Tag: games

The Worst Kept Secret in Conker’s Bad Fur Day

In the pantheon of 3D platformers, Rare’s Conker’s Bad Fur Day is a bit of an outlier. It has the bones of an exploration game with the muscle of a puzzle-platformer and the brains of an action-platformer. But its most noticeable departure from tradition has to do with collecting. Unlike its most comparable titles (Banjo-Kazooie,…

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That Which is Hiding in the Hidden History of Santo Ileso

The 2022 Saints’ Row reboot may have gone over the gaming community like a lead balloon, but I had a decent time with it. There was plenty wrong with the game, but one thing that Deep Silver Volition (RIP) got right was the game’s setting, the wild and wonderful world of Santo Ileso, which was…

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The Secret of the Cheese in Dragon Age: Inquisition – The Descent

Much like its predecessors, Dragon Age: Inquisition is steeped in lore, and there’s no shortage of odd and unusual leads to follow from its plethora of codex entries. Some lead to exemplary gear, others lead to exclusive story additions or dialogue between characters. But none lead to one of the game’s strangest and most humorous…

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The Secret Lives of Teddy Bears in Fallout 76

Individual mileage varies greatly when it comes to Bethesda’s landmark series Fallout and The Elder Scrolls. Though I’d never claim to be a “veteran” of said ranks, I’ve grown quite fond of both universes. If I had to pick one over the other, though, I’d have to go with Fallout. And right now, the largest…

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Sneaky Secrets in September!

As the summer slowly rounds out and fall rolls in, does the air feel…shifty? Perhaps a little mysterious? Could there be something hiding in the shadows? If we’re talking about games (and we are) then, yes! Here at Virtual Bastion, we’re heralding the change of seasons with a month of posts that focus on the…

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