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Listmas 2024: Cary’s Favorite Teammates and Companions
Merry Listmas! In considering our first topic of the season – our bestest (or mostly so) buds in games – my mind immediately went to the most obvious place…BioWare. We’ve been traipsing around game worlds with teammates and companions by our sides for decades, but BioWare companions, or at least some of them, are second…
Xbox ‘Avowed’ Announcement Sparks New Physical Media Debate
Recently, Microsoft announced several editions for Avowed, the newest game being made by Obsidian. While they all had goodies that people are sure to like, none actually included the game on an actual disc, and that’s got fans of physical media upset. Truly, it looks like Microsoft has given up on physical media altogether, and…
Listmas 2024: Gaming’s Best Buddies
At last the Christmas season has come again, and so has Listmas, one of our longest- running traditions here at Virtual Bastion! As Cary explained earlier this week, this year we’re looking at the best gifts in gaming: all the friends, allies and companions we’ve gotten to journey with over the years. As fun as…
Another Year, Another Listmas!
Each year, when a chill sets in and the smell of hot chocolate wafts dreamily in the background, we know that Listmas isn’t far away. Of course, it also means that the end-of-year holidays are on the horizon; but it wouldn’t be the holidays in the blogosphere without Listmas! For over a decade, we’ve been…
Sony May Be Working on a New Handheld Console
Ever since the release of the Switch, Nintendo has pretty much been the only game in town for handheld gaming. Yes, there is the Steam Deck, which is a great option for playing PC games on the go, but it’s not exactly in direct competition with Switch in the way that the 3DS and PS…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #371
Up this week: Note: YouTube Highlights will be on hiatus next week (Happy Thanksgiving!) and will return on Friday, December 6th. We hope you’ll join us again then! Connect: X/Twitter ~ Facebook ~ wegameunited@gmail.comWatch: YouTube ~ Video BastionShop: Spreadshirt
Kind and Courageous, The Plucky Squire Delivers
To say I was looking forward to playing The Plucky Squire after it was first announced in 2022 is an understatement. With modest promises of a 2023 release that became a late 2024 release, I became a little obsessed with following any crumbs of news about it, just hoping that this little game with big…
Valve Releases Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary
Half-Life has enjoyed legendary status for basically twenty years now. The original was a benchmark in FPS gameplay, and Half-Life 2 topped it not too long after when it launched in 2004 thanks to its advancements in game physics and immediately iconic characters. It’s also helped that the series ended on a cliffhanger, one fans…
I Can’t Stop Playing Balatro
A few weeks ago, I picked up Balatro on the recommendation of a friend. It looked interesting enough thanks to its throwback visual style and seemingly simplistic gameplay loop. But I still figured that I wouldn’t actually end up spending a ton of time on it. After all, it was just a poker simulator with…
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