A mixed month of puzzles and action.
A mixed month of puzzles and action.
The puzzle games must continue…
Trying to find some fun with all the dour news, I've focused in on the puzzles...
A month of going back to the dark spaces in a variety of ways…
In a month where I got sick for the first time in a while, I found some comfort in some darkness…
Back for again with collected thoughts from March and a dive into two pieces of Resident Evil media. I hope people enjoy.
Back for a second month with collected thoughts from February, a month where you'll hear the term urban decay a lot. I hope people enjoy.
I’m going to work to post a monthly wrap up to use the Giant Bomb blogging system a bit more than just posting GOTY lists every year. I hope people enjoy this summary of January and welcome feedback.
My top 10 games of 2025 and some other mentions! Expect the unexpected with this GOTY write-up!
In terms of gaming, 2024 just felt like a steady stream with a few stand outs for me, but for the most part, they seemed fleeting. It's somewhat of a curse of being the type of gamer I am I suppose in that once I'm done with something, it's immediately onto the next thing. There was never really a gap of more than a week between games which is wild, it also means I have less time to really refl...
I went back to read my top 10 from last year to refresh myself and found it amusing that the first line mentioned how the general consensus from those I was getting my gaming discussion from was that it had been a dire year for games from the actual game release perspective and how outside of that opinion I felt. This year is actually the opposite with many ready to mark this 2023 as one of gam...
As my gaming year ends, I can’t help but think that despite a number of people I listen to in the industry telling me it was a dire year for gaming (admittedly this did seem to drop off towards the end of the year), I was almost continually enthralled and often overwhelmed trying to get to new games, while in quieter periods, getting to some older games that I’d been meaning to. The big thing f...
While 2021 didn’t hit me like 2020, it was just a continuation of what that year became which was…disappointing. While I’m a generally quiet person and am fine hanging out at home for the most part, I still enjoy going shopping in the city, meeting up with friends and going to the movies on a regular basis. 2021 had little to none of that and this was also compounded by the fact that I lost a l...
So yeah, 2020... In a lot of ways, looking at the list I’ve created here kind of sums up how I felt about the year in general. So much of the mainstream was pushed aside for me that I had to find gems in other places. Because there were no big films, or hell, I didn’t have a film festival to go to either, I found myself seeking out old and weird stuff and in a way, this translated into the type...
Previous Lists (and ones): 2008 (Braid) , 2009 (Dragon Age: Origins) , 2010 (Mass Effect 2) , 2011 (Skyrim) , 2012 (Zero Escape: Virtues Last Reward) , 2013 (The Last of Us) , 2014 (Dark Souls 2) , 2015 (Bloodborne) , 2016 (Inside) , 2017 (NieR: Automata) , 2018 (Yakuza 6: The Song of Life) It was a wild year personally, in mid-January I was taken into a room at work and told that after nearly...
I still remember when I got Knights of the Old Republic. This was well before I was deep into games coverage/releases, was a big Star Wars fan and I’d read a review, maybe on IGN that got me excited. I picked up a copy on a Friday night and played it till well into Saturday morning despite my girlfriend’s complaints. I loved Knights of the Old Republic and was completely blown away by the twist...
Previous Lists (and ones): 2010 (Mass Effect 2) , 2011 (Skyrim) , 2012 (Zero Escape: Virtues Last Reward) , 2013 (The Last of Us) , 2014 (Dark Souls 2) , 2015 (Bloodborne) , 2016 (Inside) , 2017 (NieR: Automata) Around September, this list was looking grim, a lot of my enjoyment was coming from games that were released in previous years or remasters, thankfully, a strong group of games hit at t...
This entry was originally posted on my personal blog More Harman Than Good . 360 box art Disclaimer: I understand that Rockstar weren’t responsible for the development of L.A. Noire . However, the game does fit strongly into their catalogue which is probably the reason they picked it up. So reading Rockstar below should take this into account. I love L.A. Noire , when all is said and done, it w...
This is a blog post earlier posted here on my personal blog More Harman Than Good . Disclaimer: I haven’t played Duke Nukem Forever , I haven’t pre-ordered it and have zero investment in it. I’m interested to check it out for the sake of curiosity but I’m not overly excited for it. The latest issue of Game Informer (Australian edition) arrived the other day and there was an article in there by...
This entry originally appeared here on my personal blog More Harman Than Good . As I read over last year’s game of the year winners, two games seemed to dominate both lists, Mass Effect 2 and Red Dead Redemption . This was unsurprising for the most part, both are games that are quite good. The reasons they are good though go beyond any technical aptitude or even in some regards, consistent stor...
Mortal Kombat is the latest game to be refused classification in my home country. This is rather disappointing news as I was quite looking forward to the game. I still am because I know that I will be able to play it as an import, but let’s get to a few important points about the flawed classification system in Australia and why the industry is never likely to see an R Rating any time soon. Fir...
While reading the various news stories on Double Fine's upcoming Sesame Street title, I couldn't help but think of other industries and what all ages means in those formats. Looking at a few forum posts, it was clear that some people were only interested in this if they were younger or had kids. Before I get into detail though, it is great to see that companies with licences are taking on proje...
For your reading pleasure, allow me to note a moment in my thesis where I mention the Fallout series: " The post apocalyptic setting is a common science fiction setting often termed as a sub genre. It is also a setting used in popular genre works outside of literature. The 1968 film Planet of the Apes for example takes place in a post nuclear environment as do a number of popular video games in...
I do a lot of writing, I play a lot of games. Do games influence my writing? The other day my housemates were having a joke that I don't really seem to do much all day but play video games despite the fact that I do a hell of a lot of writing when they're not home. One of my housemates quipped that I am probably just stealing all my plots from games. It was a pretty interesting thing to think a...