, apparently free game trials are available, in which you have a limited time to play a game for free. I just found this out recently when Nintendo emailed me about a game trial for a puzzle game called A Little to the Left. I had about a…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #371
Up this week: Note: YouTube Highlights will be on hiatus next week (Happy Thanksgiving!) and will return on Friday, December 6th. We hope you’ll join us again then! Connect: X/Twitter ~ Facebook ~ wegameunited@gmail.comWatch: YouTube ~ Video BastionShop: Spreadshirt
Kind and Courageous, The Plucky Squire Delivers
To say I was looking forward to playing The Plucky Squire after it was first announced in 2022 is an understatement. With modest promises of a 2023 release that became a late 2024 release, I became a little obsessed with following any crumbs of news about it, just hoping that this little game with big…
Valve Releases Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary
Half-Life has enjoyed legendary status for basically twenty years now. The original was a benchmark in FPS gameplay, and Half-Life 2 topped it not too long after when it launched in 2004 thanks to its advancements in game physics and immediately iconic characters. It’s also helped that the series ended on a cliffhanger, one fans…
Ranking the Bosses from Donkey Kong Country 3
Donkey Kong Country 2 already had some perfectly memorable boss fights. But the third game’s penchant for gimmicks meant the bosses tended to vary even more in their mechanics, from a snowball fight with a nightmarish snowman to feeding bugs to a giant sentient barrel until he burps himself off the stage. Frankly, I found…
I Can’t Stop Playing Balatro
A few weeks ago, I picked up Balatro on the recommendation of a friend. It looked interesting enough thanks to its throwback visual style and seemingly simplistic gameplay loop. But I still figured that I wouldn’t actually end up spending a ton of time on it. After all, it was just a poker simulator with…
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