Age of Empires IV's developer Relic Entertainment revealed the long-awaited strategy's first gameplay trailer this weekend, and I felt something in my chest constrict--either a minor heart attack at the veritable age of twenty-five, or a wave of nostalgia must've overcome me, for as I watched on, I was reminded by the hundreds of hours... Continue Reading →
What The Success of Outriders Tells Us, Warts and All (Outsider’s Outlook)
Outriders has sold well, well enough to get onto the coveted No. 01 spot on Steam; it even managed to climb up to No. 06 on the UK's Top 10 best-selling games of the week! That Outrider has, in its first week, become bigger than Avengers over its eight months of shelf life, must come... Continue Reading →
Baldur’s Gate 3 – My Favourite Bugs, Again (Patch 3)
https://youtu.be/NY7uuiKcIbc Between the two of us, Baldur's Gate 3 is everything a D&D player might want, especially when his five-year-old group keeps ghosting him. Larian Studios' Early Access title does have a 𝔣𝔢𝔴 bugs. A smattering of them. Tiny, tiny amount. But amusing, most of them - as you will discover for yourselves. Follow me... Continue Reading →
I’m Very Excited To Spend A Hundred Hours With Disco Elysium’s Final Cut and Is Remedy Cooking Up an Alan Wake Sequel? (Outsider’s Outlook)
Venturebeat journalist Jeff Grubb seems to think so! That is, he's gone on the record to say as much on his Twitch stream (you can find that here). I'm willing to buy into this -- we know the folks at Remedy have a two-game contract with Epic Games, praise be Monsieur Sweeney, pedlar of free... Continue Reading →
Horizon Zero Dawn As Tragedy and the Shifting Context of Datapoints
Hiya folks! I recently finished Guerrilla Games' Horizon Zero Dawn on PC and I've been thinking about how the context of secondary information in it shifts as you play - in this video essay, I look to the ways in which Guerrilla's writing team has managed to craft one of the finest stories in gaming.... Continue Reading →
Most Impressive: One Step From Eden
Turns out, this One Step From Eden roguelike is both fun and addictive! https://youtu.be/JI6vPC4G_IM This is one of the most challenging games I’ve played in a while; I know it recently received an Easy Mode update, but I have yet to play around with the difficulty settings. For now, I am having far too much... Continue Reading →
Nowhere Prophet Review
Nowhere Prophet is yet another engaging roguelike deck-builder with some fascinating ideas, a few flaws, and a great dystopian aesthetic. Oh, and I didn't mention this in the video but this game has one amazing soundtrack! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSqVMsg9vvU
CD Projekt Red Stumbles From One Controversy to the Next, EA Play on Xbox Game Pass for PC Delayed (Outsider’s Outlook)
My, my, are we doing two pieces of news today?! However shall I manage? First off, it's been a tough week for CDPR, in news that will surprise only those who have been in a coma for the last week. But wait, this is not about Cyberpunk 2077! As if one dumpster fire was not... Continue Reading →
Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access: My Favourite Bugs
The Early Access of Baldur's Gate 3 is beyond fun, but like all early builds of big games, it has plenty of bugs, big and small. After the latest patch, I thought I went through my footage and found the most egregiously fun of them. For your viewing pleasure, here are my five favourite bugs... Continue Reading →
CD Projekt Red Apologises for That One Small Thing They Hid From Everyone Because of…Reasons?
Yesterday, Cyberpunk's social media channels released one of their walls of text on gaudy yellow background, in which they apologised for releasing the broken console versions of Cyberpunk 2077, the same ones they gave no review copies for and let no one try out before release because...Hmm. That is a tough one. While I think... Continue Reading →