Storyteller Review
I gripe about the lack of three-act narratives and brag about how easy stories can be if you just spend enough time developing them. A good chunk of filmmakers don’t these days, which generally equals out to a crappy movie (looking at you Venom). Anyway, if you have read any of my movie reviews, you know how passionate I am about storytelling in general. The story is the essence of an entire film...[Read More]
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Review
Asymmetric multiplayer games have seen a huge rise in popularity over the years. Friday the 13th: The Game, Dead by Daylight, and to a lesser degree Predator: Hunting Grounds, have all taken the world by storm with their delightfully addicting gameplay. As with those games, the genre seems to be ripe with possibilities when it comes to beloved IP. But one obvious franchise has eluded the adored 4v...[Read More]
Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong – Review
Way back in the 90s, it was the bee’s knees to play role-playing games. I can’t remember the exact year that actual DnD games were brought back into prominence, but Vampire: The Masquerade caught that wave and never looked back. I faintly remember the hardback book for it and how cool it was at the age of 18 going through stories with friends and rolling the die. There was so much background to th...[Read More]
Horizon: Forbidden West Review
Composing a sequel to a mega-hit is no easy feat, especially one that’s expected to supersede everything that came before it. Many franchise’ before have fallen victim to this Herculean feat; although many have risen to the occasion. Star Wars had Empire Strikes Back, The Godfather had its Part II. Horizon: Forbidden West is this franchise’s Empire, with everything that comes with it. ...[Read More]
Spider-Man: Miles Morales Review (PS4 Version)
A single thought stuck with me throughout my entire playthrough of Spider-Man: Miles Morales: it’s familiar yet new. Miles Morales walks a spiderweb tightrope between being an ambitious sequel to the PS4’s best selling game and sticking to what made the original so special. While most people will gravitate towards the enhanced PS5 version of Miles Morales, the core gameplay loop and story Insomnia...[Read More]
I Am Dead Review
I Am Dead are probably words that you’d never hear yourself say or want to hear. But after experiencing I Am Dead by Hollow Ponds and Richard Hogg, it’s words that I would love to hear others talking about! I Am Dead is a puzzle adventure game on the Nintendo Switch that has you playing as a man…well a ghost…named Morris Lupton who is of course dead and once owned a museum on his home Island...[Read More]
Code: Realize ~Future Blessings~ makes it to Nintendo Switch
This seems interesting. Check out the goods below. Torrance, Calif. — April 23, 2020 — Aksys Games announced today that Code: Realize ~Future Blessings~ is out now for the Nintendo Switch™. The eagerly awaited follow up to Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~ is available in both a Standard edition and a special Day One edition containing a set of 8 large character cards, a mini soundtrack C...[Read More]
NBA Live 19
The journey EA has taken with its NBA Live series has been an interesting tale to follow. Not only does EA have to compete with the monolith that is 2K, but they have to meet the expectations they’ve set themselves with the Madden series. It does seem as though excitement for Live picks up right up until release, and then falls sharply a few weeks after. For the most part, I feel as though E...[Read More]
Far Cry 5 Preview Impressions
What struck me in my first moments in the open Montana wilderness of Far Cry 5 was how at-home I felt. No, it wasn’t the occupation of Eden’s Gate throughout the world or the outlandish dialogue and action sequences you’d find it a Far Cry game. In fact, growing up in rural Kentucky, what stuck out most to me about Far Cry 5 is how truly realistic every aspect of the “mundane” country life is repr...[Read More]
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Review
The only quick review I can give Battlefront 2 is that it is close, but not quite close enough to what players have been asking for from DICE/EA’s reboot of the franchise. There aren’t many games that have had the amount of controversy Battlefront 2 has garnered all the way up until launch; and for the most part those controversies are sound. However, it’s the job of the reviewer/critic to look at...[Read More]