Alan Wake II without much reservation. My only knock on the game would be that it isn't any fun to play on Normal difficulty, but then I found Story mode to be challenging enough on its own (I still died to a boss or two, and was still running out of flashlight charges sometimes) so that's more of an ego thing. More accurately I'd say I just don't think the combat, particularly the bosses, is d...
If you're the sort to notice regular names on the forums you hang out at, you've probably noticed I spend a decent amount of time talking about MLB The Show . In the past four years, it has supplanted the NBA 2K franchise as my go-to timekiller, a game in which the audio quickly becomes repetitive, the gameplay likewise becomes practically 100% muscle memory and 0% creativity and there is an en...
Blade Runner. Detroit. Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol. L.A. Noire. Toy Story 3. Heavy Rain. Blade Runner 2049. The Matrix. Terminator 2: Judgement Day. The Matrix Revolutions. Toy Story. Telltale's Batman: The Enemy Within. I thought about all these films and games while playing Detroit: Become Human this weekend, a game I've been sure I'd absolutely despise since it was announced, on thro...
So I'm sitting here drinking some whiskey, pondering what is making me feel so restless during a snow-ice-other storm, understanding that it's all the stuff this year is. Apple News, and CNN, truthfully both, are telling me I might see $600 in my bank account before midnight. I bet I won't. I entered this year wanting to play more games than I had last year, buried in a grind of MLB The Show's...
First of all, apologies for using the phrase "disease of more" in the title of two blogs in a row. Unfortunately I find the phrase applies to so many variations of an idea you otherwise can't articulate - or don't hear argued for - that often: the idea that something can be so good it's bad. As a brief refresher for those unfamiliar with the phrase, it's meant to explain how successful/champion...
Fans of the site have obviously debated ad nauseam those hard RDR 2 turns on the Beastcast . Likewise, anyone following the discourse surrounding this game online has probably noticed that while the critical consensus seemed to have Rockstar's latest opus pegged for Game of the Year material, not even a week after the game's release consumer response was much rockier. It's been interesting to w...