Tag: video games

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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Promenade: Demo Review

Starring a boy named Nemo and his pet poulp (octopus), Promenade is a 2D collectathon that is inspired by 3D platformers.  The demo contains four stages, a simple tutorial level, a beach level, a rather challenging slingshot level, and a boss fight against an angry, bomb-chucking monkey.  The game is very cute and colorful, and…

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No Door is Safe from Me in Hogwarts Legacy

In recent months, I’ve been slowly working my way through Hogwarts Legacy.  I got the game on sale on the Switch because, ironically enough, it has more hard drive space left than my PS4 does (taking into consideration the fact that Switch games tend to have far smaller file sizes).  Ever since my parents bought…

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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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The Cozy Grove Game Trial Feels Pretty Familiar…

A few weeks back (we were too busy with Listmas to post this sooner), Nintendo granted its Switch Online users with another free game trial, Cozy Grove.  I played this game for a few days before the trial ran out, and it’s, well, it’s basically Animal Crossing.  You play as a Spirit Scout, whose job…

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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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FNAF 5: Sister Location – When FNAF Became More Sci-Fi

Five Nights at Freddy’s 5, also known as Sister Location, was the first time the series started to take more of a sci-fi direction, with sleek, shiny robots that could open their faceplates to reveal an endoskeleton made of noodly metal cables.  It was also the first game in the series to really veer away…

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