Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption

Vampires are always a staple with horror fiction. It’s hard not to take notice of that over the centuries; their gothic horror roots from folklore to the liberal use of vampires in genre fiction allow them to be both hero, villain, and anti-hero, sometimes all at once. For many, the idea of a means liberation in many respects, but it also has a trade-off with other desires, such as power, greed, consumption and…

Review · linksocarina

Star Wars: Galactic Racer

I have only made it through act 2 out of I don't know. I still feel ok calling this a 5 out of 5. I could stop playing it right now after the 6ish hours of the best arcade racer I have ever touched. That's on race and car feel alone. The sense of speed, the feeling of the boost, the underhanded tactics shown in episode one are played out with an amazing token system. The token and build system captures the feel of a…

Review · KQKKLUjR

Gears of War: E-Day

With a plate of chicken tikka masala in hand, I sat at my desk and booted up Gears of War: E-Day. The intro slide set the stakes for the story. On a planet called Sera, generations have fought constant wars over a substance called imulsion. Peace has been achieved just in time to be ruined by a so-called, “deeper threat”. The game opens with a worker heading into an underground train station to find a crew that came…

Review · bravobuster1200

Ranking of Roguelikes #10: Star Renegades

It's a beautifully drawn and animated, remarkably challenging, innovative interpretation of the Rogue formula, let down only by the writing.

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Indie Game of the Week 489: Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

Not for the first time, Mento gets lost in a mysterious hotel full of corpses and ghosts and blood. He's taken a shining to this one, though.

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Major League Baseball 2K7

From Griffey Jr.’s SNES games up to The Show ‘25 , I‘ve probably played more hours of baseball video games than any other type of game. However, I wouldn’t say I’m picky nor have super high standards for rating a baseball game. If it’s fun enough, has fluid gameplay, accessible/rewarding hitting, and gives me some ‘inside baseball’, I’m usually satisfied. During the PSX era, the Triple Play series checked off more…

Review · SuckaFred · 1 like