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An arc is very important to any fictional character. At the end of their journey the hero must have changed either for better or worse as the narrative dictates. A few games have undertaken this narrative tool and attempted through various means the transition a routine video game character must undergo through any myriad of tasks. This being video games and that meaning being married to the gun, bow, and knife most…
Sometimes absurdity is a welcome distraction. Saint's Row: The Third is extremely absurd. From the look of the various gangs around Steelport to the activities from the opening bank robbery to the end decision and how it's handled, this is an absurd game. Saints Row has always been absurd though. Even with the mostly straight forward first game in the series there were still crazy activities like picking up hos from…
From the very first shot to the last, from the menu screen on down Cryostasis is an eastern bloc game through and through. Technically it is still impressive five years later. The art is bleak and the lighting extremely severe. Like Dostoyevsky, the characters are not so much characters as symbols meant to convoy a meaning. I adore this game and the more I think about it the more I enjoy it. Playing it is never…
My very first gaming experience was Doom at the tender age of 5. I remember watching my brother play it before taking a seat myself and becoming utterly enthralled. It's because of Doom and that formative experience that I have a soft spot for retro shooters where circle-strafing is a valuable skill, enemies just bum rush and battles tend to devolve in knocking out enemies in a set pattern to better manage it. Hard…
May 8, 2014
So as I'm working through my Steam backlog of games I've been meaning to do reviews for all the games I complete. I don't see a point for Kingdoms since I can't seem to think of anything new to say. It's overly long, the content is middling at best, the combat runs its course in a couple dozen hours and that becomes a problem for a sixty plus hour game. I'd still like to say something consideri...
Apr 17, 2014
I played through a little interactive piece of fiction called Depression Quest quite recently. I had been meaning to play it for a while, but kept forgetting to for whatever reason. I wish I picked it up sooner. Not to be too dramatic or definite, but it helped me realize a few problems about myself. Things that have been making their presence known more and more the past few weeks. Namely that...
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