Life is Strange: True Colors
Once Alex Chen left her bus and stepped foot in the small Colorado town of Haven Springs, I clicked the touchpad on my DualSense, checking her phone. I was greeted to a cluster of text messages to a character I had never met from characters I had never met, many that I never would across Life is Strange: True Colors‘ five chapters. The snooping would have to wait. Alex was on her way to meet...[Read More]
Deathloop
Deathloop defies expectations. As a player who has keenly watched the numerous trailers for Deathloop since its announcement I went in expecting a number of things. When I first saw Colt teleport across a surface I thought, “Oh, that’s Blink from Dishonored.” When the cyclical, time-looping plot was revealed I thought, “Oh, that’s the trippy narrative from Prey.”...[Read More]
No More Heroes 3
During Travis Touchdown’s fight against the Number 10 alien in the Galactic Superhero Ranking he became enveloped in Gundam-style armor and took to space to continue the duel. I barely had a clue what I was doing. The tutorial for the armor made a little bit of sense as it implied I just needed to move the camera around to lock on Mr. Black Hole–the #10 guy–and his weakpoints. Af...[Read More]
Tribes of Midgard
If you are the type of player who can easily corral a group of friends or is prone to openly chatting in silent lobbies, Tribes of Midgard may be for you. In fact, you’re the type of player who will likely enjoy the game the most. Over my several dozen hours with Tribes of Midgard, the times I had the most fun were when I loaded into a match where several people were openly talking, whether ...[Read More]
Cris Tales
Cris Tales is one of those games that will be strapped with the somewhat flattering “love letter” moniker. When developers grow up on a diet of specific consoles and games, it’s hard not to imagine they would wish to craft their interpretation of a childhood classic. If you told me developers Dreams Uncorporated and SYCK were devotees to Chrono Trigger, any SNES Final Fantasy, Br...[Read More]
Death’s Door
The Legend of Zelda all too often serves as a jumping off point of comparing and contrasting a vast number of adventure games. I suppose it’s difficult to separate how influential Link’s 35-year journey has been and how many developers around my age grew up slashing at Ganon with the Master Sword and have been inspired to make their own narratives about heroism. Acid Nerve’s Deat...[Read More]
Where the Heart Leads
Where the Heart Leads invoked memories of The Novelist, a “narrative adventure” I played in my early days of reviewing games. When The Novelist released in 2013, Gone Home was on the mouths of everyone. For me, that period felt strange and influential. I had spent so many years prior tearing through as many big budget games as my small budget would allow. The opportunity to play and re...[Read More]
Boomerang X
Boomerang X is one of the few games I’ve reviewed having virtually no previous knowledge of it. I was completely unaware that at some point in time my character would be throwing around a mystical boomerang and teleporting to it mid-air. As its title suggests, Boomerang X cuts to the chase fairly quickly. The boomerang is the only weapon players will use and it looks like an “X” ...[Read More]
Curved Space
There’s a strange disconnect amongst Curved Space‘s many parts. Before starting up the game I decided to peruse the options menu as I tend to do, looking for subtitle settings and making sure the sound is turned up. I noticed the ability to look at the game’s soundtrack–stuffed with synthwave tracks (a favorite genre of mine)–and listen to it in its entirety. I attrib...[Read More]
Team Up With Friends and Race Your Way to Glory With New Game Modes in Trackmania
For all you racing fans out there looking for new content in Ubisoft’s free-to-start Trackmania. During this week’s Ubisoft Forward, Ubisoft announced that an all-new Royal mode and Ranked Matchmaking mode are now available for free in Trackmania as part of Starter Access. Trackmania is the biggest and most compelling remake of the legendary racing game, TrackMania Nations. Trackmania ...[Read More]
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade/INTERmission
Waxing poetically nostalgic on Final Fantasy VII is a difficult task for me. As a longtime gamer, one of the most culturally significant JRPGs is, in fact, a massive hole in my book of accomplishments. For all its availability on multiple platforms, for the numerous magazines I owned with it gracing the cover, for the dozens of hours I’ve watched Advent Children, I’ve never played the ...[Read More]
Victor Tech DC840 High Rise Height Adjustable Electric Full Standing Desk
Last year I was temporarily unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From March to around August I didn’t work and instead spent most of my time sitting at a desk or an office chair and figuring out ways to spend the day. During this period, I moved out of my apartment and moved in with my girlfriend who lived 30 minutes away from the job I was on a temporary hiatus from. When it came time t...[Read More]