Tag: games

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…

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Play First, then Role Play

I think it’s time that I finally come clean over one of my most aggressive hang-ups when playing video games, specifically large-scale (open world or not), narrative RPGs (from Elder Scrolls to Fallout to Dragon Age, and everything in between). I frequently profess that my first go-round in any such game is less than stellar….

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Top 5: Favorite Ori and the Blind Forest Moments

This month marks the tenth anniversary of the release of Ori and the Blind Forest. Achieving critical acclaim and commercial success, this incredible platformer won over the hearts of millions of players, myself included. I’ve played through Ori and the Blind Forest several times, including once for our YouTube channel, and although I’ll always have…

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Avowed: A First Impressions Story

In a recent session with Avowed (I’m about sixteen hours in), there came a point in one of the main story quests that I thought I had made a huge mistake. Though I thought I had properly followed the game’s tips on leveling my both my character and her gear, I reached a region where,…

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Spirited Away by the Spirit of Justice

At long last, Apollo Justice’s story has come to an end! More than a year after I began the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, I’ve finally seen the trilogy through to the end of its third game, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice. And my oh my, what a whirlwind tour of a…

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