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Looking Forward to in 2020

7 items in list • Created Jan 9, 2020

A Baka's Game of the Year List 2019

10 items in list • Created Dec 27, 2019

A Baka's Game of the Year List 2018

10 items in list • Created Jan 2, 2019

Looking Forward to in 2018

7 items in list • Created Dec 15, 2017

GOTY 2017 Honorable Mentions

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A Baka's Game of the Year List 2017

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A Baka and His Blog 8/17/25: Life, Gaming and Stuff

Aug 17, 2025

*Stained guy voice* It’s been awhile. Seriously though, why am I writing this? As you can see by the date of my last blog, it's been a minute. While I never fully went away, I'm definitely a lapsed participant in this corner of the gaming sphere. This is an attempt to shake the dust off and get this thing going again. OK, I think a quick rundown of what I've been up to is a good place to start....

A Baka and His Blog 10/12/15: Ninja Pizza Gear Solid

Oct 12, 2015

Like Neuromancer, but with Pizza. Wow. It looks like I haven't posted anything since the beginning of the year. I started a lot of stuff, but never was able to stick with it. Oh well, I'm just glad to finally have something to write about. Anyway, where do I start? The entire month of September was spent with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and I've been in a rather exhausted state ever si...

A Baka and His Blog 1/30/15: Lights(), Camera(), Transistor();

Jan 30, 2015

Another one bites the digital dust. Transistor is done. I do plan on doing New Game+ but just not quite yet. I found the overall experience enjoyable, but there were some parts of the game that I'm still struggling to figure out how I feel about them. Better Red than dead. I guess I'll start with what I liked about Transistor. On an aesthetic level it was very striking. The “cyber Gilded-Age” v...

A Baka and His Blog 1/24/15: All Fez'd Out

Jan 24, 2015

Exactly how Fez made me feel. Fez broke me. Actually, it didn't really break me, I just realized I had finally reached my limits. I don't recall what initially drew me to Fez. It just looked like another platformer. Vaguely, I was aware of their being some whole other layer to the game. But, I truly had no idea what I was in for. First of all; I really liked how the game was so relaxed and mell...

A Baka and His Blog 12/20/14 New Mombasa Blues

Dec 20, 2014

It has been quite some time since I last played a Halo game. Actually, not since Halo 2. It was due to the Master Chief Collection Quick Look and Drews unbridled enthusiasm that compelled me to finally do some catching up. So I started Halo 3: ODST. While I enjoyed the adventures of Master Chief in the past, I was always intrigued by ODST. I did it all for the Rookie. As far as military sci-fi...

A Baka and His Blog 12/1/14 System Shocks and Solid Snakes

Dec 1, 2014

Part 1. System Shock 2 For several years I have heard of System Shock 2 referred to as a hallmark of PC gaming. Now I know why people have spoken of it so highly. Long before being dropped into the sunken ruins of Rapture, Irrational Games set their sights on the cold terror of interstellar space. Having already played through Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite, I thought I knew what to expect from...