Tag: Virtual Bastion

Fallout 76’s Ghoulish Prospects

The Appalachia of Fallout 76 today is quite different from the one players saw back in 2018. While things were very rocky, literally and figuratively, at the start, the game is now teeming with life in all sorts of forms, and Bethesda recently added a new but familiar face to the roster – that of…

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Gameplay Leaks For MindsEye

Now that GTA VI has been officially delayed for yet another year, eyes are turning to what many hope will be the next best thing. That thing, apparently, being MindsEye, a very GTA-esque game being developed by a studio called “Build A Rocket Boy.” It’s supposedly due out next month on the 11th and some…

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What is the Lesson of the Oblivion Remaster?

Despite being shadow-dropped, the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster is enjoying tremendous success, supposedly selling over 2 million copies and topping 4 million players in its first week. Naturally, many are seeking to hold it up as some sort of lesson for the AAA gaming business, but what exactly that lesson is seems to depend…

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Top 5: My “Deserted Island” RPGs

On this site’s former life, a long, long, loooong time ago, I ran a “deserted island” series that featured lists of games that I’d want to have if I were to get stuck on an abandoned isle with any given console of the time. Since that series ended with the Xbox 360/PS3, I’ve since considered…

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Has Already Cleared 1 Million Copies Sold

While the Oblivion remake is probably the year’s biggest surprise release so far, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is perhaps its biggest surprise hit. The hybrid action RPG has, as announced by the developers themselves, already sold over 1 million copies, and it’ll likely continue to sell as word continues to spread. Actually, if it weren’t…

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Stepping Away From the Game

Games, like most hobbies, are something that cannot be enjoyed nonstop. At least, not to the same degree of enjoyment. Breaks are needed, sometimes even long ones. I find myself contemplating such a break now, but there are complications. Friends constantly want to hang out online, there’s always new stuff in the pipeline and there’s…

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Resonance: The Basics of the Case

Though I called my time with the Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice Trilogy “done” a few months ago, the games have remained close at hand…or ear, as it were, thanks to their excellent soundtracks. A decent part of my daily routine at work calls for rote data entry, and it’s during these sessions that I’ve turned…

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