2019 was a pretty different year in video games for me. I had the least amount of time to play, and therefore I’ve only finished 1 of the games on my list. There weren’t as many absolute all-time bangers this year as there have been the last few years, and the majority of the games on my list also have a fair amount of issues. Despite all of that, games are still good, and I want to celebrate m...
I never expected to be diagnosed with cancer. At least, maybe not until I was an old man, when those things become more expected. But alas, at 27 years old, I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Unfortunately, that diagnosis usually only comes after surgery to remove the affected testicle. So, in the span of a week, I had major surgery, followed by the news that I indeed did have testicular c...
Game of the Year: 10. Forza Horizon 3 I typically don't play racing games any more. For me, the genre peaked at Burnout 3: Takedown, and unless we are talking about Mario Kart 64, most racing games don't occupy a big piece of my gaming heart. Then, E3 2015 happened, and I was immediately mesmerized by Forza Horizon 3. I had only played Forza Motorsport 6, and neither of the other Horizon games,...
I have put in over one hundred hours into Blizzard Entertainment's objective-based shooter Overwatch. I have a full-time job, as well as other responsibilities that do not allow me to play games as much as I would want. I have other games that are great and warrant significant play time, but something keeps drawing me back to Overwatch. Is it the finely-tuned balance between each character that...