Best Games of 2018

We’ve been blessed with two straight years of incredible game releases. While 2018 doesn’t match the sheer wave of titles in just about every category from last year, it does boast some heavy hitters in terms of quality and spectacle. Interestingly, one of 2017’s hotly …

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As with pretty much everyone else, I’ve been spending most of my recent gaming time in Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption II. It’s an incredible achievement in video games yet also devisive among the players. The amount of hype and expectation leading up to its release …

Review: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

I already wrote about Assassin’s Creed Odyssey in the last post, but I’ve since finished most of the main content. My takeaway is that my enjoyment and love for the game only increased as I kept going. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is as immense a world …

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In the wait before Red Dead Redemption II is unleashed upon us all, I decided to check out Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Only my second AC game after Origins, I’m surprised at how much I’m enjoying this game. It’s even more strange that I like it …

The Curious Case of Telltale Games

By now the incredible news that Telltale Games has suddenly shut its doors is widespread. We’ve all heard workplace horror stories (in and out of the games industry) but the fact that the studio so suddenly shut down, leaving employees without notice, severance, or healthcare …

Review and Let’s Play for Spider-Man PS4

Working off such a wildly popular IP can be a blessing and a curse, and Insomniac manages the delicate balancing act of providing enough winks for fan service while giving us a fresh and surprising spin that still rings true to the spirit of Spider-Man. …

Let’s Play: The Walking Dead, Final Season

I’m posting this Let’s Play for Telltale’s The Walking Dead a little late, mostly because I was going to wait until the full season drops. But I had nothing else to play and I was excited to kick off the final chapter of Clementine’s story. …

Let’s Play: Detroit, Become Human

What does it mean to be human? Is it self-awareness? Self-preservation? The willingness to sacrifice oneself for another? Can something we create non-biologically be considered alive? Does that mean it has a soul? Does that allow it the same rights as humans? These are all …

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I don’t usually leave a game unfinished to go play another but that’s what happened with Ni No Kuni II for God of War. Unfortunately, the insanely high bar set by God of War made it tough to ignore the shortcomings of Ni No Kuni …

Let’s Play: God of War

I never thought it’d happen, but I played and loved a God of War game. This has been a year of surprises for me (see: Bloodborne). I just wrapped the main story and am working my way through the extra side material. But I can’t …