I started seeing complaints about the art direction first. I take gamer forums, especially regarding previews, with a huge grain of salt since the "Cellda" days killed any chance of us getting another Wind Waker style game in a long time. I looked at some screenshots, maybe not my favorite art direction, but I certainly didn't think it looked "child like" or whatever the complaints were. In action, it looks fine.
Nostalgia Gamer
A grown man with some foggy happy memories of old games. This is where I will collect these memories.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Last of Us 2 is a Bread Sandwich
The Last of Us is one of my favorite games of all time. So when Last of Us 2 was coming, I was excited.
Unfortunately for it (and me) and landed just 2 months into complete lockdown for the Covid 19 pandemic.
So I'm depressed, because the global pandemic has me locked in my house like everyone else. And this game about a global pandemic that is also incredibly depressing arrives in the mail... and I don't know if I've ever hit a level of despair holding a PlayStation controller as I did playing through LOU2.
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Game of the Year 2024 Top 5
2024 turned out to be a hell of a year for my personal gaming in general. Yes, there were some old safe classics I played and they made the list, but the new games were bangers as you'll see in the top 5 here.
Friday, January 10, 2025
Game of the Year 2024 Numbers 16-6
Another year, another batch of games I've played. Since I'm not a huge IGN sized blog, I generally only have about 20 games I've played for the year. So I try to give each game at least a sentence.
This was an interesting year. I found myself reaching for the Switch less and less as the year went on. The PlayStation 5 went through spurts of abandonment. The Series S got relegated to the basement room. It was the year of the Steam Deck.
So here we are, games 16-6 of 2024.
Saturday, May 4, 2024
May the 4th Be With You - A Star Wars Videogame ranking
I play almost every Star Wars game that comes out, so over 40 years, I've played a lot of games.
I feel like I'm missing something from this list, but I can't figure out what it is, so with that caveat here's my definitive list
Friday, December 29, 2023
Top Games of 2023
Zelda Tears of the Kingdom have changed the sandbox game. No longer can Rockstar or Bethesda phone in their open worlds.
Balders Gate 3 has moved the line of what a Dungeons and Dragons based RPG should be.
And Resident Evil 4 Remake is a masterclass in pacing.
I played many games this year. I'll rank them all. Remember, these are games that I played this year, not necessarily games that came out in 2023.
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Callisto Protocol and the Importance of Why?
Dead Space seemed like a thriving franchise, but EA, in their typical EA fashion, ran it into the ground after adding un-necessary coop and microtransactions, and milked what made the original so special right out of the franchise. I've heard the remake of the first one is pretty damn good, but I've yet to try it.
Callisto Protocol felt like it could exist in the Dead Space universe. It thrived to be that level of game. What I think we got, was a game running up against smaller budgets than needed to accomplish the vision.