Tag: video games

Favorite Reveals from Summer Game Fest and More, 2025

It’s not lost on me that, with the Internet being the permanent home of game leaks and rumors, shows like Summer Games Fest, the State of Play, and the Xbox Showcase, don’t pack as much punch as they used too (if they ever really did). Still, even if nothing under the sun is exactly new…

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Europa: Demo Review

Not to be mistaken for Youropa, the correctly spelled Europa follows an android named Zee on an adventure on one of Jupiter’s moons.  It seems mankind relocated here, but aside from some old ruins, no sign of them remains.  So what happened?  Perhaps the game will answer the questions posed by the demo…

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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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX is a Nintendo Switch remake of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team where you explore randomly generated dungeons and rescue Pokemon.  You are a human who has been transformed into a Pokemon somehow, and the game opens with a personality test that chooses which Pokemon…

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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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I Am NOT Making a Ubisoft Account!

I’m sure this is old news.  As old as the expired code for the “Tale of Fire and Lightning” bonus quest that I can’t get now because I took too long to play my copy of Immortals Fenyx Rising.  Not that it matters because I won’t be playing the game now, at least not anytime…

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