Sniper Elite 4 for PS4; Image credit: developer (via Steam) Sniper Elite 4 (2017) Anyone who shares this hobby knows that games can be so much more than shooty murder simulators and is sick of having to defend them. That said, Sniper Elite 4 is such a good shooty murder simulator! It will make evenContinue reading “Sniper Elite 4 + Planescape Torment + Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic”
Tag Archives: Played in 2019
Zelda: Breath of the Wild + The Last Guardian + Timespinner
Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Nintendo Switch; Image credit: Tech4Gamers Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) What more can be said about Breath of the Wild? It’s so obviously good, so unanimously praised by critics, and so deservingly loved by fans. Perhaps just to be contrary I will open by finding faults just toContinue reading “Zelda: Breath of the Wild + The Last Guardian + Timespinner”
Outer Wilds + Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel + Graveyard Keeper
Outer Wilds for PC (Epic store timed exclusive). Image credit Xbox & Play Games Outer Wilds (2019) Today is your first day as an astronaut and a whole solar system of mind-boggling cosmic phenomena and ancient alien secrets awaits your discovery! That’s the good news. The bad news is there are only 22 minutes untilContinue reading “Outer Wilds + Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel + Graveyard Keeper”
Terraria + Dust: An Elysian Tale + Hexcells Infinite
Terraria for PC. Image credit: fanart on official Terraria twitter account Terraria (2011) Last year I tried to plug some of the holes in my gaming experience — especially RPGs like Elder Scrolls, Mass Effect, Planescape Torment, and Persona — but several prominent gaps remain: World of Warcraft, MOBAs, Minecraft. Not playing this latter makesContinue reading “Terraria + Dust: An Elysian Tale + Hexcells Infinite”
Grand Theft Auto 5 + Super Mario Maker 2 + Vignettes
Grand Theft Auto 5 for PC; Image credit: Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto 5 (2013) Of all the games I played in 2019, Rockstar’s 2013 GTA installment is the one I find hardest to rank. The gameplay holds up, “a high-water mark in open world design” as they say, and the franchise continues to innovateContinue reading “Grand Theft Auto 5 + Super Mario Maker 2 + Vignettes”
Ibb & Obb + Bayonetta + Human Resource Machine
Ibb & Obb for PC; Image credit: gamingonlinux.com Ibb & Obb (2013) Kelley and I play a lot of co-op together, and it’s always interesting to see how game design decisions effect are interactions: pursue our individual whims or stick together as a team, communicate constantly or silently collaborate, compete for loot or share resourcesContinue reading “Ibb & Obb + Bayonetta + Human Resource Machine”
Witcher 3 + Towerfall Ascension + Cluster Truck
Witcher 3 for PC; Image Credit: Pocket-lint The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) When I was school-age, my heart would jump at the prospect of a new 100-hour RPGs. What better way to stretch my meager resources for maximum entertainment? But there comes an age where video games take up a smaller proportion of timeContinue reading “Witcher 3 + Towerfall Ascension + Cluster Truck”
God of War + Yoku’s Island Express + Professor Layton 3: The Unwound Future
God of War for PS4; Image Credit: Business Insider God of War (2018) In the original God of War trilogy, Kratos was a Spartan warrior who pretty much genocided the Greek pantheon, including his father Zeus. Now self-exiled in the Midgard of Norse mythology, he’s trying to raise his own son, Atreus, while keeping himContinue reading “God of War + Yoku’s Island Express + Professor Layton 3: The Unwound Future”
Night in the Woods + Overcooked 2 + Titanfall 2 + Out Run
Night in the Woods for PC; Image Credit: Wrong Questions Some shorter reviews today, but you get a bonus game! Night in the Woods (2017) Sometimes life gets the best of you, plans fall apart, dreams fade, you hurt someone, or get hurt, and lacking any better opportunity, you return to your childhood home toContinue reading “Night in the Woods + Overcooked 2 + Titanfall 2 + Out Run”
Super Mario Odyssey + Nier: Automata + Gunpoint
Super Mario Odyssey for the Nintendo Switch; Image Credit: playcalendar.com Super Mario Odyssey (2017) Finally Mario’s hat gets its own game. (The Justice for Waluigi people have something new to cry about.) Mario is there too, because the hat needs somebody to throw it. The player takes command of a mario-version of whatever the hatContinue reading “Super Mario Odyssey + Nier: Automata + Gunpoint”
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