In the 8 years since the release of Hollow Knight, the gaming world's adoration of the indie darling and anticipation for its sequel have both grown immensely. What was seemingly a breakthrough success for a small dev team has morphed into one of the biggest indie games of all time with over 15 million copies … Continue reading Hollow Knight: Silksong – The Good, the Bad, and the Six Year Wait
Eight long years have passed since Nintendo returned to form with the launch of their hybrid handheld/console the Nintendo Switch. All-time classics like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey made us rethink what was possible with gaming on the go, and the video game industry was forced to take … Continue reading 2 Months With the Nintendo Switch 2: The Good, the Bad, and the Nintendo
Microsoft ended 2024 with an absolute bang compliments of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Now for the first time in longer than I can remember, the company behind the Xbox has a chance to establish some real momentum thanks to a suddenly packed first party slate following years of famine that would've made "The … Continue reading Avowed: The Good, the Bad, and the Skyrim
How do you follow up a year like 2023 that featured multiple all-time great games in Baldur's Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Alan Wake 2? From the get go, 2024 had quite the uphill battle, and while I don't think it produced any clear cut all-timers, it was still … Continue reading My Year in Gaming: 2024
Despite my insistence on playing seemingly every new game released, there has always been one massive blindspot for me - PC gaming. As a kid, my family did not get a true PC until my 16th birthday, and all I really played was some Team Fortress Classic with my buddy Brandon. Eventually in college, I … Continue reading A Steam Deck Check-in With Nightmare Kart, UFO 50, Yars Rising, and Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip
In the mid 2000's gaming lost a little something. After years of a never-ending rotating cast of platforming mascots of the week, Sony decided to take a grittier, more grounded approach with the PlayStation. While this led to a wealth of wonderful titles and sad dad adventures, a little sparkle left us that only Nintendo … Continue reading Astro Bot: The Good, the Bad, and the Mascot
Judging by my writing output this year (2 whole posts!), you might think that 2023 did not have a whole lot to talk about in gaming. In fact, it was quite the opposite as the year provided us with one of the most memorable gaming feasts of all-time to rival 1998 and 2018. From the … Continue reading My Year in Gaming: 2023
Note: 2023 was a fantastic year in gaming. I may have written this back in May and then gotten too caught up playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Baulder's Gate 3 to actually publish it until now! Enjoy this very late review to see how Cal Kestis's second adventure builds upon … Continue reading Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – The Good, the Bad, and the Rancor
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