Tag: gaming

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…

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Activision Adds Ads to Black Ops 6, Warzone Loadout Menus

For a long time now, many have justified in-game cash shops with the phrase “it’s just cosmetic.” It’s a sentiment that makes sense on the surface, but I think it becomes harder to justify as games become more and more bent towards pushing those cash shop items. At what point is it too much? For…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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….

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